[TYPO3-hci] 4.1 menubar thoughts

[Thomas Murphy]

Hi Lasse,

great work, interesting proof-of-concept.

Though I have to say that I somehow miss the icon-bar Kasper introduced 
(I like it more than the Desktop) and the Dashboard, but that might be 
triggered somewhere else.

One general problem I have with this UI is the window-in-a-window 
solution. It is technically interesting, but I don't think it makes a 
lot of sense there - the users don't need that much of freedom, they 
already have that on their real desktop, where they can move their Icons 
around and change the background-image, and so on. And think about the 
problems you create for all those telephone-support people (woohaa!).

But I really appreciate that you don't just talk about it but rather 
create such impressive prototypes. Keep it up.

bye,
Thomas


Lasse wrote:
> Hi guys!
> Just wanted to give my 2 cents on the menubar from kasper.
> I really think that it's a huge step in the right direction in terms of 
> usability in typo3. This is what users know from other applications and 
> it will make them feel comfortable using typo3.
> I've decided to try to take it a bit further, and make it even more like 
> an ordinary app, and take a well proved concept from both the mac, linux 
> and MS platform: something I call "windows"..
> 
> I've set up a demo, and you've got admin rights, so please don't mess 
> anything up :-)
> http://www.pilt-grafisk.dk/typo3/
> user & pass: test  (for some strange reason you have to log in twice..)
> 
> I've only tested it with firefox, and there are lot's of bugs, but I 
> think you get the main idea.
> You need to double-click the icons to open a window - single-click 
> imaginary "selects" the icon.
> You can drag the icons around to get your own personal "desktop".
> The windows are kinda slaggy as I used the prototype window class - 
> http://prototype-window.xilinus.com/ - which uses both iframes and tables..
> 
> What ya think??
> Best regards
> 
> Lasse Nørby