Trulia Snapshot
The real estate market may not be as strong as it was a year ago, but in terms of web development, there’ll be none of that. Web tech, design and UI continues to push the capabilities of data view layers to new heights. Case in point, Trulia’s new “Snapshot,” a cool new bit of eye candy that gives users the ability to get results via sliders (with a slick motion touch on the thumbnail scroll). Another nice, albeit not particularly useful touch is that you drag photos out of the way to view what’s behind, then snapping back into place via a rubber band effect.
Although fun, it’s not very practical from a usability POV. I’d rather “fly through” or have the option to have the image automatically move out of the way if I mouse into an area. All in all, a solid visual take on an everyday application. At least Trulia is showing that they clearly “get it.”
via TechCrunch
Tags: mapping, maps, photography, realestate, UI, visualization
