+1 for me for Keyboard... maybe language should be in by default.... ciao carlo
--- Gio 12/11/09, Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> ha scritto: > Da: Walter Bender <walter.ben...@gmail.com> > Oggetto: Re: [Sugar-devel] seeking feedback on sketch of a new color selector > A: "Gary C Martin" <g...@garycmartin.com>, "Eben Eliason" > <eben.elia...@gmail.com> > Cc: "Sugar-dev Devel" <sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org>, "Carlo Falciola" > <cfalci...@yahoo.it> > Data: Giovedì 12 novembre 2009, 09:32 > Thanks for all the feedback. > > I'll post some more videos of the different layout ideas > (not sure how > to stack the buttons, but I am sure 30 seconds of Tomeu > time will > resolve that one). > > On a related note, I've also updated the initial dialog > which > presumably should use the same layout as we settle on for > the control > panel. Carlo suggested we offer a language/keyboard setting > option to > make available in SoaS images. I'd like to find a way to do > this that > makes in unobtrusive. I was thinking of just added a button > at the > bottom of the first screen that prompts for Name. > > -walter > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 5:03 PM, Eben Eliason <eben.elia...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Very nice! The ability to go backward is a huge > improvement. > > > > I have a few thoughts on the layout. I'd suggest > putting the arrows on > > the outside, with the smaller (presumably "cell size") > XOs just to the > > left and right of the large one. I'd also suggest > making the arrow > > buttons smaller, so they don't overpower the interface > (right now they > > actually appear larger than cell size; I think even > showing them at > > the size they appear in the Journal, or in menus, > might suffice). > > > > I'm glad to see that clicking the arrows or the small > XOs works! > > > > Eben > > > > > > On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Gary C Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> > wrote: > >> Hi Walter, > >> > >> On 11 Nov 2009, at 17:42, Walter Bender wrote: > >> > >>> I just posted another version (no undo) and I > think more clarity as to > >>> what is going on... You can click the < > > buttons or the small XOs. > >> > >> Yes, fab, that's much clearer, even for a static > view. > >> > >> Here's a quick mockup at keeping the large buddy > icon central so it matches > >> the usual zoom presentation of your buddy icon: > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Regards, > >> --Gary > >> > >>> -walter > >>> > >>> On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Gary C > Martin <g...@garycmartin.com> > >>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>> Hi Walter, > >>>> > >>>> On 11 Nov 2009, at 15:48, Walter Bender > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I made a patch to the color selector > on the About Me panel to make it > >>>>> a little easier to navigate the color > selections. Please see my screen > >>>>> cast at http://dailymotion.virgilio.it/video/xb42um_color-selector_tech. > >>>> > >>>> I needed to watch through a number of > times before I could work out the > >>>> logic for the colours of the two smaller > buddy icons. First couple of > >>>> times > >>>> through I thought one was a swapped > fill/stroke, and the other was a > >>>> 'light' > >>>> version, then third time through I decided > they must all just be random, > >>>> finally I twigged that it was a scrolling > history moving from right to > >>>> left > >>>> (small <-- big <-- small). > >>>> > >>>> Quick thoughts: > >>>> > >>>> - What you have now would be visually > understandable after a single click > >>>> if > >>>> you added a brief transition animation so > that the icons scroll > >>>> left/right > >>>> and resize (like a carousel). > >>>> > >>>> - Not convinced you need the undo icon if > you can add the transition > >>>> animation, it feels slightly odd at the > moment that the undo is right > >>>> next > >>>> to the yet too be seen new colour > combination (perhaps it could go above > >>>> or > >>>> below the centre icon if it really needs > to stay in the design). > >>>> > >>>> - The alternative is to have N small buddy > icons around the central large > >>>> icon, where the small icons are a close > variation of the central large > >>>> icon > >>>> colours. Clicking the centre icon picks a > completely new random base set > >>>> of > >>>> colours; clicking any small icon moves it > to the centre large position, > >>>> and > >>>> generates a new set of small variants. The > colour variants could just be > >>>> +/- > >>>> small random steps from the main base > colours, or have some spacial > >>>> meaning > >>>> (left/right could be +/- fill colour, > up/down could be +/- stroke > >>>> colour). > >>>> > >>>> Regards, > >>>> --Gary > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Walter Bender > >>> Sugar Labs > >>> http://www.sugarlabs.org > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Sugar-devel mailing list > >> Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org > >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > Walter Bender > Sugar Labs > http://www.sugarlabs.org > _______________________________________________ Sugar-devel mailing list Sugar-devel@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/sugar-devel