Maybe even have the tray pulse during the roll over. On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, Angel Marquez <[email protected]>wrote:
> The open > hand<http://www.mcs.anl.gov/research/projects/perfvis/software/viewers/jumpshot-4/node16.html>cursor > that is triggered when hovering paired with a feedback area on the > interface reading 'drag to area' that has been accurately named: tray > etc.... > > > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 12:18 PM, Danny Hope <[email protected]> wrote: > >> 2009/2/5 Alan Wexelblat <[email protected]>: >> > A while back I asked about affordances related to drag-and-drop. >> > Here's more of me trying to figure out the right ways to cue users for >> > certain operations that could work for drag and drop. >> > >> > The interface in question has a hierarchical tree on the left. On the >> > right is a details area. >> > >> > Because the user's tasks may require comparing details of several >> > items at once I want to enable people to move more than one item from >> > the left tree to the details area simultaneously. In effect the right >> > side is a "details workspace" that the person populates by selecting >> > one or more names from the tree view and somehow getting them to the >> > details area. >> > >> > Now drag-and-drop is one option. As is a context menu. But both are >> > somewhat hidden. The question is do i want to also add visible >> > affordances such as << and >> buttons between the two parts of the >> > display to indicate that people can select things and move them back >> > and forth? >> > >> > What's the best practice for this kind of thing, if there is one? >> >> It's really hard to answer this without seeing what you've got and >> knowing more about what people are trying to acheive. >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Danny Hope >> 07595 226 792 >> @yandle >> ________________________________________________________________ >> Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! >> To post to this list ....... [email protected] >> Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe >> List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines >> List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help >> > > ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
