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Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:46:28 -0400
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Subject: Re: Navigation concept
From: Chip Childers <chip.childers@sungard.com>
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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.

-chip

On Wed, Aug 22, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Will Chan <will.chan@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.Chhen@citrix.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2012 9:44 AM
>> To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org; cloudstack-
>> dev@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
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