Settings Human Interface Guidelines first draft online

[Thomas Pfeiffer]

On Sunday 01 January 2012 14:06:01 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> Two things strike me during a second read:
> 
> - The sliding switch still toggles when just tapped, so the different given
> ("harder to toggle by accident") doesn't make much sense with our current
> implementation.

Oh, I didn't know that (it does not have the "tap" affordance, but the "slide" 
affordance, so it's not the intuitive interaction). And it shouldn't do that 
imo. Could this be changed and a checkbox for non-intrusive options be 
introduced? I think both widgets have their purpose. Btw, Meego has both as 
well, for the same purposes. See 
https://meego.com/sites/all/files/users/admin/meego_touch_ui_v1.2.pdf Page 55.
Okay, Meego allows tapping on the toggles as well, but that does not seem to 
make sense to me.

> - Selection widget needs further specification: For timezone and NTP server
> settings, we use a list in a dialog, but we'd need clearer instructions
> here: how to dismiss, how to confirm, what happens when the dialog loses
> focus, etc. As soon as these are specified in more detail, we can see about
> integrating these directly with the components, if possible.

Yes. I just put [selection widget] in there as a placeholder because it's not 
defined yet.
As already stated in my suggestions for the current settings modules, I'd 
suggest the following:
- A list in a dialog with a search field (like the current timezone picker)
- Confirmed by selecting a list entry
- Dismissed by tapping outside the dialog
- Dialog closes when it loses focus
If you guys are okay with that, I'll put it in the HIG and I'm all for making 
this a common component.

Cheers,
Thomas