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I found when testing out the inter-column portlet movement after
reading this thread that ambiguity is generated not by the "This box
cannot be placed any higher in
this column"message itself but by the fact that this message pops up
almost immediately as you start the lateral move, implying it applies
to the current column, not the one you are moving the portlet to. My
suggestion would be to delay the appearance of the message until 60%+
of the portlet is centred over the new column - then I think the
meaning would be clear. Using the term "locked box" as has been
suggested may not seem technical to designers, but to a general
audience the word "locked" could lead to confusion. especially for
those with some impairments (if they don't notice or can't properly
interpret the little lock icon in the locked portal). More generally, though, the lightbox and reorderer functionality and ease of use now seem outstanding - congratulations to all who worked on this! Herb Wideman Senior Researcher Institute for Research on Learning Technologies York University +1 I agree with Daphne--the error message as it stands doesn't make much sense in that context. I would use the "This box cannot be placed above a locked box" wording. (If we don't want to use the word portlet, which is another potential choice but perhaps too technical, the only other words I thought *might* make sense here are module, section, or cell.) On May 23, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Daphne Ogle wrote: Nice work! In general I think it looks great. I'm still a little concerned about the ambiguity of the message about dragging over a locked portlet. "This box cannot be placed any higher in this column" doesn't make sense if I'm dragging the right topmost portlet over the left since I'm not really trying to move it up but rather over. It also doesn't tell the user what the problem is. What about "This box cannot be placed above a locked portlet." (or box if that 's the terminology we are using)? -Daphne |
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