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| bio | website | web.fisher.cx/robert |
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| location | Texas | |
| age | 43 | |
| visits | member for | 2 years, 9 months |
| seen | May 9 at 20:05 | |
| stats | profile views | 7 |
I program in C, C++, EcmaScript, Perl, and Scheme. (Python when I have to.)
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Nov 11 |
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What is the best way to manage windows? @BastiBechtold Perhaps the overlapping/tiling terminology isn’t as appropriate distinction anymore, as a system like Ion does provide overlapping (or an equivalent) through its tabs to handle overflow. (And through workspaces, which I think are perhaps more integral to Ion.) To me, the difference between Ion and the conventional Mac UI is that Ion is trying to do essentially the same thing but more efficiently. And that is: Let the user decide what windows are visible simultaneously and how much of the screen gets dedicated to each. |
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Nov 9 |
awarded | Teacher |
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Nov 9 |
answered | What is the best way to manage windows? |
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Nov 8 |
answered | Should a “search results” return the number of items found? |
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Nov 2 |
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Why can't I use glass buttons? Can you point me to one of those studies? My experience in user testing is that with some custom buttons, people don’t always recognize them as buttons. Though they’ll figure it out eventually, it makes things more difficult than necessary. (Of course, if the user isn’t experienced with the platform, even platform buttons can have the same issue.) Do those examples pass the test for “looks like a button”? Subjectively, they seem borderline to me. |
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Nov 1 |
answered | Why can't I use glass buttons? |
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Aug 11 |
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Are radial contextual menus better than vertical list menus? I think one problem pie menus have suffered is that I’ve also seen a lot of bad implementations of pie menus. e.g. If items don’t appear in a predictable place, you lose the muscle-memory advantage. If the selection slices don’t extend far enough, you lose the larger target advantage. |
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Aug 11 |
answered | How to visualize the possibility of drag'n'drop? |
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Aug 10 |
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For websites, is it better to have a variable width layout or a fixed width layout? Agreed. Variable width is harder. But it is what you should do. (Isn’t the right way always the harder way? ^_^) |
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Aug 10 |
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For websites, is it better to have a variable width layout or a fixed width layout? It is well known that longer line lengths make text harder to read, so I’d disagree with your reasoning. |
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Aug 10 |
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Do you need a search button with a search box? But even if both conditions are satisfied, why not include the button? I’m having a hard time seeing any pros to not having the button outweighing the cons. |
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Aug 10 |
awarded | Critic |
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Aug 10 |
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Should the OK/Cancel buttons be aligned right or centered? Your app should be consistent with itself, of course, but it should also be consistent with the platform. Let’s also explicitly say that “OK” and “Cancel” here should merely be stand-ins. The buttons should say what will happen when they are pressed rather than simply “OK” or “Cancel”. |
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Aug 10 |
awarded | Supporter |
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Aug 10 |
awarded | Autobiographer |
