Re: [Usability] UI design question

["Dave Foster" <dave foster gmail com>]

On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 9:35 AM, natan yellin <aantny gmail com> wrote:

I'm curious by nature, so does your application already have a website? This is something that I've always felt would be useful.

Not yet, I want to finish most of it before revealing it.  I know, developing in the dark is bad, but I'd rather do it this way and finish it rather than announce a half broken project.
 

Regarding your question, I agree with Mathew that the noun-->verb relationship is a bit simpler. If you decide to use the verb-->noun design, I'd recommend hiding the "Theme Name" field until the user actually clicks on "Create a new theme" or "Modify an existing theme." I would try to reduce the amount of unnecessary fields and boxes whenever possible.

Ok, thanks.

For all in the thread, I have for the time being abandoned the "all in one" dialog - just too many concepts at once.  I currently have a separate "New" and "Open" dialog, but I may revisit it in the future.  Wanted to get something in place to work and see how it felt rather than endlessly planning it!

thanks all,
dave