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I guess this is a chrome only demo for now, I'll see if I can't dig into this a little later this afternoon.
I built a little web app to play around with different options: http://nixterrimus.github.io/Triangle-Play-App/
[1]: http://arduino.cc/blog/2012/06/28/android-adk2012-is-here/
"Neuroscientists and psychologists have discovered that, even as adults, our brains are very plastic," Carr explains. "They're very malleable, they adapt at the cellular level to whatever we happen to be doing. And so the more time we spend surfing, and skimming, and scanning ... the more adept we become at that mode of thinking."
I highly recommend The Shallows[1]. It's a look at the way the internet is changing our brains. It really might be a good idea to limit exposure to the internet. As a programmer and geek it's worth spending some time thinking about these questions and least being aware of the affects of the medium.
One of the big ideas of the web is selectable content. However UI elements shouldn't be included in this set.
I've written a little more about this (with some screenshots to illustrate my thinking) here: http://blog.dcxn.com/2012/02/29/selectable-elements-are-driv...