Hmm. Thanks for describing this way of working.
Here is the thing. We observed users working with this, and they all used
predominantly the keyboard. So, we favored keyboard use. This is not an
argument for anything, and it does not mean that that is the best design, I am
just telling you how we designed it. Things can change, and this is why it is
important to understand how people tend to use the UI.
So, every (and only) selection has actions. In your example, the #Menu category
has a right arrow next to it. If you click on that you “Dive in category”. That
means that if you want to dive in #Implementors, you navigate there, and then
you get the option of diving in.
We consciously chose to not show all actions all the time because that would
have led to an overcrowded UI with too many things to choose from. Right now,
you have 5 main things to click on and that is it.
Now, hearing your scenario, it seems to make sense to make the category
clickable as well and make it dive in that category. We will look at it (or
maybe someone else does it beforehand :)). Thanks.
Does this make more sense now?
Yes! I do not get why keyboard is orthogonal to direct access.
To me what I hate in UI is UI that are showing information but do not
let you access it.
How can I see that I can do something on the list?
The arrows only arrive when I click on ........
So I was trying to click on the label and it did not work. Of
course I must click on the first element
of the list so that the arrow show up on the element and the label!!!!!
What???
Seriously doru. You should have asked UI blind like me to test
Spotter.
I would have recorded a session and you can see that there are
glitches that you do not even see.
I'm just continuously bumping on them.
This is why I could understand Spotter and use it only to find a
class.
This is why I like the grabbing possibility of file on mac via the icons
and the navigation from there
because I see the file it is in front of my nose and I do not to jump
into a file system (like a mail download folder
I have no clue where it is) to grab it.
So to me Spotter should offer the same. Show information and let me grab
it. Especially when this is on the suggstion
list.
I do not understand how you solve the problem I got with shortcut btw.
You see the point is the following. Diving can be frustrating.
If on click on the labl you get the list then it can work really well.
Doru
Stef
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