Comments on: Sketch Day http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/ Rambling thoughts on life and design. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:47:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: broccauley http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-7398 broccauley Mon, 05 Jul 2010 20:34:59 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-7398 I think larger buttons and larger icons like this would be much better: https://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Firefox/4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups#An_idea_for_the_App_button I think larger buttons and larger icons like this would be much better:
https://wiki.mozilla.org/Talk:Firefox/4.0_Windows_Theme_Mockups#An_idea_for_the_App_button

]]> By: Firefox 4 brugerflade « MozillaDanmarks blog http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-2972 Firefox 4 brugerflade « MozillaDanmarks blog Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:05:06 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-2972 [...] En af de store nye ting efter min mening er at den gamle Filer-Rediger-Vis-menu er fjernet til fordel for en enkelt orange Firefox-knap. Den gamle menustruktur stammer fra kontorprogrammer og andre redigeringsværktøjer, og har aldrig rigtig passet til en browser. Internet Explorer og Chrome er da også allerede gået væk fra denne struktur, men Firefox har tænkt sig at gå skridet videre, og kun have en enkelt menu, så man ikke skal huske hvilken menu et bestemt menupunkt ligger i. Det er planen at rydde op i menuerne, så de fleste punkter kan være i en enkelt menu uden undermenuer, som på denne langt fra endelige skitse: [...] [...] En af de store nye ting efter min mening er at den gamle Filer-Rediger-Vis-menu er fjernet til fordel for en enkelt orange Firefox-knap. Den gamle menustruktur stammer fra kontorprogrammer og andre redigeringsværktøjer, og har aldrig rigtig passet til en browser. Internet Explorer og Chrome er da også allerede gået væk fra denne struktur, men Firefox har tænkt sig at gå skridet videre, og kun have en enkelt menu, så man ikke skal huske hvilken menu et bestemt menupunkt ligger i. Det er planen at rydde op i menuerne, så de fleste punkter kan være i en enkelt menu uden undermenuer, som på denne langt fra endelige skitse: [...]

]]> By: Devric http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-2721 Devric Thu, 18 Feb 2010 06:46:50 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-2721 hm, not to put you down, but there ain't any innovation nor ergonomic in the design. I got one in my mind but should be more fun if it came up by yourself, hint: use the 'opera speed dial' but rather as a page tab use it as a buttons layout. and please don't make a simple task button harder to reach than it should. Good luck with the fun :) hm, not to put you down, but there ain’t any innovation nor ergonomic in the design. I got one in my mind but should be more fun if it came up by yourself, hint: use the ‘opera speed dial’ but rather as a page tab use it as a buttons layout. and please don’t make a simple task button harder to reach than it should. Good luck with the fun :)

]]> By: vinitneo http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-2334 vinitneo Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:28:02 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-2334 Looks really good... can't wait to use it. Looks really good… can’t wait to use it.

]]> By: Sala http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-2093 Sala Tue, 19 Jan 2010 00:47:20 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-2093 I digged this site up from my history, cuz that app button idea is just amazing. Id like an addon for it, like, asap. Its genius idea (not thats not like office 2010 but anything that follows more gui guidlines is huge yesyesyes). Cant wait! I digged this site up from my history, cuz that app button idea is just amazing. Id like an addon for it, like, asap. Its genius idea (not thats not like office 2010 but anything that follows more gui guidlines is huge yesyesyes).

Cant wait!

]]> By: BlogoFlux – Information Technology Blog » Blog Archive » Firefox 4 Windows UI update http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-1800 BlogoFlux – Information Technology Blog » Blog Archive » Firefox 4 Windows UI update Tue, 05 Jan 2010 03:39:38 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-1800 [...] button is set to replace the menu toolbar that Firefox users are accustomed to. He also links to a previous sketch of his, showcasing what the unified menu might look like. In the image below, you can see just how [...] [...] button is set to replace the menu toolbar that Firefox users are accustomed to. He also links to a previous sketch of his, showcasing what the unified menu might look like. In the image below, you can see just how [...]

]]> By: Andrey http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-1763 Andrey Sun, 03 Jan 2010 00:05:06 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-1763 I like the idea of a one-button menu. Would be nice if the menu navigation can be organized like the Win7 start menu - clicking on a grouping item would expand the sub-items downwards (below the grouping item) preferably with a sligth indent. This will save us from the nightmare of moving the mouse to the right where the submenu opened without moving it vertically and losing the submenu. Collapsing the items could be done by clicking again on the grouping item or/and right-clicking somewhere else in the menu. Autoexpanding and autocollapsing by hovering the mouse over grouping items is a nice feature too. I like the idea of a one-button menu. Would be nice if the menu navigation can be organized like the Win7 start menu – clicking on a grouping item would expand the sub-items downwards (below the grouping item) preferably with a sligth indent. This will save us from the nightmare of moving the mouse to the right where the submenu opened without moving it vertically and losing the submenu. Collapsing the items could be done by clicking again on the grouping item or/and right-clicking somewhere else in the menu. Autoexpanding and autocollapsing by hovering the mouse over grouping items is a nice feature too.

]]> By: Mikel http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-1710 Mikel Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:49:00 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-1710 As others have stated, the proposed menu might be better if moved up to the title bar (as you are now proposing in the latest mockup). Also, Find was traditionally under Edit. Perhaps at least move it up two places to directly under the Edit menu. As others have stated, the proposed menu might be better if moved up to the title bar (as you are now proposing in the latest mockup).

Also, Find was traditionally under Edit. Perhaps at least move it up two places to directly under the Edit menu.

]]> By: Garik http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-1689 Garik Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:46:13 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-1689 What if menu list will be populated on user experience, will show only X recently used items, i think that is very good experience that many popular software's are using What if menu list will be populated on user experience, will show only X recently used items, i think that is very good experience that many popular software’s are using

]]> By: SagaDarvulia http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/2009/11/20/sketch-day/#comment-1686 SagaDarvulia Tue, 29 Dec 2009 07:40:23 +0000 http://blog.stephenhorlander.com/?p=223#comment-1686 Here's a radical idea: Drop the Recent History altogether. I think for most users, be they newbies or veterans, a list of recently closed tabs/windows is infinitely more useful, not to mention easy to understand. The History is more useful in Places anyway, and to a new user a listing of recent History can look somewhat confusing. An alternative would be to let the user switch between, say, Recently Closed/Most Visited/History, similar to how the IE Favorites menu is structured. (Although it lists Favorites/Feeds/History instead.) The drawback to this is that it adds an extra bit of clutter, but it could maybe be an optional setting with Recently Closed as the default? This could -potentially- be a way to deal with complex menus added by extensions as well. Here’s a radical idea: Drop the Recent History altogether. I think for most users, be they newbies or veterans, a list of recently closed tabs/windows is infinitely more useful, not to mention easy to understand. The History is more useful in Places anyway, and to a new user a listing of recent History can look somewhat confusing.

An alternative would be to let the user switch between, say, Recently Closed/Most Visited/History, similar to how the IE Favorites menu is structured. (Although it lists Favorites/Feeds/History instead.) The drawback to this is that it adds an extra bit of clutter, but it could maybe be an optional setting with Recently Closed as the default? This could -potentially- be a way to deal with complex menus added by extensions as well.

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