Hello all, Thanks for the feedback. It has been helpful in deciding not just new feature ideas but possible art directions for the next iteration of CloudStack.
Wido: I've used Cloudstack on my iPad 2 and haven't had any problems with sluggishness. We do the best we can in making sure that the ui does not compromise the speed of the application by trying to optimize our code, use of sprite sheets, and researching any new techniques that could optimize speed. We can look into other solutions as well and I do agree that a shift into a mobile/tablet based area would be ideal. In fact this 3d demo also works on an iPad. Kelcey: We are working on solutions for the too many clicks and the initial idea behind this design(funny enough) was for tablet devices. I like the idea of experimenting with a minimal design as well. Also, we do have pie-charts on the admin dashboard :) 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 -----Original Message----- From: Kelceydamage@bbits [mailto:kel...@bbits.ca] Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 1:26 PM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Navigation concept 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 >>> >>>
