2009/9/12 Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com>: > On 12 Sep 2009, at 16:34, Eduardo H. Silva wrote: > >> 2009/9/11 Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com>: >>> >>> On 11 Sep 2009, at 00:30, Eduardo H. Silva wrote: >>> >>>> Should the toolbar icon for the colors palette have a down arrow like >>>> with the other toolbar button icons? After all, it doesn't execute a >>>> primary action of its pallete when clicking, instead it reveals its >>>> palette. >>> >>> No, down arrows indicate the new lockable secondary toolbars (one click >>> to >>> lock open, one click to lock closed, hover for temporary quick use like a >>> palette). Locking open secondary toolbars resizes the activity canvas >>> area, >>> normal toolbar palettes do not. >>> >>> FWIW: it has been agreed (I think) that any icons that have _NO_ default >>> primary function (i.e. they just hold palettes) should instantly, and >>> fully >>> expose on a single left click (as they already do for a single right >>> click). >>> As their primary function is to display their palette. Maybe we can solve >>> this for 0.88. This would solve things like providing instant feedback on >>> buddy icons, such as accessing the large self buddy icon in the home view >>> for getting to settings, shutdown etc. >> >> But shouldn't something be done visually to differentiate those icons >> which open palettes when clicked, from those which act their primary >> action? The user won't know beforehand what will the result of >> clicking be otherwise. > > > Yes, I do acknowledge this point, unfortunately all the visual 'cures' I've > seen mentioned or tried to think up so far are worse than the 'illness'. The > Sugar UI usage of icons with a primary action vs. no primary action would > seem to be about 50/50, so any visual treatment would have to look good on > ~50% of all icons you see. For the new toolbar lock open/closed 'v' shape, > it requires almost all those icons to be re-adjusted/designed from scratch > with that extra empty space required below. > > I guess I'd try to argue for better icon design to start with, so that the > author made sure they clearly distinguished icons for single click actions, > from icons exposing a palette of actions.
Good point. The color button in Write is a good example of that. > Could I ask you indicate some example cases where you see potential > confusion? Perhaps we can improve their icon designs. To be honest I don't have a use case to show, perhaps it's just a potential problem that doesn't manifest itself. Eduardo > Regards, > --Gary > > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
