Regarding sliders, you can see what you are selecting; you could show the time changing in real-time with the slider movement, a la Adobe Flex. This would help to prevent errors, as would snapping to a designated time increment, such as every hour. You would even have room for icons representing the time of day. I made a two-minute mock-up of what this would look like: http://joshcoe.com/images/rough-time-slider.jpg
You're right, users would not be used to setting time with a slider. Even systems that use sliders for time control do so for selecting a time range. I've done tests on users when making a sound card interface, and sliders fared well for volume and pan controls, but I haven't tested a time-setting slider. Could be interesting. It does have the advantage of representing time on a horizontal axis, like a traditional timeline. If a dropdown list goes beyond the screen, I would suggest making the dropdown list scrollable so the user does not have to scroll the page to uncover hidden options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Posted from the new ixda.org http://www.ixda.org/discuss?post=42582 ________________________________________________________________ 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
