On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 9:42 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 2:28 PM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:59 AM, Peter Robinson <pbrobin...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> On Tue, Feb 26, 2013 at 3:17 AM, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> On Mon, Feb 25, 2013 at 9:57 PM, Hal Murray <hmur...@megapathdsl.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> walter.ben...@gmail.com said: >>>>>> (2) The chat is displayed from the top (most recent) down so that the >>>>>> recent >>>>>> messages are not occluded by the OSK and so that the recent messages are >>>>>> proximal to the text entry >>>>> >>>>> How well does that work out? How long does it take to learn to read >>>>> bottom-to-top? I'd expect troubles if you were distracted for a few lines >>>>> and then tried to catch up. >>>>> >>>>> Is that only for XO-4 or will people with non-touch XOs have to learn to >>>>> read >>>>> backwards too? >>>> >>>> I suppose we could make it specific to tablet modes... but maybe try >>>> it to see if you really think it is difficult. >>> >>> I wouldn't have thought having different layouts for different devices >>> would be confusing to users and not a great UX experience. Can we not >>> just move the text chat up when they keyboard appears so the last >>> written/received line is just above the keyboard. >>> >>> Peter >> >> And why is moving the text chat not a different layout? I don't follow >> your logic. > > Well you read it the same way whether it's on the screen or not rather > than having it top down for one type of device and bottom up for the > others. > > Peter
So what you are claiming is that your different layout is more intuitive than my different layout. -walter -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel
