[Sugar-devel] seeking feedback on sketch of a new color selector

[Carlo Falciola]

+1 for  me for Keyboard...
maybe language should be in by default....

ciao carlo 

--- Gio 12/11/09, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> ha scritto:

> Da: Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com>
> Oggetto: Re: [Sugar-devel] seeking feedback on sketch of a new color selector
> A: "Gary C Martin" <gary at garycmartin.com>, "Eben Eliason" <eben.eliason at gmail.com>
> Cc: "Sugar-dev Devel" <sugar-devel at lists.sugarlabs.org>, "Carlo Falciola" <cfalciola at 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.eliason at 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 <gary at 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 <gary at 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
> >>
> >>
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> 
> 
> 
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> Walter Bender
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