I really dig the minimalist navigation pane in the demo, but the 3D is kinda odd.
Nice soft black. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 22, 2012, at 1:18 PM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > > > On 08/22/2012 07:46 PM, Chip Childers wrote: >> 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. >> > > I agree. Ever tried to use the current 3.X skin on a tablet like a Galaxy Tab > 10.1? It's slow. > > I'm personally not a big fan of all the fancy UI stuff, it makes stuff much > harder to navigate through. > > Tablets are becoming more and more used, admins and users will use those to > do basic stuff like stopping and starting instances or checking the health of > their cloud. > > Yes, we could make apps, but this basic stuff should also work through a > regular webbrowser. > > I know this is a preview, but on my 8-core 3.6Ghz desktop with Firefox 12 it > works sluggish. > > I'd vote for keeping all the fancy stuff away or making it optional. > > Wido > >> -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 >>> >>>
