As for the keystrokes, I think that it makes sense if it is a tab and arrowkey combination. Tab to the element and then move the element using the directional keys. Similar to reordering an item in a list. I always like arrows for movement, it seems natural.
I would also allow for larger jumps than single step increments. Most layout and drawing applications use the arrow key alone to move by 1 (whatever 1 means in the context) and then shift-arrow to mean move by 1x (where x is usually 10 or the next grid step or, again, whatever makes sense in the context). - Eli On Apr 18, 2008, at 9:03 AM, Mara Hancock wrote: > I am not a UX person, but in thinking about it from a user perspective > I would say that it seems that context and user goals would determine > usability. For example, if I were going to use this as a date range > picker for my assignment, I would like it less than the use of a small > calendar, because the calendar is the primary context for thinking > about the semester and due dates. However, if I were in a project > management tool and creating a project plan which will be visualized > via a gantt chart, a horizontal slider would make good sense. > > > > > On Apr 18, 2008, at 8:37 AM, Joseph Scheuhammer wrote: > >> Sorry for sending this twice, but I forgot to include the fluid-work >> mailing list last time. >> >> All, >>> The form I've seen is a slider with two thumbs, allowing the user to >>> select two endpoints of a range, thereby selecting a range. >> Here are some examples: >> >> http://www.ajaxorized.com/dateslider/slider.html >> http://tobias.klpstn.com/dojo/dojox/widget/tests/ >> test_RangeSlider.html >> http://dev.jquery.com/view/trunk/ui/demos/ui.slider.html, examples 3 >> and 4. >> >> Main issues are: >> >> 1. what are the keystrokes for keyboard access? This question has >> already been forwarded to the dhtml style guide group. >> >> 2. what are the role(s) and properties? Is it a new role (sub-range >> slider)? A new sub-role? >> >> Overarching the above is a question as to whether this is a usable >> widget. Perhaps that's not a question for this group (wai-pfwg), >> and it >> looks like the horse has left the barn (or is leaving soon), so >> perhaps >> it's moot. I would like to seek advice from user experience folks >> about >> this new widget, hence I'm cc'ing the fluid-work list. Fluid-work >> list: >> this is the same widget Eli brought up last Jan: >> http://fluidproject.org/pipermail/fluid-work/2008-January/001341.html >> >> David Bolter wrote: >> >>> What we are beginning to see are widgets that allow the user to >>> select >>> a range. The form I've seen is a slider with two thumbs, allowing >>> the >>> user to select two endpoints of a range, thereby selecting a range. >>> This is a strange beast. Seems like an unlawful marriage of role >>> slider and property multiselect. What do we want to do with it? >>> >>> Out in the wild, I see at least jquery has one, and one is landing >>> in >>> dojox (the dojo staging area). >>> >>> We discussed this on #wai-aria today to the point of thinking we >>> needed to raise the issue. (Hopefully not to push the last call >>> date, >>> but to just get a basic plan ready, and consider impact on roles and >>> wording, specifically perhaps the range role) >>> >>> cheers, >>> David >>> >> -- >> ;;;;joseph >> >> 'This is not war -- this is pest control!' >> - "Doomsday", Dalek Leader - >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fluid-work mailing list >> fluid-work@fluidproject.org >> http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work > > ================================== > Mara Hancock > ETS Interim Director > > http://ets.berkeley.edu > University of California, Berkeley > Educational Technology Services > 9 Dwinelle Hall, #2535 > Berkeley, CA 94720 > > Desk: 510-643-9923 > Mobile: 510-407-0543 > > > > _______________________________________________ > fluid-work mailing list > fluid-work@fluidproject.org > http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Eli Cochran user interaction developer ETS, UC Berkeley _______________________________________________ fluid-work mailing list fluid-work@fluidproject.org http://fluidproject.org/mailman/listinfo/fluid-work
