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In most (all?) implementations of a List Browser, if the user selects an item and then proceeds to sort a column, the List Browser scrolls to keep the selected...
Eric Gorr
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May 10, 2007
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File a bug? -Dan ... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
Daniel DeCovnick
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May 10, 2007
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Well, yes, but I was more interested in what people here thought the correct behavior should be......
Eric Gorr
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May 11, 2007
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... Agreed. This is the same app that uses a custom scroll bar control, so, personally, I wouldn't look to it for too much guidance. :) ... I think so. -- ...
Sean McBride
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... Yup, definitely looks like a buggaboo there... ... Well, since sorting generally reorders the list items, it will probably cause whatever item the user was...
Uli Kusterer
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May 11, 2007
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So, remember that talk a while back about generating document icons with preview content in? Now we don't have to. http://www.apple.com/mac/ , the Finder tour....
Jens Ayton
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Jun 11, 2007
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Given yesterday's keynote, and the general direction of things, is polished metal now the standard--official or unofficial--for the Leopard UI? Brushed metal...
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Jun 13, 2007
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... According to John Gruber, brushed metal is more than gone. ;-> Peace, Kevin Hoctor kevin@... No Thirst Software LLC http://nothirst.com [Non-text...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 13, 2007
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I'd like to get opinions here on how best to design the UI for adding a new record in an application. I searched through the HIG because I'd prefer to follow...
opt4444
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Jun 13, 2007
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... I don't think there's a generic answer to your question. It depends on some requirements inside your application, e.g. (1) can you add records without...
Jens Miltner
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Jun 13, 2007
10:09 pm
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... To add to what Jens said: you can possibly fill a new item with default values (like name it "New Movie 1" or whatever), so this is possible in all but the...
Uli Kusterer
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Jun 14, 2007
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Hi Jens and Uli, Thanks for your responses. When considering a single or multiple document interface, I think it would be difficult to find an application that...
opt4444
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... Yes, you're right - you _could_ make them behave differently, but as a matter of fact, for the task they pursue, their current behavior is more appropriate...
Jens Miltner
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Jun 14, 2007
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... This decision is really all about your users and what is most convenient for them. In an application like Mail, it's nice to be able to have multiple mail...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 14, 2007
2:43 pm
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Hello opt4444, ... You are probably going down a blind alley if you are looking for a _has_ to be one or the other answer. As others have pointed out - It...
Citizen
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Jun 14, 2007
3:21 pm
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... Defaults are defaults. Nobody's saying you can't let the user change them. Defaults simply let you get rid of a sheet and instead just have a simple "plus"...
Uli Kusterer
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Jun 14, 2007
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My new product, MoneyWell, is close enough to final to show off the interface. The web page is a five-minute creation, so please ignore the lack of a marketing...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 17, 2007
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... Well, the UI looks clean and somewhat obvious to me (without having used it, of course), but one thing struck me immediately: personally, I wouldn't use...
Jens Miltner
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Jun 17, 2007
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... Honestly, I struggled with the colors myself, but the goal was to give the user a way to quickly identify what he had selected (accounts = brown, buckets =...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 17, 2007
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Hi Kevin, Visually (ignoring the coloured bars for a moment) your design looks the best I've seen so far for an accounts package (again, without having used...
Citizen
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Jun 17, 2007
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I agree with Jens. It's funny how sometimes we as developers will obsess about some (possibly) imagined problem users will have. I am always struck how often...
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Jun 17, 2007
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One more thing: I don't if your app enforces it, but why the ALL CAPS in the Payee and Memo columns? _murat...
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Jun 17, 2007
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... It's not my app, that's data from Quicken that came from a Web Connect session. I offer memorized transactions that will help users "fix" this. Peace, ...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 17, 2007
9:49 pm
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... Thank you! ... You're probably correct, but the feedback in my household (mostly my wife) was all for the color. It's easy enough to change (or have it as...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 17, 2007
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... One of the goals of the added color was to make a financial package look more fun, but it would be easy enough to toggle the color and see what the...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 17, 2007
9:57 pm
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Here are a few comments. The resize thumb looks a little crowded. Because your toolbar item labels are so long, the toolbar icon spacing looks funny. The...
Martin Redington
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Jun 18, 2007
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... Kevin, Colour coding is not a bad idea, but it doesn't look like you have followed it through. -three panes have green headers, one has a green background,...
Andy Brice
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Jun 18, 2007
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... If you mean the one on the Bucket bar, I agree that it is too far to the right, it needs to be shifted. ... Agreed. I don't plan on showing the two...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 18, 2007
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... I've had alternating colors on the transactions table and then I took them off and I've played with background colors as well. After all the color...
Kevin Hoctor
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Jun 18, 2007
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... I agree. For one thing you shouldn't rely on color-coding alone to convey a message. Also, your choice of colors clash. You have at least four different...
Uli Kusterer
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