a/lAlexandre LorinFR
05 / PÉRIGÉEInterface / exploration

SHORTCUTS.A WHOLE UNIVERSE.

What if opening your browser felt like exploration? Destinations become celestial bodies, spaces to navigate with the keyboard.

See how it works ↓
HTML · CSS · JavaScript · ASCIIPersonal experiment

Interactive web prototype

An actual screenshot and an interactive prototype to explore.

01 / IN MOTION

Another way to inhabit a browser.

Périgée screenshot: ASCII celestial bodies and destinations in a dark space
Prototype screenshot · enlarge ↗

Step into Périgée.

Open the prototype here: explore the celestial bodies, switch galaxies and try keyboard navigation.

The interactive prototype is in French.

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Screenshot of the standalone prototype with example destinations. Celestial bodies are shortcuts, not Firefox’s open tabs.

02 / The starting point

Give everyday destinations a geography.

A shortcut page can be useful and inviting. Périgée explores where a practical tool meets a visual universe.

03 / What it brings together

  • 01Organise destinations across galaxies.
  • 02Select and open celestial bodies with keyboard or mouse.
  • 03Customise ASCII structures, routes and spaces.

04 / Under the interface

The constraint
Keep destinations easy to reach within a free-form visual layout.
The decision
Celestial bodies are drawn with characters in a web interface. Keyboard navigation supports arrow keys, ZQSD, WASD and HJKL.

Search, targeting labels and keyboard navigation keep destinations accessible within a free composition.

05 / What this explores

Keyboard navigation with a distinct visual identity.

Bring a strong visual identity together with keyboard navigation and everyday use. Graphic experimentation becomes a way to interact.

Project status & presentation scope

Experimental personal interface. Galaxies organise shortcuts; they do not isolate browser accounts, cookies or sessions.