Re: [Usability] Disclosure triangles

[Julian Missig <julian jabber org>]

Liam Quin wrote:

> On Sat, Dec 29, 2001 at 05:18:43AM +1100, Jeff Waugh wrote:
>
> > This idea - disclosing only further information, not providing more
> > interactive widgets - seems pretty solid. Anyone have *good* examples
> > proving the opposite; of disclosure triangles being used to hide extra
> > widgets?
>
> This paradigm was used extensively in Sun's open look desktop -- a dialogue
> box would have a button amrked "+", and if you pressed it, the dialogue
> would grow smoothly to show more controls.  These controls were usually
> for settings that most people wouldn't need, or that would be only
> occasiobnally needed compared to the others.
>
> To me, it felt like some video recorders and sound equipment, with a flap
> you can lift to reveal controls for tuning or adjusting vertical sync :-)
>
> The Motif interface, with chunkier controls, felt more like a ghetto
> blaster.

It would be so nice if we could have it smoothly open :(


Julian
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