Eben Eliason writes: > palettes, we aimed to reduce accidental invocation > of them without entirely eliminating discovery by increasing the > delay. ... > I'm more worried about immediately revealing of all secondary > actions, which pull attention from the more efficient manner in > which basic actions can be performed - namely, clicking on the > big icons. > > If we can do this in a manner which doesn't distract from the > primary interaction methods and encourage inefficient paths > through the UI, that would be great.
I believe this was first solved by Kid Pix, a few decades ago. One button bar swaps out another button bar. Microsoft's ribbon looks like the same thing, though I've never used it so I can't say for sure. Tux Paint certainly uses this model. In that case, it works fine for kids **way** below sugar's target age. (smart 2-year-old or regular 4-year-old for sure, possibly younger) > Another possibility would be to educate children about right click > somehow. On the one hand, I think it's really important to do this. Besides the human-compatibility issue and the extra expressive power, I think using a second button will help to develop the mind a bit. (you're not just grabbing or poking when you click; you're performing an action that could be determined by which button you click) On the other hand, I think both buttons should be the left button by default. Kids have trouble hitting the correct button. Button mistakes should not be something kids face from the moment go. > Perhaps, as suggested by Wade, we could allude to the availability > of more information immediately on hover, and perhaps even try making > the right button the only means of invoking the secondary actions. > This does work today, but the lack of discoverability is a definite > problem. It's no less discoverable than the left button. Right-click menus need to work two ways though: a. Press and hold down right button, move, release b. Click (press and release) right button, move, click either button _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
