A practitioner of Agile Software Development who is fanatical about hewing to the Agile Manifesto.
Coined by J.F. Kelley for a Keynote Address given to the World Usability Day conference in Dayton, OH, November 2007.
(But was possibly also in use prior to that.)
Coined by J.F. Kelley for a Keynote Address given to the World Usability Day conference in Dayton, OH, November 2007.
(But was possibly also in use prior to that.)
by jfkelley September 08, 2010
A stand-alone software module that can be slapped onto an existing application to enhance it's function or performance.
This is typically a JavaScript file that can be linked in a vanilla web page to add -- at load time -- Rich Internet Application (RIA) behaviors to the existing UI controls.
A "pefect" barnacle would be effective without any other changes to the web page code (but would allow incremental additions of attributes to customize the behavior).
This is typically a JavaScript file that can be linked in a vanilla web page to add -- at load time -- Rich Internet Application (RIA) behaviors to the existing UI controls.
A "pefect" barnacle would be effective without any other changes to the web page code (but would allow incremental additions of attributes to customize the behavior).
I found a smart-table barnacle script we can stick on our web page to make those tables sortable and filterable.
I wrote a calendar barnacle that automatically converts any input box with class="date" to a calendar picker field.
I wrote a calendar barnacle that automatically converts any input box with class="date" to a calendar picker field.
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
A play on the common term "user-friendly", a user-hostile design is one that is, deliberately or accidentally, difficult or cumbersome for the intended user.
Often used derisively to describe the competition.
Often used derisively to describe the competition.
We intend to improve upon the user-hostile design of your existing sales tool.
Some say that the user-hostile design of the original QWERTY keyboard was an intentional effort to slow typists down so as not to allow them to jam the mechanical parts.
Some say that the user-hostile design of the original QWERTY keyboard was an intentional effort to slow typists down so as not to allow them to jam the mechanical parts.
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
A device you must plug into your computer to verify that you bought -- and are entitled to operate -- an over-priced and under-performing software application.
by jfkelley May 01, 2009
noun: A Hopi word meaning "life out of balance" or "life that calls for another way of living".
Also a 1982 film film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass (no plot, no dialog, just haunting images and music -- really conveys the point about the spiritually impoverished way that western civilization is living).
Also a 1982 film film directed by Godfrey Reggio with music composed by Philip Glass (no plot, no dialog, just haunting images and music -- really conveys the point about the spiritually impoverished way that western civilization is living).
by jfkelley June 16, 2009
A method by which some users choose their path through websites, i.e., by clicking on the "shiny" buttons and links, with little regard for the information architecture or existing navigation hierarchy.
by jfkelley March 18, 2013
by jfkelley May 13, 2013