Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-02 Thread Jeremy Hughes
Quincey Morris (1/9/11, 21:42) said: >If it should happen that there was a practical need to change the column >display frequently (dozens of times per day), choosing individual >columns from a context menu would get very old very fast. In that case, >the only practical choice might be an array of

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Jeremy Matthews
Quincy, Thanks for the feedback...right now I think I need to take some additional time and prototype some possible UI changes for more feedback. Problem with this situation is that it is difficult to get feedback...so essentially I'm told "add options, and then keep it the same"...which doesn'

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Quincey Morris
On Sep 1, 2011, at 11:48 , Jeremy Matthews wrote: > It's an internal app for "power users"...and its been a struggle to reduce it > so far. > I've been told that the current options need to stay putso no reducing > for the moment. There's no useful discussion possible without more informati

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Andy Lee
On Sep 1, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Jeremy Matthews wrote: > I have an app with some groups of checkboxes...and it really takes up too > much space in the UI. > > It is a utility app, but it has about 7 different matricies of about 6 > checkboxes eachso lots of options...and it can be overwhelming

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Jeremy Matthews
It's an internal app for "power users"...and its been a struggle to reduce it so far. I've been told that the current options need to stay putso no reducing for the moment. ...but I don't like it either... Thanks, j On Sep 1, 2011, at 1:51 PM, Jens Alfke wrote: > > On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:5

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Jens Alfke
On Sep 1, 2011, at 9:58 AM, Thomas Davie wrote: > Can I ask what your app is? I find it hard to believe that your user really > needs to set 42 boolean flags. There must surely a better way to think about > the configuration. Agreed. If Apple’s UI designers were looking at your app they’d st

Re: Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Thomas Davie
Can I ask what your app is? I find it hard to believe that your user really needs to set 42 boolean flags. There must surely a better way to think about the configuration. Tom Davie if (*ra4 != 0xffc78948) { return false; } On 1 Sep 2011, at 17:36, Jeremy Matthews wrote: > I have an app with

Overwhelming Options

2011-09-01 Thread Jeremy Matthews
I have an app with some groups of checkboxes...and it really takes up too much space in the UI. It is a utility app, but it has about 7 different matricies of about 6 checkboxes eachso lots of options...and it can be overwhelming at times. I'd like to design a better UI so as to not take up