[Bf-taskforce25] Mockup note

[joe]

Why not have the labels above the buttons? That seems like it'd solve
a lot of problems.

Joe

On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 11:07 AM, William Reynish <william at reynish.com> wrote:
> 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-
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> Ton Roosendaal  Blender Foundation   ton at blender.org
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>> Blender Institute BV  Entrepotdok 57A  1018AD Amsterdam The
>> Netherlands
>>
>> 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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