Hi Andy,
few days ago you posted previous version to irc #cloudforms-ui and I
replied there, maybe you missed my post so here it is:
I don't see that much into the workflows yet, but I have just one note
regarding frequency of use of functions Stop / Delete / Pause / Resume:
The question is what functions user works the most with? For me the
order Stop, Delete, Pause is quite confusing and can lead to misuse of
Delete button (situated between Stop and Pause). Is Delete really that
often used? And even if so, wouldn't it be better to reorder it to
sequence Pause, Stop, Delete (move Delete to the end)? Then it means
also to switch Resume and Delete (for Delete to be the last as well and
keep Resume on the similar position as Pause).
And as for better UX, icons for these functions would be very helpful
for user in orientation (maybe text caption will not be necessary anymore).
Also color coding could help (red for delete, dark grey for stop, grey
for pause, green for resume) - might be highlighted only for hover. In
this case for .problem instance I would keep default color for function
buttons the same as in other states - light gray.
In previous version, I liked stripes for frozen state which are no more
there :( The message was more clear.
Jarda
On 16.7.2012 02:13, Andy Fitzsimon wrote:
Hi folks,
I wanted to send through this idea for generic block styles for stateful components.
http://codepen.io/andyfitz/pen/states/
The idea is that without showing any extra chrome, icons or text. we can give a friendly
nod to the current state of any given object (normal, paused, stopped & error).
The error state can stack on top of any of the first three states too.
This might help us keep our views related to their primary task without having to force
our users to another screen just to inspect the condition of their components.
State-related tasks can be hidden until hover but show on first load of any view (yes
hover won't work on a phone but the idea is to only use these as periphery shortcuts
for object functionality that exists elsewhere.. i'm working on adding horizontal
swipe to reveal the shortcuts for phones)
I also wanted to tell you about codepen.io - it's kindof like JSFiddle mixed with
dribbble but with SASS/SCSS & coffeescript support and other nice things like saving
as a fully-working github gist. I'm in love.
As you can see in the demo I threw up, the scss and haml are already writen and ready to
take as is. I'll be using codepen to play with more ideas before merging them into
converge-ui-example or sending them to everyone. Now we don't have to worry about my
colour choices — we can change $tones; in the sass to match out palette ;-)
Andy