http://www.dontclick.it/

It's an interesting AJAX website designed to showcase browsing without clicking. It gets really uncomfortable after a while, and it's fascinating how hard-wired we are to clicking.

distant_voice

Germany2521 Posts

February 25 2009 14:52 GMT

I love the design, it's so smooth.

ZoW

United States3983 Posts

February 25 2009 14:53 GMT

That was really interesting. The flow definitely feels different, but I could easily get used to an interface like that. The experiment things where your movement manipulated stuff was pretty cool too.

jello_biafra

United Kingdom6642 Posts

February 25 2009 14:57 GMT

I think I'll stick with clicking, mouse buttons are there for a reason ^^

BWdero

Netherlands476 Posts

February 25 2009 14:59 GMT

aaaahhhh so annoying. When I'm not doing anything with my mouse I subconsciously waggle it around a bit but there that fucks everything up. Feels so alien browsing that site.

I think I'll stick to clicking.

SoMuchBetter

Australia10606 Posts

February 25 2009 15:06 GMT

its annoying having to avoid everything to pick an option in the middle of a dropdown list

Flaccid

8927 Posts

February 25 2009 15:10 GMT

That's really cool, but isn't it Flash based?

Zoler

Sweden6339 Posts

February 25 2009 15:32 GMT

Really cool, I don't know what to think. Clicking feels better of course just because we are used to it.

Pellucidity

Netherlands377 Posts

February 25 2009 15:35 GMT

On February 26 2009 00:06 SoMuchBetter wrote:
its annoying having to avoid everything to pick an option in the middle of a dropdown list

Agreed. Feel like I'm playing minesweeper.

Marradron

Netherlands1586 Posts

February 25 2009 15:38 GMT

#10

i want to control what menu pops op i dont want it to come up when i just hover over the screen.

click > this

LordWeird

United States3411 Posts

February 25 2009 15:44 GMT

#11

I saw this quite some time ago and was intrigued at first, but in actuality it's really alien to me and also quite uncomfortable. I hate having to maneuver around just to ensure I don't 'click' on what I'm not looking to click.

Centric

United States1989 Posts

February 25 2009 16:02 GMT

#12

This was actually painful. I think it's just a psychological reflex when told you're not allowed to do something.

Marradron

Netherlands1586 Posts

February 25 2009 16:04 GMT

#13

On February 26 2009 01:02 Centric wrote:
This was actually painful. I think it's just a psychological reflex when told you're not allowed to do something.

i agree with you

I doubt this site will give much usefull information, cause i guesse most people just click to try it out.

Railxp

Hong Kong1313 Posts

February 25 2009 16:04 GMT

#14

wow i really like this, in cooperation with touch screen, integrating web browsing with giant monitor walls would make a most interesting futuristic house.

Avius

Iraq1796 Posts

February 25 2009 16:21 GMT

#15

I really didn't have any problem whatsoever to stop clicking... but I agree with aforementioned opinions that you have way more control when you do click.

I don't need that mouse-pain-when-you-click-thing :D just about focus, though. But I feel that focusing on not clicking is a waste of mental energy when you can just naturally click.

Maybe this becomes something in the future

Jibba

United States22883 Posts

February 25 2009 16:30 GMT

#16

It's annoying. I don't have a psychological compulsion to click, but you have to wrap your mouse around objects to select them, and with a horizontal bar, you can only do it on one side. It would be much better if a delay was built in to avoid this problem.

For instance:

Menu 1 Menu 2
v
crap 1
crap 2
crap 3

Moving the mouse down automatically gives you crap 1, unless you swing the mouse around it, avoiding Menu 2.