[Raptor-Menu] SOme ideas

[pinheiro]

A Tuesday 02 September 2008 13:34:27, Sacha escreveu:
> Hey Fabien,
> Do you have any calculations with how far the user has to move their
> mouse to get to what they want on average and stuff like that? I think
> that's how the original raptor-menu mockup came about. While a circle
> should be naturally more efficient, I'm just wondering how much by. It
> may be a bit daunting to use a circle for some users.
> I think the best option would be to have multiple UIs. That is the
> reason for the plugins right? So this could be CircleUIplugin for
> instance.
>
>  - Sacha
>
The hit area seams rather small for each individial element. also circular 
menus have benn proven bad usablity ideas couse the oblicual movement with 
the mouse is not as easy as vertical horizontal.... maybe couse of people 
being used to those sepcific movements duno...

> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 10:15 AM, Fabien Bodard <gambas.fr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > hi to all
> >
> > I'm trying to draw a little mockup of some of my ideas... well i think
> > there is a need to add some misc on it after .
> >
> > nevertheless during thid little try one question hurt me.  In the tom
> > db have you think to add a way to remember new app like windows do.
> > when i add a new package it will be fine to find it quickly as i want
> > generally use it now and not tomarow.
> >
> > i join here a messy mockup ... i know i'm not pinheiro.
> >
> > but it's juste 2 hour of playing around and i will explain the mockup
> > tomarow. It's an idea based on the fact tha the pinheiro one seem to
> > not have thehability to show category branche and browse it ...
> > (multimedia, internet, etc) like a basis menu... and it will sometime
> > miss.
> >
> > This mochup just show a design.
> >
> > i don't know how great i need to make the medal.
> >
> > i've thinked about rings into the medal (3 rings max) with the ability
> > to manage them. it will allow to show at the wish, in the favourite
> > views, in the same time (for exemple the favourite (default), in the
> > more internal ring, the computer favourite path and device, and in the
> > more internal, shutdowmanagement.
> >
> > i dont know if it is clear lol... it's late
> >
> > then on the right there is the choice of the place (favourite,
> > computer, application (a way to walk throuth the true menu), last
> > used, neverused, shutdown, mycontact, and anything the plugin can
> > allow)
> >
> > yes in fact why a square menu ... plasma in greate to doing amazing
> > things, why a simple menu ... raptor will (in a far future) be able to
> > communicate with all kde media.
> >
> > The there is a thing... desktop with info and all icon short cut whas
> > remplaced by plasma... well ok, but is there a way now to think the
> > panel in another angle ?
> >
> > imagine you want to launch an app ? ..; just press the meta key , the
> > menu popup under the mouse with the favourite app placed underthe
> > cursor... imagine now my rings, ..; want to go on some place ?
> > but i've the ideas ... not the good ability to draw them as my mentor
> > doing that ;).
> >
> > i think the search box need to work as the gnome search in list
> > icon... i mean just appear when you press a valid key.
> >
> > what about the search result in the pinheiro mockup in the case of
> > strigi finding.
> >
> > That's all ... please make many critic.
> >
> > Fabien Bodard
> >
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