There's some really nice examples in the slideshare at http://designingwebinterfaces.com/ria-screen-layouts
hth, Sean On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 1:03 PM, Rich Rogan <jrro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I'm not sure there is a "Most Intuitive" design for this data problem, it > seems more of a case by case issue. > > I wouldn't throw away "Grid over Grid" interaction, aka "Master/Detail", > aka "Parent/Child" panes. There's a time and place for design alternatives, > such as inline detail (like the link sent out), navigating to another page, > and having "master/detail" displays. > > Navigating to a new screen can be a very slow and jarring experience, in > cases where there is value in rapid workflow between "Master" list line > items, especially where each line item could have lots of details > associated > to it. > > As well, in "Master/Detail" the "Detail" pane can be optimized for eye > tracking if it persists in size and location. Also if the Master is > non-modal, users can bounce rapidly thru master line items in order to view > their details, (try doing that with a full screen refresh ;). > > Rich > > -- > Joseph Rich Rogan > President UX/UI Inc. > http://www.jrrogan.com > > On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 8:47 PM, Stefan Bookholt <s...@avivasolutions.nl > >wrote: > > > Wow this looks good and intuitive! I'll keep a solution like this in > > mind when I'm facing this problem again, thanks. > > > > The only scenario I can come up with when this solution is not > > intuitive is when the lists of data in the details are very large, > > maybe even with paging through the details. I guess the best thing to > > do then is navigating to a different page. > > > > > > . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . > > Posted from the new ixda.org > > http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=49312 > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > > > > > > -- > Joseph Rich Rogan > President UX/UI Inc. > http://www.jrrogan.com > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
