Yes! This is exactly what my 2nd Mockup would have been, great job!. I agree that the whole dock moving up night not be the cleanest way to do things, and I also agree on the focus being on the "top" of the list.
Now, how hard would this be to implement? A rough first version, of course. I mean, the results window code is already there...could it simply be integrated? Matthew Nicholson [email protected] Harvard University FAS IT Research Computing Dept. Of Earth and Planetary Science On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Joshua Blount <[email protected]> wrote: > Matthew Nicholson wrote: > > basically, the whole "dock" would slide upwards, so that its stays teh > > same width, but is about teh same height as the "normal" results > > window. In that new space the results would get shown. I'm sure, to > > start at least, this could literally be identical to the current > > results window... > > My suggestion would be to keep the dock where it is (while the user > initiates the list), I'm assuming at least some users have the list of > results showing all the time (assuming this because it is a preference, > so someone must be using it :)) and the dock moving every time the user > is inputting text would decrease the current aesthetic of Docky (IMHO). > > I've attached a simple screenshot hacking the existing list view from > 'glass' onto Docky. While I'm not happy with the colors, I think the > placement is quite good, a few notes: > > 1. I've moved the "1 of 78" over to the left to allow the hovered on > icon at the bottom to be large and overlap the list > > 2. Notice that when the user initiates the list (↓ at the moment) the > list starts with the top most thing highlighted. I think this would be > the best case scenario, even though the list doesn't actually appear > down, because this will allow the user to hit ↓ once to see the list, > then keep hitting ↓ to get to newer results, increasing learnability > (once they know how to open the list) > > 3. The colors are wrong, I think the list looks fine, but that the dock > interface would be better served with a glossy-ish black background. I'm > happy to make a mockup of this, but wanted to publish my ideas first and > see if anyone as interested. > > -- > Joshua Blount > B39 56D7 D14C DE5D D0CE 3BFC 7362 64C5 3DB7 9EBB > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "GNOME Do" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/gnome-do?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
