RE: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience.

2017-04-17 Thread Lo via 4D_Tech
Hi Chaps Thanks Peter and Tim. 4D UI - spaghetti soup I sometimes bump into... Often hard... >> Things to avoid: >> >> Ambiguity (e.g. colour coded text) > This is a good point because there are more color blind people out there than > you know. More men are color blind than women. So always

​Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-17 Thread steve simpson via 4D_Tech
> On Apr 17, 2017, at 8:47 AM,Peter Jakobsson wrote: > > > Doesn’t the O/S define ‘modern era’ ? > > > > If you stick to vanilla 4D objects (i.e. just the raw button styles, > list styles & fields etc) then the O/S will do all the work for you in > keeping your screens up to date. > ​+1​

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-17 Thread info--- via 4D_Tech
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Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience.

2017-04-17 Thread Benedict, Tom via 4D_Tech
Peter Jakobsson responds: >> Where could I go to see samples of what folks are doing with 4D which brings >> the UI into the modern era? Any thoughts? >Doesn't the O/S define 'modern era' ? I couldn't agree more. If you are using 4D "client" for your app, create style sheets and

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-17 Thread Tim Nevels via 4D_Tech
On Apr 17, 2017, at 8:47 AM,Mitchell Shiller wrote: > If you would like I can send you some sample pages to better understand what > I am saying. I’m interested in seeing some sceenshots of your new user interface. Tim Tim Nevels Innovative

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-16 Thread David Adams via 4D_Tech
Mitchell, Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts about the goals and concepts you kept in mind while developing your design charter, and for taking the time to share some real examples. Very much appreciated. On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 10:31 AM, Mitchell Shiller via 4D_Tech <

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-16 Thread Mitchell Shiller via 4D_Tech
As requested, I have posted a link to a folder with some samples: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/3rhyxaaqok0in2m/AADJZmWfoRTpTDuoC08a951ra?dl=0 In it you will find; 1) The Spectrum palette I use for this project 2) The same palette ported to the OS Color Picker 3) Dialog - this is a basic detail

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience.

2017-04-16 Thread Peter Jakobsson via 4D_Tech
On 15 Apr 2017, at 09:49, rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > Where could I go to see samples of what folks are doing with 4D which brings > the UI into the modern era? Any thoughts? Doesn’t the O/S define ‘modern era’ ? If you stick to vanilla 4D objects (i.e. just the

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-16 Thread rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech
Thank you Mitch. Very helpful!! I would love to see some sample pages... Best! Kirk > On Apr 16, 2017, at 12:54 PM, Mitchell Shiller via 4D_Tech > <4d_tech@lists.4d.com> wrote: > > Kirk, > > I just re-did the UI of my application. > Here are a few tips form my experience. > > 1) Start

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience

2017-04-16 Thread Mitchell Shiller via 4D_Tech
Kirk, I just re-did the UI of my application. Here are a few tips form my experience. 1) Start by picking a color palette of 4-6 colors. I use Spectrum- great app for selecting colors based on their relationship- monochromatic, analogous, complementary etc. Make a table and decide which

Re: Clean Slate - Modern User Experience.

2017-04-15 Thread Keisuke Miyako via 4D_Tech
Hello, if you could spare some time to go through the various "HDI" examples, especially those themes on the listbox, I think it would be a good way to get tuned with the current development styles in 4D. ftp://ftp.4d.com/SAMPLE_DATABASES/4D/ HTML/SVG/Objects are obviously modern and cool, but

Clean Slate - Modern User Experience.

2017-04-15 Thread rooftop99--- via 4D_Tech
Hi All, After years of working with large legacy systems where their roots were based in 4D v3 or earlier, I am faced with a rare opportunity to create a substantial application - ground up. I would like the end product to have a modern UI. It is a multi-user system. I plan to use a