[Design] Re: [Cosmo] Overlays (mock-ups)

[Mimi Yin]

On Oct 10, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Matthew Eernisse wrote:

>> 2. However, we're still missing important interaction and visual  
>> feedback to round out this behavior.
>> + We're not displaying the selected calendar on top of all other  
>> overlayed calendars
>> + When an user selects an event in the calendar, we're not  
>> automatically switching the selection in the sidebar to match the  
>> event
>> + We're not visually differentiating between the selected calendar  
>> from other overlayed calendars.
>
> I've actually implemented the first two of these three items.

Wow, that's great. I've updated the wiki page to reflect that.

>
> The third might take a bit of work, although I was thinking that  
> translucency might be a nice effect to use instead of a color  
> change. Thoughts?

Yes, that would be best.

>
> What's left ...
>
>> + Calendar colors between Hub and Desktop will not match
>
> I'd like to bump this one up in priority -- it was even confusing  
> me while I was working on the feature. It's going to drive users  
> crazy.

Logged a bug for this: https://bugzilla.osafoundation.org/ 
post_bug.cgi Go ahead and add a comment on the bug to lobby for it  
moving up the queue...

> A few other things ...
>
> 1. I noticed that name changes to a collection both in the Web UI  
> and in the Desktop client seem not to be included in sync. This is  
> going to confuse people in a big way too, I think.

Yup agree. This would be part of satisfying Chandler Desktop remote  
users as opposed to just focusing on casual collaborators. We need to  
implement a separate notion of 'sharing with yourself' that is  
distinct from sharing with others. From Morgen's comments on various  
bugs, it seems we can begin to address this issue piece-meal and  
hopefully cover the most important problem areas.

> 2. Are we okay with the Remove feature in the UI simply removing  
> the item from the currently selected collection? We have no concept  
> of 'delete' currently in the Web UI.

I'm tracking this issue, waiting for it to crop up on the users list.

>
> 3. The collection selector is currently a fixed height, not  
> resizable like it is in Desktop.

What's the fixed height? Need to match the 'info' icon with the  
height of the selector.

>
> That's all I can think of for now. Unless someone has some feedback  
> to the contrary, I'll start working on the collection selector  
> using the first design as my template. Mimi, can you update the  
> image grid graphic and JSON file with a (transparent) PNG of the  
> "i" graphic and its size/position?

Do you also need specifications for rollover and mousedown effects?  
I've been adding a 33% white transparent layer for rollover and 66%  
black transparent layer for mousedown effect. Is that possible to do  
programmatically?

Thanks mde!

Mimi