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From: "Kelceydamage@bbits" <kelcey@bbits.ca>
Subject: Re: Navigation concept
Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 13:26:07 -0700
To: "cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org"
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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 <wido@widodh.nl> wrote:

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> On 08/22/2012 07:46 PM, Chip Childers wrote:
>> Sonny,
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>> The 3-D effect is actually kind of jarring.  Using that daily would
>> probably cause some frustration.
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>> Personally, I'm a fan of minimal animation...  and when it does exist,
>> for it to be fast and visually meaningful.
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> I agree. Ever tried to use the current 3.X skin on a tablet like a Galaxy T=
ab 10.1? It's slow.
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> I'm personally not a big fan of all the fancy UI stuff, it makes stuff muc=
h harder to navigate through.
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> Tablets are becoming more and more used, admins and users will use those t=
o do basic stuff like stopping and starting instances or checking the health=
 of their cloud.
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> Yes, we could make apps, but this basic stuff should also work through a r=
egular webbrowser.
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> I know this is a preview, but on my 8-core 3.6Ghz desktop with Firefox 12 i=
t works sluggish.
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> I'd vote for keeping all the fancy stuff away or making it optional.
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> Wido
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>> -chip
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>> 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 3=
d stuff although is "cool", doesn't seem to add anything useful in terms of U=
X.  In fact, I would argue it makes it slightly less useful because the text=
 become blurry.
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>>> Also, I assume this required HTML5 and building something like this prev=
ents users of older browsers the ability to use this unless you plan on havi=
ng supporting multiple navigation models.
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>>> Will
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>>>> -----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
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>>>> Hello All,
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>>>> In an effort to gain more screen real estate, a few front-end developer=
s and I
>>>> have been playing around with changing the navigation and are researchi=
ng
>>>> a few things like max and min width in the css. Below is a link to a sa=
mple of
>>>> a "3d cubed" based navigation. Would love to hear thoughts regarding th=
is
>>>> idea. We are still working on some of the more requested items in the
>>>> feedback(too many clicks, easier accessibility, etc...) but are taking t=
hings
>>>> step by step.
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>>>> http://www.schhen.com/citrix/demos/demo5/
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>>>> Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns.
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>>>> Thanks You and Best Regards,
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>>>> 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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