RFC: making the resize feature on the activity screen better visible

Marco Martin notmart at gmail.com
Thu Oct 27 21:49:14 UTC 2011


On Thursday 27 October 2011, Aaron J. Seigo wrote:
> On Thursday, October 27, 2011 17:47:42 Fania Bremmer wrote:
> > One of our coolest features, that is no user detects by himself, but
> > after seen it once, uses it all the time....even more important now with
> > the new vertical resize....
> 
> this is like the "doesn't pull down the panel" issue.
> 
> imho: we can optimize for a first time user and make the UI less pleasing
> for everyone (including them) after they have learned the basics, or we
> can deliver a more pleasing UI and start with documentation (e.g. the
> first-time video) and rely on that.
> 
> i don't see how we can have it both ways. :/

i still think the optimal way to resize boxes would be by stretching them with 
two fingers, looks like i'll have to write some bindings for raw multitouch 
events since with the prototype using pinch gestures i did wasn't working so 
well

Cheers
Marco Martin


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