Does anyone know where the user testing results for the layout customizer are? There doesn't seem to be a link off the main page for the component and I haven't had luck with search (probably don't know what terms to use).
Thanks! -Daphne On Apr 16, 2008, at 3:33 PM, Colin Clark wrote: > Hello designers, > > We've been doing a lot of review and testing of the Layout Customizer > component in preparation for the Fluid Infusion 0.3 release. One of > the things we've been thinking about is the behaviour of drag and drop > in this component. > > A couple of months ago, Gary and Shaw-Han did a great job of putting > together some detailed mockups. They're available at: > > http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Portlet+Reorderer+Mockups > > If you notice, these mockups specify an approach that is very similar > to myYahoo's news portal, available at http://cm.my.yahoo.com/. The > noteworthy features of this approach are: > > * the use of a small drag "avatar" (the thing that follows your > mouse during a drag operation) > * a coloured, horizontal bar representing the drop target (the spot > where the thing will land when you let go of the mouse) > > Another approach to drag and drop layouts is documented in the Fluid > design pattern for Layout Preview: > > http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Drag+and+Drop+-+Layout+Preview > > This approach is similar to iGoogle, http://www.google.com/ig. > Noteworthy features include: > > * the use of a full-sized, transparent drag avatar that shows the > whole portlet > * a full-sized outlined box for the drop target > * other portlets on the page shift out of the way to show a > realistic preview of how the layout will look > > What's the best approach? I'm thinking this is one of those "it > depends" questions. When portlets are similar in size and closely > spaced, the myYahoo approach is probably simpler and easier to > control. When portlets are more widely spaced and may have different > sizes, a full preview of the layout seems more useful. > > At the time of the original designs, it's my understanding that we > went with the myYahoo-style interaction because it was immediately > similar to some existing code we have in the Reorderer. On the other > hand, the Reorderer is highly customizable. The dev team tells me that > implementing both behaviours should be relatively straightforward. It > may impact our release date a bit, but should we consider taking the > time to provide an option that will allow for the iGoogle-style of > preview? > > I'd really appreciate opinions and advice from designers in the > community. > > Colin > > --- > Colin Clark > Technical Lead, Fluid Project > Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto > http://fluidproject.org > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-work mailing list > [email protected] > http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work Daphne Ogle Senior Interaction Designer University of California, Berkeley Educational Technology Services [EMAIL PROTECTED] cell (510)847-0308 _______________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list [email protected] http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
