Layout Customizer Keyboard Interaction

[Colin Clark]

Allison,

A couple of of quick comments...

On 29-May-08, at 8:28 PM, Allison Bloodworth wrote:
> Also, in playing around with it just now I saw the problem Herb  
> experienced, and I agree with him that having the "This portlet may  
> not be/this box may not be..." message appear when your portlet  
> hasn't even moved at least halfway into the column the message is  
> referring to is confusing, and like his suggestion that it not  
> appear until at least 60% of the portlet is in that column. And  
> conversely, the message should disappear in exactly the same place  
> when moving out of that column (which gives some guidance for when  
> it should disappear in #2 above). I almost think the moving portlet  
> should be even a bit farther (e.g. 80%?) into the target column  
> before the message appears, but we can also test this.

I think this is a really good improvement, and something we should  
definitely implement. Unfortunately we've hit the code freeze point  
for Infusion 0.3 and will be releasing on Monday. Coming this late in  
the cycle, we'll have to hold off on this feature until the next round.

>>>>> What do you guys think? Thought it might be easier to get our  
>>>>> thoughts straight as a group before sending out to fluid-work  
>>>>> and confusing the implementors. :)

I don't think you need to worry about confusing us. We really  
appreciate the opportunity to follow the design thinking as it  
emerges, and it can be helpful for us to understand how you've weighed  
the various options. I think the key is for us all to periodically  
summarize the public discussion and sync up our assumptions.

So don't please hesitate to continue discussing these issues on the  
list so we can be involved in the conversation.

Colin

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Colin Clark
Technical Lead, Fluid Project
Adaptive Technology Resource Centre, University of Toronto
http://fluidproject.org