Citát Alex Perez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > >> - Spacial interfaces can be extremely painful and lead to a lot of > >> windows on the screen. I do like 1 window for 1 folder -- that's a > >> good idea, as is keeping the location and view of a specific folder > >> consistent. Browser navigation is really slick for deep hierarchies -- > >> we just need to find a way to unify the two concepts. Or... > > > > > > Agreed. I find spacial navigation very good for folders I manage > > myself, but not for system folders etc. The way the OS X Finder > > switches between the two is really messy. > > Personally, the way I work requires both. Windows supports both. I use both. >
Problem with current environments is, that it is not straightforward, neither ovious how to change between the two kinds of navigation. It is either under preferences or you have to press some modifier key to alter the behaviour and if you are not very familiar with it, you end up by trying many combinations of modifiers+mousedoubleclicks. I think that this can be solved by very simple UI element. Imagine you had a small switch in the toolbar or somewhere in the window for changing the navigation behaviour. The switch can be in two (or more...) states: "browse", "open separately". If it is in "browse" state, each dobleclick changes contents of the window to contents of opened object. If it is in the "open separately" state, each doubleclick opens the object in new window. The icon should be "single window"/"two windows" or "pinned pin"/"opened pin"... There are several issues with that: - the button state changes in all opened windows? - define global navigation behaviour - the button state stays diferrent for each window? - i use this window for browsing, and that window is just opened folder - what happens when one opens a folder in a browser-locked window and there is another window open with the same folder? - why, when in browse mode, the folders are opened in the same window and documents in another window? (another application) - is the icon enough? would not it be better to have pink window background for browsing mode and azure window for spatial navigation? How to indicate the navigation mode? I think, everything is about clean explanation and very good visual feedback. Thoughts? Stefan Urbanek -- http://stefan.agentfarms.net First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win. - Mahatma Gandhi
