In Yahoo!, iGoogle, & Facebook there is no message if the user tries
to move a portlet too far up, down, to the right or to the left.
There is just no drop target so when released it just jumps back to
where it was. I would think that creating error messages for all
these movements could be very distracting to the user. It is a little
move obvious what the problem is when you are trying to drag a
portlet over the 'edge' of the page (or even to the bottom of a
column when it is already the bottom portlet), so while an error
message helps when it may be unclear why there isn't a drop target
(e.g. with a locked portlet), I don't think an error message is
necessary in the case Michelle describes. What do others think?
Allison
On May 20, 2008, at 10:53 AM, Michelle D'Souza wrote:
In the keyboard interaction for the Layout Customizer, there is a
warning message that is shown when trying to move a portlet above a
locked portlet. The warning message text in the mockups is: "The box
cannot be placed any higher in this column." I assume that the
warning message would also show if the user tried to move the last
portlet in a column down or the user tried to move a portlet in the
rightmost (or leftmost) column right (or left).
The actual text will, of course, be customizable. What I'm wondering
about is whether I require four different messages - one for each
direction - or whether a more generic message would be reasonable.
Perhaps something like: "The portlet cannot be moved in that
direction." Which shows up in response to the direction key that the
user has just pressed.
Thanks,
Michelle
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Software Developer, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre
University of Toronto
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