Comments on: Replacing menus with dashboards http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/ A blog about the web, mobile web, semantic web and mobile semantic web. Mon, 07 Jun 2010 20:16:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Aleksander Kmetec http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/comment-page-1/#comment-2037 Aleksander Kmetec Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:44:01 +0000 http://lexandera.com/?p=485#comment-2037 @Florent: I just downloaded Android 2.0 / Eclair SDK and it looks like the improved HTC Hero's URL bar you write about has made it into Google's Android builds. @Florent: I just downloaded Android 2.0 / Eclair SDK and it looks like the improved HTC Hero’s URL bar you write about has made it into Google’s Android builds.

]]> By: Aleksander Kmetec http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/comment-page-1/#comment-1662 Aleksander Kmetec Thu, 24 Sep 2009 20:09:48 +0000 http://lexandera.com/?p=485#comment-1662 Thanks for raising those questions, Florent. 1. In vertical view the buttons would either be smaller or in 2 rows. Thumbnails would of course be vertical because in that case all web pages would be rendered in vertical orientation to begin with. 2. With many thumbnails it would probably be best to implement some kind of sideways scrolling to see more of them. It is obvious that this needs a lot more work. It wasn't meant as a final solution; I just wanted to get out there the idea on how to get rid of some extra steps. :) Thanks for raising those questions, Florent.

1. In vertical view the buttons would either be smaller or in 2 rows. Thumbnails would of course be vertical because in that case all web pages would be rendered in vertical orientation to begin with.
2. With many thumbnails it would probably be best to implement some kind of sideways scrolling to see more of them.

It is obvious that this needs a lot more work. It wasn’t meant as a final solution; I just wanted to get out there the idea on how to get rid of some extra steps. :)

]]> By: Florent V. http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/comment-page-1/#comment-1658 Florent V. Thu, 24 Sep 2009 12:41:47 +0000 http://lexandera.com/?p=485#comment-1658 Great idea and mockup. A few design challenges remain, though: - How do you handle vertical view? Two rows of buttons? Vertical thumbnails? - How do you handle many windows (and thus many clickable thumbnails)? By the way, my HTC Hero’s browser is doing what you describe, safe for one thing: there are no preview of the windows (you still need to click one of the menu options, which thankfully is one of the directly visible options). I do have a URL bar that pops up on top of the screen when i hit the menu key, while the buttons (back, forward, new bookmarks, bookmarks, windows, more…) are displayed on the bottom. I'm not sure if this is HTC-specific. Great idea and mockup. A few design challenges remain, though:
- How do you handle vertical view? Two rows of buttons? Vertical thumbnails?
- How do you handle many windows (and thus many clickable thumbnails)?

By the way, my HTC Hero’s browser is doing what you describe, safe for one thing: there are no preview of the windows (you still need to click one of the menu options, which thankfully is one of the directly visible options).

I do have a URL bar that pops up on top of the screen when i hit the menu key, while the buttons (back, forward, new bookmarks, bookmarks, windows, more…) are displayed on the bottom. I’m not sure if this is HTC-specific.

]]> By: Aleksander Kmetec http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/comment-page-1/#comment-1542 Aleksander Kmetec Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:37:25 +0000 http://lexandera.com/?p=485#comment-1542 An excellent idea; I'd love to see that. When can you start? ;-) An excellent idea; I’d love to see that. When can you start? ;-)

]]> By: Primož Verdnik http://lexandera.com/2009/09/replacing-menus-with-dashboards/comment-page-1/#comment-1537 Primož Verdnik Tue, 15 Sep 2009 19:12:43 +0000 http://lexandera.com/?p=485#comment-1537 I like your idea. Perhaps the next step is to get hacking the Android and show it in action? I like your idea. Perhaps the next step is to get hacking the Android and show it in action?

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