I totally agree with both of Larry's cents. Items 1) and 2) as Larry described them would work very well for my applications.
- John Larry Kluger wrote: > > Hi, > > I like David's slim scrollbar, I think it's more attractive than the > usual windows toolbar. > I also agree with David's point that a standard window toolbar may > influence people away from realizing that they can scroll a Timeline > along the time axis. > > My 2 cents on the issue are: > 1) The scrollbar should always be visible if there are more events > than can be shown on the available tracks. It should be usable as a > handle for moving the Timeline since its affordance is to act as a handle. > (Affordance is a UI term. An object's affordance is the behavior that > we expect from an object, given its appearance and context.) > > 2) I think the bouncing off the top and bottom of the band effect is > great for when the touch gesture is used on an iPhone, iTouch, or some > of the newer Macs. But having it occur as the result of a > mouse-interaction doesn't feel right to me. I'd appreciate some way to > turn that behavior off and I don't recommend it as a default (except > when the browser has a touch interface). > > Note that Timeline works pretty well out of the box on the iTouch. > Enabling the Timeline to be scrolled vertically really solves one of > the few problems with Timeline on an iPhone etc. The only other issue > is to change the bubbles' show/hide UI when used with an iPhone. > That's on my list. > > Regards, > > Larry > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > *From:* David Huynh <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Wednesday, March 25, 2009 12:17:24 AM > *Subject:* Re: dragging vertically in timelines > > > David Karger wrote: > > you mean use a native vertical scrollbar? That would seem to create a > > "mixed metaphor" ui; > That was one of the reasons I didn't want to use a native vertical > scrollbar. > > > i am guessing you can come up with a better > > consistent metaphor. It took me quite a while to notice the vertical > > scrollbar, and I'm puzzled why it is "read only". > > > The intention is that it's only an indicator, and the body of the band > is the interactor. > > I think people ain't used to scrolling horizontally as much, so if > vertical scrolling were any more emphasized than it is, then that might > totally inhibit any hint that horizontal scrolling is possible. (A > native vertical scrollbar would really emphasize vertical scrolling.) > But I could be wrong. > > > farfetched, but what if you made the timeline into a "barrel" that > > rolled away at the top and bottom (images shrinking) to indicate there > > is more present? > > > "Barrel" like this? > http://z.about.com/d/ipod/1/0/e/3/-/-/iphone_gallery_10.jpg > I can add some gradients. > > David > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SIMILE Widgets" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/simile-widgets?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
