Comments on: Vista’s New Start Menu http://brethorsting.com/blog/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu/ Politics, User Experience, and Photography. Sun, 24 Jul 2011 12:10:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Aaron Ballman http://brethorsting.com/blog/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu/comment-page-1/#comment-70 Aaron Ballman Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:52:27 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu.html#comment-70 It's just me making up terminology on the fly. ;-) By co-view, I mean that you can see the original content and the new content simultaneously. So in the case of the submenu widget, on hover you will see the submenu's content to the right of the original content (generally speaking), and in the case of the folder, on click you will see the submeu's content below and indented from the original content. It’s just me making up terminology on the fly. ;-) By co-view, I mean that you can see the original content and the new content simultaneously. So in the case of the submenu widget, on hover you will see the submenu’s content to the right of the original content (generally speaking), and in the case of the folder, on click you will see the submeu’s content below and indented from the original content.

]]> By: Aaron Brethorst http://brethorsting.com/blog/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Aaron Brethorst Mon, 25 Sep 2006 16:04:47 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu.html#comment-71 Hey Aaron - can you clarify what you mean? What are you referring to by a co-view? You might be crazy, but I only woke up 15 minutes ago, and am in no shape to judge anyone ;-) Hey Aaron – can you clarify what you mean? What are you referring to by a co-view? You might be crazy, but I only woke up 15 minutes ago, and am in no shape to judge anyone ;-)

]]> By: Aaron Ballman http://brethorsting.com/blog/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Aaron Ballman Mon, 25 Sep 2006 15:55:51 +0000 http://www.brethorsting.com/newui/2006/09/vistas_new_start_menu.html#comment-72 My main complaint (and I lodged it in that thread only to hear crickets) is that there are three different ways to disclose more information, and that seems terribly inconsistent and confusing to me. There's the regular submenu widget (pops up new co-view to the side of the item on hover). Then there's the "All Programs" widget, which you need to click and then replaces the entire view. And finally, there's the "folder" widget, which you need to click, and expands to a slightly offset co-view below the item. Am I crazy to let this sort of thing bother me? My main complaint (and I lodged it in that thread only to hear crickets) is that there are three different ways to disclose more information, and that seems terribly inconsistent and confusing to me. There’s the regular submenu widget (pops up new co-view to the side of the item on hover). Then there’s the “All Programs” widget, which you need to click and then replaces the entire view. And finally, there’s the “folder” widget, which you need to click, and expands to a slightly offset co-view below the item.

Am I crazy to let this sort of thing bother me?

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