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Karl Ramm edited this page May 19, 2014
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UI Philosophy:
- NO MODAL DIALOGS
- If you have a choice between indicating something blatantly, and indicated it subtly, indicate it subtly (e.g. the selected-message-bar has bold text on the active window)
- Don't waste real estate, especially vertical real estate, which is precious on a lot of post-HDTV laptops.
However:
- Using underline to separate windows might be a little too parsimonious.
- Similarly (see #30) not having a status line for things like loading indicators, transient error messages, and some indication of what the current window is smoking might be a little too minimal.
You know a solo project is complicated when it starts growing its own jargon.
Glossary:
command: what snipe does when you type a keybinding
complex command: A command that further interacts with the user.
messager: the window type with messages in it
selected-message-bar: the reverse-video indicator of which message is selected in a messager