Re: [Usability] Gome is Too BIG..

[Dokuro <dario soto gmail com>]

also the desktop interface should be different from case to case, EX:
the desktop (as a hole) in a monitor on a PC should be arranged
differently than at a TV screen, items should be arranged to work well
on a tv; or menus on cellphones, we can't have the same looking gnome
bars and menus on a cellphone...
as i get on vacations i might try and design a G4TV (gnome for TV)
desktop for me! adding just programs that might work on a tv better
(DVD paly, music and maybe wiimote as pointer) and the menus to allow
easy access the applications, seems like fun!

On Sat, Mar 15, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Calum Benson <Calum Benson sun com> wrote:
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>  On 14 Mar 2008, at 15:41, Dokuro wrote:
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>  > can anyone tell me what is the regular resolution the HIG is supposed
>  > to work on?
>  > if we know that, we could just calculate the actual difference for
>  > smaller and bigger resolutions based on that pixel value, a pixel on
>  > High Resolution would be what in a lower one...
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>  When we first wrote the HIG, the most common screen sizes in use were
>  (based on the various browser statistics available online) 800x600 and
>  1024x768, in roughly equal amounts.  I don't believe we had any
>  resolution (dpi) statistics available. (I can't find any online now,
>  either.)
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>  While doing a simple mathematical scale up/down might be an interim
>  solution, it's not really the way to produce apps that look their best
>  on a smaller or larger screen.  I'm sure a visual designer would tell
>  you that certain elements should be scaled by more than others, and
>  some shouldn't be scaled at all.
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>  And when you bring touchscreens into the equation, they have different
>  UI requirements altogether, in terms of minimum widget size and inter-
>  widget spacing.  This is why the common toolkits like Windows/MFC and
>  Java/Swing tend to have completely separate UI guidelines for mobile
>  devices, and I'm sure they've done a lot more thinking about it than
>  we have, so far.
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>  Cheeri,
>  Calum.
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