Hi Michelle,
Thanks very much for creating this mock-up! I am guessing this is
something that you're probably still working on, but one other
important piece of the interaction (which may be a little hard to see
in the current mock-ups) is that the drop target avatar should be the
same size that the dragged portlet will be when it's dropped. The
size may change when the portlet is moving from a larger to smaller
column or vice versa. This 'true to life' size is what gives users
the 'layout preview' of what the page will look like after the
portlet is dropped.
Cheers,
Allison
On May 1, 2008, at 10:40 AM, Michelle D'Souza wrote:
Thanks for taking a look at this Herb.
.One recommendation - when I drag the weather portlet, for example,
upwards to move it above the calendar on your test page, the
calendar stays where it is; it does not move down until you let go
of the weather box. Would it not be more obvious where the drop
location was going to be if the calendar portlet moved down as you
started dragging the weather portlet up, leaving an empty space
between the two for the drop?
I'm a little confused by this. Once the weather portlet is high enough
that it would drop above the calendar, the calendar does move down and
the empty box which signifies where the weather portlet would drop is
placed above the calendar.
Obviously this approach has the disadvantage of losing the visual
cue for the original location of the weather portlet
I think the design that is being worked out actually involves removing
this visual cue - I just didn't get around to mocking it up.
(I also exper!
ienced some intermittent flashing of background items when a portlet
is being slowly dragged that is a bit distracting and might confuse
those with certain visual or cognitive disabilities.)
The flashing you are seeing is a combination of two known bugs:
FLUID-407 and FLUID-563. This is a major problem and a blocker for the
0.3 release.
Michelle
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University of Toronto
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