On Sun, Jun 21, 2009 at 10:03 AM, H S<[email protected]> wrote: > Dylan and all, > > Taking Dylan's comments into consideration, I've put together a new mockup > that is basically his design, with only slight modifications. Feel free to > check it out at > http://ubuntuwtf.wordpress.com/2009/06/21/my-second-mockup-suggestion-for-ubiquity-slideshow/ > > * I've removed the border from the 'smiley' slide, (which, to me seemed > unnecessary), and repositioned it, accordingly. I think the border made it > look 'boxed in' and 'cookie cutter'. > > * You're already familiar with my subtle changes to the text, in my attempt > to use language that is more personable. I would be happy to go through the > text of all the sides and recommend any textural changes, if that would be > welcomed. > > * The URLs are now just bolded blue links within the paragraph of text. > > * The top margin is similar to my previous design, with the accent colour > changed slightly to fit. (By the way, the "4 of 12" page count is centred > on the icon below it.) > > * I've increased the slide's height slightly, because I felt I needed to do > so in order to give more whitespace for the title. The dimensions are now > 700 x 460.
That's a pretty reasonable height change, but keep in mind that the pesky netbooks are sometimes shorter than 600 pixels tall (560px is not unusual), then we have to take into account about 50 pixel's worth of panels, around 26 pixels of window decorations, Ubiquity's progress bar and other GUI details... I'm afraid of getting too close to the edge. Having a bit of free space around the progress window is helpful, too, since if it takes up the whole screen it feels modal. 460 is close to scraping it in some cases. Perhaps a worthy risk, though. White space is definitely important! Regarding writing, I'm still not sure how we'll be deciding this one (since I myself am quite undecided), so don't get too carried away. However, it looks decent and nice / filled in :) To be honest I have something against the phrase "fear not!", but I don't know what others think on the matter. For reference, Andrew H did the original written content for slides. His writing has a pretty similar style to what you have here in that it fleshes out points more and has a paragraph style (as opposed to a list of points). It is all good. You can check out his branch (andrew-improvements) to get an idea. I guess a vote is in order some day. Trimming the smiley would create some inconsistency. It should fill the same area as everything else if it's going to stay with the same general layout. (Perhaps an entirely different image would be in order. Suggestions welcome). When 9.10 inches closer we'll know how many screenshots need to be redone. If it's a lot, that would be a nice opportunity to revisit their dimensions. I have put a few of your suggestions in action (and some thoughts they inspired) inside another branch, which is right here: https://code.launchpad.net/~ubiquity-slideshow/ubiquity-slideshow-ubuntu/newmargins (That branch also features Slideshow.py, which needs python-webkit and embeds the slideshow alone with an awesome, rgba'd progress bar that actually progresses!) Screenshots: http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/7955/screenshotubiquityslide.png http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/2821/screenshotubiquityslideh.png I kept the title inside the margin to save some space. I also added a border above the screenshots, just to show how they could be made bigger. Is there a reason for showing the current / total number of slides in the margin in your mockup? From my perspective it seems a bit unnecessary and adds a flip-book mentality (whereas this should really be quite automatic and simple). I could easily be missing something. I'll be throwing the Next / Prev buttons on the bottom, so maybe it makes sense beside those... perhaps as fading text that shows when the user has the mouse there. Thanks, Dylan _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubiquity-slideshow Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubiquity-slideshow More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
