On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 05:46:16PM -0800, Ian Clarke wrote: > On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 01:34:59AM +0000, Matthew Toseland wrote: > > Why? How does the user know, without reading the docs, that the success > > progress bar never needs to get across the yellow section at the end? > > Because we will explain it to them in one way or another - most likely > by having a numeric % complete indicator - or with our choice of > coloring. That is the challenge of user-interface design. The user will > quickly learn how to interpret the diagram. > > And trust me, it would be much easier for a newbie to interpret this > form of representation than Bombe's design (not to criticize it - it is > great for experts, but not newbies). Bombe's design should be available for experts. As should two bars. For newbies, one bar with a clear indication of where the required section ends will suffice. And if you insist on identifying this only by color, we can have two different versions, one with a separator and a border, and the other one with colors changing after where the separator would have been as you seem to be suggesting. :) > > Anyway, I am not dead-set against two progress bars, I just think that > we shouldn't use two if one will do the job. In newbie UI design, less > is more. > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke ian@[freenetproject.org|locut.us|cematics.com] > Latest Project http://cematics.com/kanzi > Personal Homepage http://locut.us/
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