also the desktop interface should be different from case to case, EX: the desktop (as a hole) in a monitor on a PC should be arranged differently than at a TV screen, items should be arranged to work well on a tv; or menus on cellphones, we can't have the same looking gnome bars and menus on a cellphone... as i get on vacations i might try and design a G4TV (gnome for TV) desktop for me! adding just programs that might work on a tv better (DVD paly, music and maybe wiimote as pointer) and the menus to allow easy access the applications, seems like fun!
On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Calum Benson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 14 Mar 2008, at 15:41, Dokuro wrote: > > > can anyone tell me what is the regular resolution the HIG is supposed > > to work on? > > if we know that, we could just calculate the actual difference for > > smaller and bigger resolutions based on that pixel value, a pixel on > > High Resolution would be what in a lower one... > > When we first wrote the HIG, the most common screen sizes in use were > (based on the various browser statistics available online) 800x600 and > 1024x768, in roughly equal amounts. I don't believe we had any > resolution (dpi) statistics available. (I can't find any online now, > either.) > > While doing a simple mathematical scale up/down might be an interim > solution, it's not really the way to produce apps that look their best > on a smaller or larger screen. I'm sure a visual designer would tell > you that certain elements should be scaled by more than others, and > some shouldn't be scaled at all. > > And when you bring touchscreens into the equation, they have different > UI requirements altogether, in terms of minimum widget size and inter- > widget spacing. This is why the common toolkits like Windows/MFC and > Java/Swing tend to have completely separate UI guidelines for mobile > devices, and I'm sure they've done a lot more thinking about it than > we have, so far. > > > > Cheeri, > Calum. > > -- > CALUM BENSON, Usability Engineer Sun Microsystems Ireland > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] GNOME Desktop Team > http://blogs.sun.com/calum +353 1 819 9771 > > Any opinions are personal and not necessarily those of Sun Microsystems > > > _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
