Thanks Gary, and Mikus. As Gary mentioned, I'm working on a set of mockups I will be able to share soon. To me they are a way to address the feedback from the recent tests we did around resume vs. start new.
More soon, Christian On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Gary C Martin <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Mikus, > > Just wanted to say thanks for the feedback, and yes, UI latency issues are > real tender subject... The trick (I hope) with a replacement fullscreen > dialogue is that it doesn't need to do any of the actual activity start-up > process which is what I understand is the delay for the pulse window > appearing, and then the duration it then pulses for. A full screen dialogue > 'should' be making no more dbus requests than the current pop-up palette, > it's just a different UI technique for the same information. I hope such a > change would help resolve: > > 1) confusion many have between start new, and resume by making that choice > explicit and of equal value > 2) avoid the whole insta pop-up vs. delayed hover palette vs. right click > vs. left click debates > 3) avoid the need for cursor dexterity to use a current palette > 4) the additional screen real-estate may allow an extra feature (I'm > thinking "Start shared", ideal for chat etc) > > Thanks again for your feedback, Christian has some nice mock-ups (he's > still working on so not posted anywhere yet) – I imaging we'll be having > another design #sugar-meeting this weekend to bounce the concept around a > little more if you wanted to attend. > > Regards, > --Gary > > On 1 Jun 2010, at 00:02, Mikus Grinbergs wrote: > > >> Thanks, that's a good point to raise. Christian and I had quick > #sugar-meeting on Saturday about > >> some ongoing design plans to improve the resume/start behaviour. It's > roughly a full screen > >> dialogue (like the control panel and naming dialogues) that appear when > an activity is clicked, > >> and provides the features currently found in the hover home palettes. > It's one solution to the, > >> "if I click will it resume a previous session, or start new?" > >> > >> Perhaps with this extra space it might be possible to introduce a way > >> to 'start shared' for new activities. > > > > Please consider: > > > > Palettes may require dexterity to use - but they *already* allow the > > user to select between 'start anew' and 'resume'. > > > > My experience with "full screen" is that they take WAY TOO LONG to open > > with F11-on-XO -- for instance the wait between clicking on an icon in > > Home View and seeing the "launching" full screen is often one second - > > and occasionally it's been more like five seconds. > > > > The advantage of the palette is that "what is happening" is visible > > throughout -- the user has to hover (or left click) first, before the > > palette opens -- and subsequently when the user clicks within a palette > > that entry's highlight disappears instantly; whereas ANY interval > > whatsoever after the triggering action for invoking full screen leaves > > the user dangling "in purgatory" until that expected screen appears. > > > > > > Also, while simplifying user controls is wonderful for when things go as > > expected, the user is left helpless when they do not. In this case, > > suppose the user indicates 'start shared' - and the Activity starts, but > > doesn't share. What is the user expected to do - write a problem ticket? > > [I was thinking of a "try again to share" capability.] > > > > > > mikus > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- [email protected] 917/ 575 0013 http://www.christianmarcschmidt.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/christianmarcschmidt http://twitter.com/cms_
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