On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 12:34 PM, James W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Oct 2, 2008, at 8:13 AM, Michael Ash wrote: > >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:13 PM, James Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >>> >>> I suppose someone is sure to ask why I can't use NSScrollView. I'm doing >>> a >>> kind of scrolling that isn't just shifting a view around. Some members >>> are >>> arranged in two rows, like so... >>> >>> 1 2 3 >>> 4 5 6 >>> >>> and when you scroll right, they change like this... >>> >>> 2 3 4 >>> 5 6 7 >>> >>> and so on. >> >> Pardon my intrusiveness, but this sounds like a terrible UI. It's >> highly nonstandard and nobody will expect it to behave this way. Why >> can't you do things the normal way such that you start off with: >> >> A B C >> Z Y X >> >> And when you scroll to the right you get: >> >> B C D >> Y X W >> >> This has the dual advantage of allowing you to use NSScrollView and >> not confusing your users. > > > > These items are in a linear order, and it wouldn't be very useful to see two > disjoint subsequences of them.
Well, that was just for illustrative purposes. You could do something like this: 1 3 5 2 4 6 Or do: 1 2 3 4 5 6 And scroll vertically. Or use a single-row list. Lots of possibilities. > Anyway, it's a cross-platform product, and > the interface isn't really my decision. I understand that you're probably not in a position to change things and you have to work within the constraints you have. I know how that goes! But I want to point out that this is a big reason why "cross-platform product" nearly always implies "terrible GUI". Just because an interface works on one platform doesn't mean it ought to be duplicated on another. Mike _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: http://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
