I was going to say, whatever is done with the UI should be ensured it also works on tablets (HTML5 and CSS3 would be fine IMO). You can only do so much to support older browsers…and IE is one that's majorly lacking. Even the current UI has issues with IE. With that said, I use the current UI with my iPad daily and never have any issues with slowness, works the same as it does in any modern browser.
On Aug 22, 2012, at 2:18 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 >>> >>>
