[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] New color selector

[Eben Eliason]

I prefer the first one myself, since I think it makes it quite clear
how to affect just the stroke or just the fill. The quick feedback you
get as you run through the spectrum is nice, and kind of fun.
(disco-XO!)

The second one could also work, but I think it's would be far better
to visualize more (all!) of the possible choices without the need to
scroll through the list. I've attached a couple of mockups to
demonstrate this. The first has static swatches, which don't change at
all. The second has dynamic swatches which take on the chosen
stroke/fill colors for the fill/stroke swatches respectively, as your
current mockup does.

In all cases, I'd recommend shortening the labels now to just "Stroke
color" and "Fill color", since the interaction is obvious. (This
would, by the way, let your sliders in the first mockup be twice as
long, which would make it easier for kids to use to select their
chosen color.) I also still find it visually much nicer when the only
XO represented here is you.

My 2¢,
Eben



On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:56 AM, Walter Bender <walter.bender at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 7:48 AM, Aleksey Lim <alsroot at member.fsf.org> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've uploaded new mockups as a result of last design meeting
>> (hope I understood designers well:) to
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Design_Team/0.88_Meeting#Enhanced_Color_Selector
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Color-selector-4.png
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/4/43/Color-selector-4.ogv
>>
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/File:Color-selector-5.png
>> http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/images/5/54/Color-selector-5.ogv
>
> Nice.
>
> I much prefer the second one (the one with the rows of XOs). To me, it
> is much more obvious what is going on and more fun too.
>
> The general problem people encounter is the interaction between the
> two changes: fill visually impacts stroke and vice versa. I think this
> a good compromise solution.
>
> -walter
>
>>
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