[sldev] Landmarks and Navigation Project Update 2008-05-22

[Darien Caldwell]

I agree with most of your points. I don't object to a dropdown HUD, 
especially if it's only showing while being used. If once you have chosen 
the location you want and press 'Go', it were to spring back up out of view, 
that seems a workable solution.

I also agree the details such as coordinates, sim name, etc, aren't always 
needed. But they can be important to know. It won't be just newbies using 
this. Perhaps that information can be displayed as a tooltip (or hovertip) 
on the entry in the list.

As for the web metaphor, IMHO, yes, for this application. Forward, Back, 
Home, and an address bar are all things people are (should) be familiar with 
from using web browsers. And thats the point of the project, to make getting 
from place to place easier to understand and manage. (at least I think thats 
what its point is.)

               -Dari

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnnie Carling" <johnniecarling at gmail.com>
To: <sldev at lists.secondlife.com>
Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 9:02 AM
Subject: Re: [sldev] Landmarks and Navigation Project Update 2008-05-22


> On Thursday 22 May 2008 08:13:00 pm Stephany Filimon wrote:
>
>> Please feel free to add your design feedback to this task as well.  Let
>> us know what you think!
>
> Any chance we can see the PDF that is referred to in the jira?
>
> About the images in the zip file....
>
> 1. They look really out of place, more like a HUD than part of the UI.
>
> 2. The history dropdown has to much information.... The user does not need 
> the
> sim name/coordinates. the parcel name is the important bit of info. As a 
> user
> I want to go back to Club Consolidated or Jack's gadjets, or Jill's hair.
>
> 3. In all examples the dropdown history button is tiny. Remember SL has 
> quite
> a bit of older eyes looking at it. Maybe best activated via long click or
> double click.
>
> 4. Is the Web metaphor really usefull in a 3d world? Take the new search
> pages, despite is being in a format that almost everybody uses every day, 
> I
> still see some complaints that the new search is hard to use
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