Hi there, On 29 July 2012 13:20, Ivan Timofeev <timofeev.i.s@gmail.com> wrote:
But (don't cast stones at me) could we revert this feature?
No casting stones at you (I won't, at least). I agree with you. Kendy's analysis was/is obviously correct in that there's a problem with the little black overlay and the time at which it appears. Finding a solution to the problem isn't all that easy either, I'll explain below. I discussed this with Kendy at the hackfest, and while we reached a conclusion there, I later went back to it and found that it wasted lots of space. As a makeshift fix, would it be possible to make the overlay appear half/a quarter of a second later? So, you read until here, possible solutions that we could explore: #1 Have the overlay appear permanently on the currently active slide PRO: touch-friendly, not too flashy, expectable CON: interactions will be much slower, because you have to click every slide before being able to use it. #2 Let the overlay overlay the next (or previous) slide: PRO: overlay appears completely outside of the mouse pointer's area CON: technically not feasible due to the "stacking" of the slides (according to Kendy) #3 Move the slide number below the slide and display the slide title again, then have the overlay appear off the slide (but in the title area below it) [mockup attached: left – current; right – proposal]: PRO: it's off the main clicking area (still somewhat in the way but fine for most) CON: the area would have to be made much larger, it wastes much more vertical space (even at the same thumbnail size) #4 Add a toolbar to either the top or the bottom of the slid sorter: PRO: not flashy, very conventional CON: would make the interaction a bit indirect, and worse: since the slide sorter and the slide sidebar share their code: it would look terrible in the sorter (three icons on a whole screen's width looks awful) Of all those, I slightly favour #1, but really not by much. Hope that helps in any way. Astron.
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