AlterformHomeAboutBlogArtworkNate Cavanaugh is a designer/developer located in Southern California. He is the Director of User Interface for Liferay, Inc. His opinions here are his own, and not his bosses. Sometimes sane employees have crazy ideas.BlogUI Phone Home0 comments26 December 2010Aza recently posted about the problem with the home button on many modern touch devices. I empathize with the problem he mentions as I oftentimes find myself nervously hitting the home button when trying to get to the root of my current mental context (which is the application).However, I can’t say I agree with his proposed solution (and it seems many of the commenters on his post have the same issue with it that I do). The camera model, for me at least, doesn’t really work because I actually find the autofocus button on modern camera’s to be mentally taxing. I seem to find myself hovering on the press of the button, hoping I don’t accidentally press too hard and spend more thought in the actual action of dealing with the machine rather than focused on the shot I’m using the machine to capture.The other aspect I dislike about this model is that it requires a hardware change for something I think can be a software change.There seem to be 2 issues that are mentioned in his post:1. users accidentally pressing home to jump to the application home2. an easier way navigate backwards and forward in our navigation timelineRather than overloading the Home button (which is already used for multiple purposes, such as going to the home screen of the phone, jumping to spotlight, …More…Posted in miscellaneous,uiOther recent blog entriesHey all, this is one of those protypical posts where a blog author who hasn’t blogged in a long time apologizes profusely, talks about how busy he is, and then promises more activity.I do have a new site design being worked on, with a bit better layout. Let’s just say that since my last blog post, I’ve been to about 5 different countries, and my work with Liferay has been going better than ever. I currently blog over on the company blog, but I will be doing more stuff here.What about artwork? Well, it seems I don’t get …">Why’s the site so stale?Posted in miscellaneous1 comment02 January 2010Okay, so I’ve noticed quite a few responses as of late regarding my original “Why atheism is stupid” post from almost 2 years ago, and since I originally posted it, I’ve come to some realizations, did more studying, and in general revisited my original thesis.First, let me just say: I originally posted that entry in direct response to a lot of antagonism coming towards religious people from the atheist crowd. Places like Digg, or really any online community populated by techy folks, are rather hostile to anyone who professes any sort of belief in anything supernatural.The post wasn’t …">Why Atheism is Stupid, ReduxPosted in miscellaneou