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| From: | Albert Silver |
| Subject: | RE: [Bug-gnubg] Re: Re: Feature Request: Support for Manual Match Entry (Albert Silver) |
| Date: | Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:08:01 -0200 |
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Ok, here’s what I think in greater
detail. If you use the current display then you either have a pop-up covering a
portion of the screen, requiring a small orientation, and then finding the
dice. Now suppose you want to cancel this. Another pop-up appears. I find this
distracting and undesirable. I like to keep things visible if possible, and not
see things pop up on the screen and off the screen in front of me all the time.
This is actually considered a standard design error if it can be avoided, but
let’s argue this otherwise. If you really plan to put 21 combos, they
will necessarily take up a good amount of screen, reducing the possible board
size, OR you will find yourself with 21 very small dominos, making visibility, and
thus quick recognition, worse. Remember that people plan to use this on a
laptop with a much smaller screen as well. With 6 dice, they are necessarily
VERY close to each other thus mouse travel is a strict minimum, and the cancel
button is also immediately clear. If you make a mistake, you’ll see it
immediately, and not need to make the dice window re-appear and find the combo.
The 21 dice combo will also require practice to find them quickly, whereas 6
single dice all grouped together will not, thus enhancing user-friendliness. No
training to achieve maximum efficiency over required training is always to be
desired. My last two cents. Albert -----Original Message----- Well I'd would disagree. One click
is always quicker than two. |
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