Sonny, The 3-D effect is actually kind of jarring. Using that daily would probably cause some frustration.
Personally, I'm a fan of minimal animation... and when it does exist, for it to be fast and visually meaningful. -chip On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Will Chan <will.c...@citrix.com> wrote: > I personally would like it if the navigation would just slide out. The 3d > stuff although is "cool", doesn't seem to add anything useful in terms of UX. > In fact, I would argue it makes it slightly less useful because the text > become blurry. > > Also, I assume this required HTML5 and building something like this prevents > users of older browsers the ability to use this unless you plan on having > supporting multiple navigation models. > > Will > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Sonny Chhen [mailto:sonny.ch...@citrix.com] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:44 AM >> To: cloudstack-us...@incubator.apache.org; cloudstack- >> d...@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: UI: Navigation concept >> >> Hello All, >> >> In an effort to gain more screen real estate, a few front-end developers and >> I >> have been playing around with changing the navigation and are researching >> a few things like max and min width in the css. Below is a link to a sample >> of >> a "3d cubed" based navigation. Would love to hear thoughts regarding this >> idea. We are still working on some of the more requested items in the >> feedback(too many clicks, easier accessibility, etc...) but are taking things >> step by step. >> >> http://www.schhen.com/citrix/demos/demo5/ >> >> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. >> >> Thanks You and Best Regards, >> >> Sonny H. Chhen >> Manager of User Interface & User Experience | Citrix Systems - >> CloudPlatform >> 4988 Great America Parkway, Santa Clara, CA 95054, USA > >
