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 8, 2010
Get the Agilistamug. 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 20, 2013
Get the magpie navigationmug. 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
Get the barnacle scriptmug. 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
Get the koyanaskatsimug. To respond by losing one's sense of perspective and becoming agitated in the extreme.
Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).
I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
Possibly borrowed from meteorology. A cellular storm "goes linear" when it turns into more of a squall line (or merges with an existing storm) -- i.e., that it's going to turn into a big black line of death. (from stormtrack.org).
I have a sense that there should also be a nuclear physics metaphor, but I don't know it.
by jfkelley October 12, 2009
Get the Went Linearmug. In visual/UI design, a stylistic convention whereby objects and content that belong and/or act together are visually grouped together.
Placing the edit button above the section header violates the principle of visual containment. It' s not visually obvious WHAT is being edited.
by jfkelley May 28, 2016
Get the visual containmentmug. 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
Get the user-hostilemug.