[Bf-taskforce25] Mockup note

[William Reynish]

Hi Ton,

First of all, the backgrounds should always be clickable.

We've already discussed having text outside buttons with no  
backgrounds. It won't really work well because there will be no way to  
clearly see which text relates to what number fields, especially bad  
with multiple columns. I'll give an example. Look at the Dimensions  
panel here:
http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/2_5_mockups_03_newbuts.png
You have some Resolution settings and some Framerate settings. Without  
the backgrounds it'll actually look like the resolution number fields  
relate to the framerate text labels.

If the text is outside, and if there are multiple columns, you need  
some sort of visual clue to be able to tell what the text labels refer  
to.

Regarding long names: One could add a rule that it's always the name  
that gets truncated, not the value itself, even if the text is inside.  
I've actually found that having the text outside doesn't allow for as  
long names as having them inside, because there is slightly more  
wasted space.

But, like I said, I'm fine with having the text both inside and  
outside as long as it's completely consistent and absolutely clear and  
unambiguous what's going on. The user must never be in doubt about  
what value is being changed!

-William


BTW, Which buttons did I miss?


On 16 Mar, 2009, at 5:44 PM, Ton Roosendaal wrote:

> Hi William,
>
>> After reviewing the two styles, the text-outside style seems more
>> visually busy
>
> The mockup with emphasized backgrounds for text outside looks very
> chaotic. You also missed some buttons still. Visually you also have no
> clue when such background is clickable or not. I think you overshoot
> here.
>
> It would really like to see the same layout just with texts outside  
> and
> no backgrounds... will look very clear and usable, I'm sure. :)
>
> -Ton-
>
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> On 16 Mar, 2009, at 12:19, William Reynish wrote:
>
>> Just to visualize how Matt's proposed numbut style would impact the
>> button layouts, I've changed the the Render Properties mockup to
>> reflect it. I've also changes the checkmarks to match this new style.
>>
>> Here's the text-outside mockup:
>> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/2_5_mockups_03_newbuts.png
>>
>> Compare with the older text-inside concept:
>> http://www.reynish.com/files/blender25/2_5_mockups_03.png
>>
>> After reviewing the two styles, the text-outside style seems more
>> visually busy, but may be more explicit and flexible. Honestly, as
>> long as it is completely consistent I could go with either style.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> -William
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