pippin wrote: > > Ha, depends a bit on _why_ you actually found it to be cluttered. > The iPad main screen is probably the biggest change in all of iPeng 7... > which is why I held it back so far :) > And I was never very happy with the old iPeng for iPad layout, I did it > in the early days when iPad design was new and some of the ideas - like > using large background areas in the top bar as control elements - turned > out to be really not a good idea. > Also, following Apple's original iPad Music App scheme in showing a > cover in a somewhat big area at the bottom left and cramming all other > control functionality into the top bar probably led to a bit > disorganized and crammed appearance. It was not so much a question of > the actual number of buttons (iPeng for iPad actually had _fewer_ > buttons on screen than the other iPad Apps) but more a question of > arrangement and use of whitespace.
I should have said that I wasn't trying to be negative. :-) I agree with you when you say that iPeng should, and is, making the best use of white space. My comment was more related to the use of the upper area of the screen. That area was crammed with a lot of controls, hence the clutter. I noticed in the screenshot that you now have moved some of those controls over to the bottom of the screen. And that looks a lot better, less cluttered. I also like what you did with the left area of the screen. Showing only the icons reduces some clutter as well. Less text on the screen is good. Our brain tries to read and understand everything that gets projected (natural behavior). The new layout is quite gentle to our brain! Nice work pippin, I'm looking forward to this update! I must admit that I use my iPad 99% in landscape mode. I guess that orientation will have the same modifications? 1 x SB3, 1 x SB Boom, 1 x SB Radio and 2 x SB Touch - all wireless 1 x Wandboard behind the bedroom ceiling ReadyNAS NVX running LMS 7.7.2. w iTunes plugin iPeng on iPod Touch. SqueezePad & iPeng on iPad. http://www.last.fm/user/phibon ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Pascal Hibon's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=7969 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=100478 _______________________________________________ discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/discuss
