I find the icons to be non-intuitive, and prefer the boxes stay as text. One could shorten the "turn points" tab to just "points" to save space.
I'd like also to see a clearly marked button for creating a new task. The current (6.0.6) task manager doesn't have this (you have to click "Edit", then "New", which is not intuitive). In Rob's latest mockup, clicking on "task edit" brings up a dialog asking to create a new task or not; this would also work for me. Kevin > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 04 Mar 2011 11:22:41 -0500 > From: Rob Dunning <r...@raspberryridgesheepfarm.com> > Subject: [Xcsoar-user] Tabs with icons > To: Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net, > xcsoar-de...@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <71.EF.13782.1D1117D4@cm-omr6> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > > We think that we can simplify the Task manager tabs by replacing the > words with icons on the tabs. Our concern is that the wide range of > XCSoar pilots may have varying opinions about the icons. We > continue to display the name of the selected tab in the title bar, > but on the tabs themselves, we show only the icon. > > Please look at the screen shot and send your comments: > www.tinyurl.com/xcsoardevrld/TaskManager/TabIcons.PNG > > Thanks, > > Rob > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 4 Mar 2011 18:43:56 +0100 > From: "martin.kopp...@gmx.de" <martin.kopp...@gmx.de> > Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Tabs with icons > To: Rob Dunning <r...@raspberryridgesheepfarm.com> > Cc: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <b2454b40-fec5-4158-b426-68d3f44c3...@gmx.de> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Only replacing the text by icons does IMHO not improve much. It offers the > opportunity to make the buttons narrower by about a third, though, > independently from the language used, thus increasing the space available > for the content on the right, which I'd consider highly desirable, > especially regarding the turn point list. > > Martin > --- > > > > Am 04.03.2011 um 17:22 schrieb Rob Dunning: > >> We think that we can simplify the Task manager tabs by replacing the >> words with icons on the tabs. Our concern is that the wide range of >> XCSoar pilots may have varying opinions about the icons. We >> continue to display the name of the selected tab in the title bar, >> but on the tabs themselves, we show only the icon. >> >> Please look at the screen shot and send your comments: >> www.tinyurl.com/xcsoardevrld/TaskManager/TabIcons.PNG >> >> Thanks, >> >> Rob >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You >> This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details >> its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative >> solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d >> _______________________________________________ >> Xcsoar-user mailing list >> Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user > > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 08:29:16 +1100 > From: Scott Penrose <sco...@dd.com.au> > Subject: Re: [Xcsoar-user] Tabs with icons > To: "martin.kopp...@gmx.de" <martin.kopp...@gmx.de> > Cc: xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net > Message-ID: <6fafe297-45dd-41ae-9877-25205b7c2...@dd.com.au> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > Icons vs Text is tricky. > > Our instinct says that text is better. Firstly there is no learning what > something is. > > But there has been a heap of research into this area, and found that users > have to spend far less time looking at a screen to find an icon than they > do reading text. Our brains are wired to see shapes and icons, not text. > > Scott > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ What You Don't Know About Data Connectivity CAN Hurt You This paper provides an overview of data connectivity, details its effect on application quality, and explores various alternative solutions. http://p.sf.net/sfu/progress-d2d _______________________________________________ Xcsoar-user mailing list Xcsoar-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcsoar-user
