Finishing the Layout Customizer

[Anastasia Cheetham]

On 14-May-08, at 5:39 PM, Gary Thompson wrote:

> I posted mockups for the keyboard interaction:
>
> Layout Customizer Mockups
> http://wiki.fluidproject.org/x/9Q8a
>
> See if this helps answer your questions.

Gary, thanks so much for this, it really helps! We're working on  
implementing the interface, and we have some questions:

1)
Under "Attempting to drag above a locked portlet results in no valid  
drop target message," it says

"...the valid drop target indicator remains in the first valid drop  
position below the locked portlet(s)..."

First: What should happen if the user drops despite the warning? I  
would assume that since a drop marker is shown below the locked  
portlet, the drop should successfully move the dragged portlet to  
where the drop marker is?

Second: What if the valid drop target indicator was most recently  
elsewhere i.e. not in the first valid position below the locked  
portlet? For example, if the marker was in the adjacent column, and  
the user dragged sideways to the locked portlet? Should the drop  
marker a) remain where it was, b) move below the locked portlet, or c)  
other?

Finally: I'm assuming that the warning message is bound to the  
dragging avatar, and that if the cursor moves the avatar, the message  
moves with it? (assuming the message is still valid, of course)


2)
>
In your keyboard interaction mock-ups, the styling of the locked  
portlet is different than the styling in the mouse-based mock-ups. Was  
this intentional, or experimental for discussion, or other?


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Anastasia Cheetham                   a.cheetham at utoronto.ca
Software Designer, Fluid Project    http://fluidproject.org
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre / University of Toronto