adarsh bhat’s blog

Whee… I finally got a BSNL broadband Internet connection at home this afternoon.

I really believe we should all hear what Irina has to say.

When it comes to adding a climax to the UI, one has to really hand it to Google. The very same information that is in Yahoo! finance has been presented *so* beautifully.

Especially the charts. We have the 1d, 5d, 1m, …, max links, but we also have the resizable bar on the top – that is simply awesome. Someone pinch me and tell me I’m using a browser. Even the grid resizes itself. All without the harshness of a browser. Man… how do they do it? The chart can also be panned, and there’s a small marker that moves along the line to tell your date, price, volume etc. What’s more the news on the right also changes according to the timeline. Did I say changes? It just sails away.

Without further ado,

Update: OK OK… No need to get all wild. I didn’t realize they are using Flash.

Nested table layout, CSS layout, three columns, rounded corners – we’ve seen them all. But personally, I prefer a no-frills large-text UI. You will know what I mean when you look at Gnome, Russell Beattie Notebook and Big. Readability over frills any day.

Sorry about the cliched title.

WTF?

Update: Funny sequel. Catch the lyric.

Check out the thread of the funniest teacher at BASE on the BASE Junta community at Orkut. It’s insanely funny.

From लघुसिद्धान्तकौमुदी

लाकृतिः- … ऌ के आकार के समान जिसका आकार है वह, कृष्ण भगवान ।

Can someone explain to me how Krishna can look like a ऌ?

Here lies John, who passed away
While answering his email one day.
No friend, no child, no loving mate
Could keep poor John from working late.
With each new mail, he worked like hell
To click “reply” instead of “del.”
A prompt response he’d always give
But somehow he forgot to live.

Conscious Procrastination – A must read