> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.chrismessina.me/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Boxely will probably be one of the coolest UI things evar
- URL: https://www.chrismessina.me/blog/boxely-will-probably-be-one-of-the-coolest-ui-things-evar/
- Published: 2006-04-21T04:59:07.000Z
- Updated: 2026-03-25T03:35:34.000Z
- Author: Chris Messina
- Tags: design, Technology

If [this](http://www.justsuppose.com/blog/2006/03/boxely-tv-episode-one-layout.html?ref=chrismessina.me) and [this](http://www.justsuppose.com/blog/2006/03/boxely-tv-episode-two-desktop-toys.html?ref=chrismessina.me) don't get you to cream your UI shorts, you need to put down that jar of AJAX and step away from the screen. [Joe Hewitt](http://www.joehewitt.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) [blogged about Boxely nearly a year ago](http://www.joehewitt.com/archive.php?month=2005-04&ref=chrismessina.me) and its finally looking like it might be nearing some kind of release (if only in [AIM Triton](http://beta.aol.com/projects.php?project=triton&ref=chrismessina.me)). As for what you can expect in the design of Boxely? [Corey Lucier](http://www.justsuppose.com/?ref=chrismessina.me) [says this](http://www.justsuppose.com/blog/2006/02/boxely-other-woman.html?ref=chrismessina.me):

> Style rules, and the triggers that dictate what visual styles are applied when - is 100% based on the state of an element. Specifically the style rules are fully attribute and property driven (e.g when hovered == true for this element apply a procedural color transform). The current complexity of cascading style engines is all due to the need for resolving ambiguity and precedence given the layering of selectors.

With Mac hardware able to boot Windows, it's only a matter of time before we UI people assimilate the Windows desktop with stuff that actually looks, feel and *behaves* like the richness we've come to take for granted on the Mac. ...Hmm, Boxely would actually make for a pretty good topic at [DCamp](http://www.socialtext.net/dcamp?ref=chrismessina.me). Along the lines of Justin Clift's [Flame Project](http://www.flameproject.org/?ref=chrismessina.me)...

---

### 💬 Comments from the original post

**[Outlandish Josh](http://www.outlandishjosh.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-04-26 06:47:23

Dunno; what if all that dancing baloney ends up being used for advertising?

**[Lloyd Budd](http://foolswisdom.com/?ref=chrismessina.me)** · 2006-12-08 14:32:48

Coolest maybe, then AOL pulled it back into their fortress.