UI and UX Design: Reasoning/Objections/Suggestions

[U-C-S]

A space to

• put my reasoning for a specific UI related changes
• put you users/your objections to a specific change that's already made

Once a thread is resolved I'll hide it.

[U-C-S]

(Not released, but a commit in main branch)

Hid the buttons for Settings, Ruleset Manager, Timed default under a drop-down button.

Reasoning

• Want the selection window to be minimal
• Want to introduce further updates where Hurl Settings and Ruleset manager are directly available as start menu shortcuts

[U-C-S]

Tried that, It's accessible, just underneath a extra step.

At this point, if anyone wants to directly modify Rules or the upcoming Settings App, A solution like start menu shortcut and Tray context menu option are much easily accessible.

[Jay-o-Way]

This button cannot be used in this position, in combination with a wpfui:TitleBar. The TitleBar will block the button.

[U-C-S]

The TitleBar will block the button.

but It doesn't

[Jay-o-Way]

idea: Top-Left looks nice too...

Until the single-window-with-a-Navigation-menu solution

[U-C-S]

Top-Left looks nice too

Yes, it's looking nice, but I want to implement single-window-with-a-Navigation-menu part next... For now, I will leave dropdown button as it is currently.

[Jay-o-Way]

URL control: TextBox

Users want things to be as fast and easy as possible. This control has a lot of important benefits with accessibility: Tabstop, in-place-editing, built-in "clear" button and context-menu, screen reader support... People that use non-standard input devices really need this. "Hiding" this behind a click-event means low accessibility and more interaction, frustrating many people.

Editing URL from within Hurl window which I believe is a rare interaction

This is very suggestive. Sometimes I click on a link and want to change it a little bit before opening it in the browser. Maybe to remove a language part, like ".../en/..." or simply to go to the homepage. Also, this gives a (manual) possibility to do #124. No need to make things extra difficult.

Small, specific preferences like position and (background) color are no problem.

[Jay-o-Way]

@niels9001 @riotrah your thoughts?

[U-C-S]

For context of discussion, I want to hide this TextBox under a button. such that, Clicking the button would change the button itself into a Textbox.