Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-13 Thread Rony Philip
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[IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Fine, David
I'm working on an internal application where users need to add, edit, delete and cancel rows in a table. In this case, the items are names of salespeople, however, this pattern of adding and editing rows is used quite frequently in the application. This is a home grown application written in .NET

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Margeaux
I'm working on an internal application where users need to add, edit, delete and cancel rows in a table. In this case, the items are names of salespeople, however, this pattern of adding and editing rows is used David, Now knowing what kind of a product this is, who is using it, or the style

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Dennis Williams
Not sure if I'm following this correctly - but there's a couple of ways you can solve this: Have 1 icon set at the top of the table (in the title bar - right - almost like your windows close and minimise actions) which is relevant to the selected row you're in. Another option would be to reduce

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Michael Micheletti
On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 6:04 AM, Fine, David [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PS Does anyone have any good suggestions or software for converting .ico to gifs? Hi David, Give IcoFX a try. It's an excellent free icon editor that can export an icon in several different image formats. File | Export

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Jack Moffett
On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Fine, David wrote: Can anyone point me to some good examples where this pattern is implemented? I'm trying to get out of listing the four actions icons (add, edit, delete and cancel) next to each row. I work with lists of editable items a lot. There are a number

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Matthew Nish-Lapidus
This is similar to a question I asked a little while ago, the solution I decided upon is #2 and #4 from Jack's list, and it's working very well. Matt. On Wed, Mar 12, 2008 at 12:29 PM, Jack Moffett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mar 12, 2008, at 9:04 AM, Fine, David wrote: Can anyone point

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Dmitry Nekrasovski
Two small additions to Jack's list: 1) The Tool Tip Invitation pattern (http://developer.yahoo.com/ypatterns/pattern.php?pattern=tooltipinvitation) could be helpful to address the drawback with Jack's option 2. 2) If your application is designed for frequent use, and editing specific items is

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Meredith Noble
3. Row selection In this pattern, the user selects a row (or multiple rows) and then presses a button found on a toolbar above the list. Buttons should enable and disable based on the selection. Benefits: removes screen clutter, allows for actions on multiple items. Drawbacks: two-click

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Jack Moffett
On Mar 12, 2008, at 2:35 PM, Meredith Noble wrote: 3. Row selection In this pattern, the user selects a row (or multiple rows) and then presses a button found on a toolbar above the list. Buttons should enable and disable based on the selection. Benefits: removes screen clutter, allows for

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Meredith Noble
Jack, you mention buttons should enable and disable based on the selection. Have you had success with this in the past? I am worried about randomly disabling buttons -- what if the user doesn't understand why it's happening? My philosophy is that it would be more confusing to allow

Re: [IxDA Discuss] Table Row Interactions and .ico files

2008-03-12 Thread Jack Moffett
On Mar 12, 2008, at 4:29 PM, Meredith Noble wrote: So we have: List Page (list of all items, with buttons allowing the user to perform any actions that can be applied to any combination of items in the list, including multiples) Item Detail Pages (what you get when you click on an