[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Mockups of Home view showing "Start new" ring and separate row of icons for resume

[Gerald Ardito]

I think the the two ring idea might work really well with students. I can
show the two options to my 5th graders and see what they prefer, if that
would help.

One question, in either model, what is the UI behavior. If I click on the
"Resume" icon, am I presented with a browser into the Journal?

Thanks.
Gerald

On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Christian Marc Schmidt <
christianmarc at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks, Gary. Before settling on the current design for Home, we actually
> had a very similar mockup to the first one you sent.
>
> While it addresses the issue Simon is mentioning on a structural level, it
> isn't intuitive. The problem is the duplication of activity icons, which
> leads to confusion. The distinction of gray and color icons isn't enough to
> alleviate the confusion arising from having duplicate sets of icons.
>
> We'll talk more in a few minutes, but I think there may be a solution to
> our problem in the activity view.
>
> More soon...
>
>
> Christian
>
>
> On Sat, Jan 16, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Gary C Martin <gary at garycmartin.com>wrote:
>
>> On 16 Jan 2010, at 15:26, Simon Schampijer wrote:
>>
>> > On 01/16/2010 04:14 PM, Gary C Martin wrote:
>> >> Hi folks,
>> >>
>> >> Some quick mockups of a Home view idea mentioned in previous
>> discussions. Just intended as extra material for todays irc design meeting.
>> >>
>> >> 1) Ring of activity icons reverts to the "Start new" behaviour; Journal
>> icon is always shown for easier access, with recent activities shown below
>> for quick resuming. Journal icon and recent activities are shown
>> horizontally for better screen balance (at cost of not matching the real
>> Journal list display orientation).
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Home_mockup_with_horizontal_journal_and_start_new_defaults.png
>> >>
>> >> 2) Same as above except that the Journal icon is top left and a top to
>> bottom resume icon order is used so that recent activities are shown in the
>> same order and direction as is experienced in the Journal list view:
>> >>
>> >>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Home_mockup_with_journal_and_start_new_defaults.png
>> >>
>> >> Regards,
>> >> --Gary
>> >
>> > Hi Gary,
>> >
>> > thanks, I think that helps to better visualize this proposal.
>> >
>> > The problem I see with this design is, that the title of the activities
>> does lack. I guess you would see it in a palette when hovering over it. But
>> that would be as quick as going to the Journal directly. One could imagine
>> displaying the title in the vertical layout, but that would make the home
>> view crowded.
>> >
>> > Just a few thoughts, so I do not forget my first impressions ;p
>>
>> :-)
>>
>> Here's a 3rd for the mentioned double ring of activity icons; inside
>> non-colour icons for "Start new" behaviour, outside ring of coloured icons
>> for "Resume" behaviour. Journal icon shown at top of ring for easy access
>> (note that its coloured icon in the "Start now" ring is now out of place):
>>
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Home_mockup_with_double_ring_of_start_new_and_resume.png
>>
>> Regards,
>> --Gary
>
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