Thanks for all the feedback. I'll post some more videos of the different layout ideas (not sure how to stack the buttons, but I am sure 30 seconds of Tomeu time will resolve that one).
On a related note, I've also updated the initial dialog which presumably should use the same layout as we settle on for the control panel. Carlo suggested we offer a language/keyboard setting option to make available in SoaS images. I'd like to find a way to do this that makes in unobtrusive. I was thinking of just added a button at the bottom of the first screen that prompts for Name. -walter On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.elia...@gmail.com> wrote: > Very nice! The ability to go backward is a huge improvement. > > I have a few thoughts on the layout. I'd suggest putting the arrows on > the outside, with the smaller (presumably "cell size") XOs just to the > left and right of the large one. I'd also suggest making the arrow > buttons smaller, so they don't overpower the interface (right now they > actually appear larger than cell size; I think even showing them at > the size they appear in the Journal, or in menus, might suffice). > > I'm glad to see that clicking the arrows or the small XOs works! > > Eben > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> wrote: >> Hi Walter, >> >> On 11 Nov 2009, at 17:42, Walter Bender wrote: >> >>> I just posted another version (no undo) and I think more clarity as to >>> what is going on... You can click the < > buttons or the small XOs. >> >> Yes, fab, that's much clearer, even for a static view. >> >> Here's a quick mockup at keeping the large buddy icon central so it matches >> the usual zoom presentation of your buddy icon: >> >> >> >> >> Regards, >> --Gary >> >>> -walter >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Walter, >>>> >>>> On 11 Nov 2009, at 15:48, Walter Bender wrote: >>>> >>>>> I made a patch to the color selector on the About Me panel to make it >>>>> a little easier to navigate the color selections. Please see my screen >>>>> cast at http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/xb42um_color-selector_tech. >>>> >>>> I needed to watch through a number of times before I could work out the >>>> logic for the colours of the two smaller buddy icons. First couple of >>>> times >>>> through I thought one was a swapped fill/stroke, and the other was a >>>> 'light' >>>> version, then third time through I decided they must all just be random, >>>> finally I twigged that it was a scrolling history moving from right to >>>> left >>>> (small <-- big <-- small). >>>> >>>> Quick thoughts: >>>> >>>> - What you have now would be visually understandable after a single click >>>> if >>>> you added a brief transition animation so that the icons scroll >>>> left/right >>>> and resize (like a carousel). >>>> >>>> - Not convinced you need the undo icon if you can add the transition >>>> animation, it feels slightly odd at the moment that the undo is right >>>> next >>>> to the yet too be seen new colour combination (perhaps it could go above >>>> or >>>> below the centre icon if it really needs to stay in the design). >>>> >>>> - The alternative is to have N small buddy icons around the central large >>>> icon, where the small icons are a close variation of the central large >>>> icon >>>> colours. Clicking the centre icon picks a completely new random base set >>>> of >>>> colours; clicking any small icon moves it to the centre large position, >>>> and >>>> generates a new set of small variants. The colour variants could just be >>>> +/- >>>> small random steps from the main base colours, or have some spacial >>>> meaning >>>> (left/right could be +/- fill colour, up/down could be +/- stroke >>>> colour). >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> --Gary >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Walter Bender >>> Sugar Labs >>> http://www.sugarlabs.org >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Sugar-devel mailing list >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel >> >> > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel