Apologies for not setting a subject on my last mail :)
On Sun, 10 Apr 2011 10:22:33 -0400, Justin Armstrong <qtcompone...@badpint.org> wrote: > Hi, > Its great to see the first technology preview of Qt Quick Components for > Symbian! > Here are a few thoughts on the UI from a random member of the public :) > > My overall impression is that these widgets aren't really like anything > in Symbian^3 at all. They look quite similar to the widgets from the > Meego Touch Framework. > > Some of the changes worry me a little, because there are parts of the > Symbian^3 UX which are attractive and work well, > and it would be a shame to lose them. > To me it seems that one of the main problems with Symbian usability > is a lack of consistency between applications. If Qt Components > apps behave radically differently to other Symbian apps this isn't > going to help > > My comments below come mainly from playing with the qmlgallery > application. > > > * Transitions > The transition speed of dialogs and menus seems to be set far too long. > The fading and sliding effects should be subtle and not feel like they > are slowing me down. > > The dialogs slowly fade into view, which doesn't look as good as the > sliding or > zooming/popping animation that you get when a native > Symbian^3 query dialog opens. > > I like the way checkboxes animate when clicked (the checkboxes > themselves seem a little small on the N8 screen though). > Perhaps radio buttons could have a similar animation. > > I think having the button label text "wobble" when released is a bit > weird :) > > > * Dialog boxes > Personally, I think that native Symbian^3 query dialogs are one of the > more visually appealing parts of its UI. > > The dialogs in qmlgallery look rather disappointing in comparison. They > are small and cramped and some of the text doesn't have proper margins. > > I would prefer if Dialog and QueryDialog were anchored at > the bottom of the screen, and the buttons looked like soft-keys. I > don't see any advantage in them being centered and it makes things > behave needlessly differently to native Symbian apps. > > > * Menus > I prefer the appearance of the native S^3 menus. I think this is > because of the bigger fonts and nice use of gradients. > > > * ContextMenu > Is ContextMenu meant to appear anchored above another component? > It isn't in qmlgallery, and just looks like a SelectionDialog > without a title. > I don't think these should be the full width of the screen, but just big > enough to fit the contents, like the context menu on > the Symbian^3 homescreen. > > > * Softkeys > Are softkey menus dead? It looks like they have been replaced with one > menu and a back button. > This probably makes sense. Having a consistent place for a > back button is one of the things I like most about the Maemo5 interface. > > > * SectionScroller > I don't think this is working properly in qmlgallery. > > > * Haptic feedback > Will this be coming to QtComponents? This is another highlight of > the S^3 interface, so I hope it will be available to > QtComponents apps. > > > Thanks for reading! > > Justin > > _______________________________________________ > Qt-components mailing list > Qt-components@qt.nokia.com > http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-components _______________________________________________ Qt-components mailing list Qt-components@qt.nokia.com http://lists.qt.nokia.com/mailman/listinfo/qt-components
