Well, more than a year after I handed in my dissertation, I have re-started development on the CHUI project! So, what have I been up to? After finishing Uni I went back to my old job at Maplin Electronics for a few months in order to save up enough money to travel New Zealand with Kirstin. Travel we did, for six months (three of those spent camping in our 1.9kg tent). Plenty of photos on Flickr! for those who wish to know more. Back in England then and time to get a job! Continue reading ‘Post-dissertation development’
A new version of CHUI was recently launched. Though similar looking to previous versions, there are many more features under the hood. More soon.
Well, it’s looks like choosing Effective C++ Programming has paid off! Today I used the decorator design pattern to extend a mootools object. Even if all I did was add a module-height tracking variable, the fact that I understand how this pattern works and can recognise it is extremely useful. I would have arrays flying around everywhere if it wasn’t for this knowledge. Continue reading ‘Getting there’
It may be behind schedule - but it’s finally here, the first alpha (v0.0.1000). I’ve been working hard over the weekend to overcome initial development boundaries, such as: directory structure, layer abstraction, a version-keeping database and library/framework installation. Continue reading ‘First alpha launced’
Having not blogged for a quite a while I’ve decided to post an update on my whereabouts with the CHUI project. First of all, I upgraded my hosting account to accommodate for an extra domain so that I could launch thechuiproject.org. Although only the basic framework is in place at the moment, I’ve spent many hours emailing and configuring and button-pressing getting it to even appear in a browser! Continue reading ‘Progress Update’
I didn’t think it’d happen with this project but I managed to get behind schedule. I’m not used to multi-tasking University work. I’m glad that I went on placement though, multi-tasking was one of the things that I had to do. I’ve been working hard since Christmas to get back to my schedule and so far I’ve managed to do further research, sign up three research participants and publish a questionnaire (needed for eliciting requirements). At the moment, I’m just waiting for the last results to come through so I’m going to finish writing formally about my initial research for now. Continue reading ‘Getting back on track’
Research into customisable homepage interfaces
Published November 25th, 2006 in Project Diary. 2 CommentsIt turns out there are already quite a few customisable homepage systems on the net. By far the best that I have found is at netvibes.com. Others include myYahoo!, iGoogle, Pageflakes and Goowy. All of these are very functional, however none of them seem to have been designed with accessibility in mind. This means that accessing the interface from a mobile device such as a phone or PSP may inhibit the user experience. Hopefully I’ll be able to develop CHUI in such a way as to allow users to access their customised homepage from any device. Continue reading ‘Research into customisable homepage interfaces’
I created the first draft of my project specification last night. I had hoped to get it done earlier but there seems to be so much this year that I’m having trouble getting into the swing of things. I reckon I’m getting the hang of it now though, my placement helped a lot in terms of organising tasks. Continue reading ‘Project Specification’
The initial idea for my dissertation was to produce an e-commerce website with a large emphasis on minimal mouse clicks and accessibility. Having come up with this idea after almost a years worth of thinking and still not being happy with it, I sought the help of my newly assigned dissertation supervisor (Dr. Ray McLaughlin). Continue reading ‘Initial Thoughts’
