Thanks Gary, and Mikus. As Gary mentioned, I'm working on a set of mockups I will be able to share soon. To me they are a way to address the feedback from the recent tests we did around resume vs. start new.<div><br></div>
<div>More soon,</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Christian<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Gary C Martin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:garycmartin@googlemail.com">garycmartin@googlemail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi Mikus,<br>
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Just wanted to say thanks for the feedback, and yes, UI latency issues are real tender subject... The trick (I hope) with a replacement fullscreen dialogue is that it doesn't need to do any of the actual activity start-up process which is what I understand is the delay for the pulse window appearing, and then the duration it then pulses for. A full screen dialogue 'should' be making no more dbus requests than the current pop-up palette, it's just a different UI technique for the same information. I hope such a change would help resolve:<br>
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1) confusion many have between start new, and resume by making that choice explicit and of equal value<br>
2) avoid the whole insta pop-up vs. delayed hover palette vs. right click vs. left click debates<br>
3) avoid the need for cursor dexterity to use a current palette<br>
4) the additional screen real-estate may allow an extra feature (I'm thinking "Start shared", ideal for chat etc)<br>
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Thanks again for your feedback, Christian has some nice mock-ups (he's still working on so not posted anywhere yet) – I imaging we'll be having another design #sugar-meeting this weekend to bounce the concept around a little more if you wanted to attend.<br>
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Regards,<br>
<font color="#888888">--Gary<br>
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On 1 Jun 2010, at 00:02, Mikus Grinbergs wrote:<br>
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>> Thanks, that's a good point to raise. Christian and I had quick #sugar-meeting on Saturday about<br>
>> some ongoing design plans to improve the resume/start behaviour. It's roughly a full screen<br>
>> dialogue (like the control panel and naming dialogues) that appear when an activity is clicked,<br>
>> and provides the features currently found in the hover home palettes. It's one solution to the,<br>
>> "if I click will it resume a previous session, or start new?"<br>
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>> Perhaps with this extra space it might be possible to introduce a way<br>
>> to 'start shared' for new activities.<br>
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> Please consider:<br>
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> Palettes may require dexterity to use - but they *already* allow the<br>
> user to select between 'start anew' and 'resume'.<br>
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> My experience with "full screen" is that they take WAY TOO LONG to open<br>
> with F11-on-XO -- for instance the wait between clicking on an icon in<br>
> Home View and seeing the "launching" full screen is often one second -<br>
> and occasionally it's been more like five seconds.<br>
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> The advantage of the palette is that "what is happening" is visible<br>
> throughout -- the user has to hover (or left click) first, before the<br>
> palette opens -- and subsequently when the user clicks within a palette<br>
> that entry's highlight disappears instantly; whereas ANY interval<br>
> whatsoever after the triggering action for invoking full screen leaves<br>
> the user dangling "in purgatory" until that expected screen appears.<br>
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> Also, while simplifying user controls is wonderful for when things go as<br>
> expected, the user is left helpless when they do not. In this case,<br>
> suppose the user indicates 'start shared' - and the Activity starts, but<br>
> doesn't share. What is the user expected to do - write a problem ticket?<br>
> [I was thinking of a "try again to share" capability.]<br>
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> mikus<br>
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