David Huynh wrote: > Stefano, Georg, Brian, thank you all for your comments! > > I think I'll explore Brian's suggestion about graying out the filtered > out facet values (those with zero counts), as that requires a lot less > work than supporting animation properly :-)
Yeah, looks like a very good compromise. > There are other kinds of facet. I have been pointed to this page for > some examples: > http://www.endless.com/b/242169011/ref=topnav_sd_wm_b > (They also go with graying out zero count facet values.) > > And David Karger has mentioned wanting a tag cloud facet... > > Regarding the check boxes in Stefano's message, I've been trying to > think of ways to make them automatically adapt to the background of the > hosting page. Right now they are solid images, so they simply can't > adapt. Translucent PNGs would be better, but are still limited. I'd > avoid using <canvas> as that is costly. Transparent PNGs (say 60% alpha) would be a good way to start... and you can also do the trick to make them work on ie6 anyway. > > David > > Brian Rossmajer wrote: >> Looks very good. >> >> And I think both those caveats can be handled to a large degree in page >> design -- it's nice to have the choice now! >> >> I like Stefano's and Georg's suggestions, too in terms of lessening the >> abruptness of the transitions. Another thought might be, rather than >> removing the facet items entirely, they could be faded but still visible >> -- that way each facet always takes the same amount of space. >> >> Thanks! >> Brian >> >> >> >> David Huynh wrote: >> >>> Exhibit tends to make your web pages look imposing with all the borders >>> and scrollbars on the facets. Boxy, utilitarian, rugged, not so calm and >>> graceful. >>> >>> I've just added support for dropping those borders and scrollbars (by >>> setting ex:scroll="false"). With this feature you can achieve a more >>> stylized page like this >>> http://people.csail.mit.edu/dfhuynh/publications.html >>> which looks more like a web page than a web app. >>> >>> There are two caveats: >>> - A non-scrolling facet shouldn't have too many values (choices), or it >>> will take up too much space. >>> - Changing selection in one facet causes the other facets to update, >>> shrinking or growing in height, potentially causing loss of visual context. >>> >>> Comments are greatly appreciated! >>> >>> David >>> _______________________________________________ >>> General mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> General mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general >> > > _______________________________________________ > General mailing list > [email protected] > http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general -- Stefano. _______________________________________________ General mailing list [email protected] http://simile.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/general
