UI Opinions

Joshua Gargus gargus at cs.ualberta.ca
Wed Apr 26 21:00:32 UTC 2000


On Wed, Apr 26, 2000 at 09:40:44PM +0200, Henrik Gedenryd wrote:

> > 
> > Some possible answers folks have given:
> > 
> > 1. Adhere to the current RealEstateAgent strategy.
> > 2. Collapse to the center of the window.
> > 3. Attach to the cursor.
> > 4. Center on the minimize box.
> > 5. Collapse to a 'MorphDock' at the bottom of the display.
> 

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> But note that 3 and 5 might be combined: 5 if the control gets a click, 3 if
> it gets a drag event. 

I like this idea very much.

> If it would also automatically align with the edge of
> the screen and a 'virtual grid' (ie. 'snap' to the dock more or less) to
> make all icons line up nicely, even when you do a drag, then that would be
> really nice.

I agree.  Sometimes you want to be able to collapse a window/morph, but leave
it on the screen for quick access.  If, however, you subsequently decide to 
drag it to the dock, it should behave as though it had been sent there
initially.

Joshua

> 
> Jim, it's nice to see another Squeaker with an interest in usability--it's
> less common than I had expected since there is at least some implicit aim of
> Squeak being end-user oriented.
> 
> Henrik
> 

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