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[G T Smith <grahamsmith@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Martin Schmidkunz wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> thanks for all your comments on the YaST Control Center redesign so far.
>
> Please find another suggestion for a radical and innovative redesign on:
> http://en.opensuse.org/YaST/Development/New_Control_Center#Tagcloudish
>
> The main thought beyond that idea is to increase the size of the modules
> when the user has used it. Similar to tag clouds, modules that are used
> often become bigger and therefore
> * easier to detect
> * easier to open because the size the user needs to hit with his mouse
> was increased.
> The different size would also serve as a kind of "Recently Used" reminder.
>
> The "HowTo Guide" link will lead to a HowTo/Troubleshooting Wiki. This
> should serve as a replacement for "help". This makes sense, because
> studies show, that due to bad experiences users don't expect any help
> beyond a help button.
>
> The use of similar icons in the service section represents modules that
> are not installed yet.
>
> I would like to get your comments on that idea.
> Please note, that the categorization and the modules were picked by chance.
> The important thing is the idea, that is behind that.
> And maybe it is worth to give it a try as it is something no control
> center has yet. Even Apple doesn't have such kind of thing :-)
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Martin

Needed to sleep on this ... My first impression is that it is more
likely to create some confusion as it does not focus the user on the
tools available to do a paricular task too well... As the number of
subviews increased the possibility of user confusion is likely to
increase....

I would be more inclined to retain the scrollable sidebar but revamp the
the main view to either contains a line of selected tabs at top (or
bottom) as secondary selection tool and retain the main window as a list
or display of icons. This gives a 2D onscreen focus control. The
navigation for the user would be to use side bar and top tab to select
(or focus) on a view, but the internal navigation organisation could be
a lattice as suggested elsewhere. ... this should be extensible that
could allow users to customise a personal view....

The "howto" link could zoom in and out on the the required level of
documentation ....


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I have always wished that my computer would be as easy to use as my
telephone.
My wish has come true. I no longer know how to use my telephone.

Bjarne Stroustrup
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