Please try to keep your posts onlist. -- Alan
---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sun, 7 Jan 2007 16:13:03 -0600 From: Ethan Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Matthew Paul Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Alan Horkan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Usability] Usability Digest, Vol 33, Issue 9 Imagine this. (Cont'd) A user is reading a long web page. There is only one frame on screen- the actual page, and the scroll bars. The user moves his/her mouse to the top or bottom of the frame, and an entire slew of options becomes visible. I think that separating windows by their components could make for a variety of interesting possibilities. Or this: Someone's typing something. They have some transparency behind the document, but the controls portion of the window is completely opaque. Or maybe this: A person has two tabs in Firefox, but they wish to see them at the same time. So they open one, and drag it onto the desktop, where its frame just sits there. When they select it, the top (or bottom) of the previous window disappears, and appears again above the selected frame. After not being used for a few seconds, it auto hides. This could reduce visual noise, and give an elegant finish to a desktop environment. But like I say, I'm new here, and I may just not know what I'm talking about. But I want to, so I'm more than happy to get all the explanation and correction I need, should you graciously decide to give it. _______________________________________________ Usability mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/usability
