Daphne, Sorry for the confusion; we haven't renamed all the wiki pages to reflect the new Layout Customizer name. The user test results are located here:
http://wiki.fluidproject.org/display/fluid/Portlet+Layout+Manager+Results The results, as I read them, suggest that some participants had difficulty determining exactly where their portlet would land. On the other hand, this test was performed with a prerelease version of the component that was a bit buggier in some respects. Hope this helps, Colin On 16-Apr-08, at 7:33 PM, Daphne Ogle wrote: > 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 > > > --- 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
