[Sugar-devel] [DESIGN] Instant palette popdown - a usability improvement

[Gonzalo Odiard]

Something to think about is the interaction on touch devices.



On Thu, May 26, 2016 at 7:58 AM, Tony Anderson <tony_anderson at usa.net>
wrote:

> Hi Sam
>
> I like the Google apps button on the Google main page and the menu button
> at the far right of the Firefox toolbar. They show as a popup and have
> plenty of screen space for icons and larger font sizes. This could support
> a design in which a left-click always causes an action and a right-click is
> required
> to open up the 'palette' This is done well on the standard toolbar.
>
> On the Home View, for instance. I would prefer that left-clicking on the
> icon launches the activity (new start). The tooltip shows the name of the
> activity (and nothing else). A right-click can open a list of instances
> available to be resumed. Using the Google or Firefox style, the list of
> instances can look exactly like the corresponding entry in the Journal.
>
> Tony
>
>
> On 05/26/2016 12:44 PM, sam at sam.today wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> A while ago, I dropped a mention on the list to how many users found the
> palette system confusing, at least in my usability testing experiment.
>
> I recently wrote this up, with a more detailed rational;
> <https://www.sam.today/blog/sugar-with-instant-palettes/>
> https://www.sam.today/blog/sugar-with-instant-palettes/
>
> I invite you to comment on this.  This could be an interesting change for
> sugar (0.)110.
>
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
>
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