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[Lisette Slegers <lisette.slegers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks! :) Ping me if you want a re-cap of anything.

Joey shared a great looking prototype on his screen with us, that is what I
was talking about.

Thanks,
Lisette


On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 4:49 PM, Roman Shchekin <mrqtros@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Looks great!
> Someone now must develop a prototype?
>
> P.S. sorry, I again missed our meeting due to work :(
>
>
> 2013/5/31 Lisette Slegers <lisette.slegers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hi! As we discussed in the RSS Reader hangout today, here is an example
>> of an organic grid. Consider this a wireframe and a tool to prototype and
>> try different approaches, not a final visual design:
>>
>>
>> https://docs.google.com/drawings/d/1S4uK3ajc5WoYwZXIpUsxD0rw5r40aVK-NcbUHJwzVwY/edit?usp=sharing
>>
>> I have switched off comments for this doc, so that we can keep track of
>> all comments in this mailing list instead.
>>
>> The example image is at the top, and the same image with a visible grid
>> and the item size in grid units right underneath. There are items in 3
>> different sizes, and each size has several variations.
>>
>> For the first one, 21x14, you see the four possible variations of any
>> item consisting of text and image. The other ones only show one of the four
>> variations. There are also items that contain only text (we probably need
>> text-only items for all sizes to accommodate articles without images). All
>> items have one grid unit space between the text and image.
>>
>> As for distributing items on the grid, we could explore 2 options.
>>
>> Option 1 is to distribute items on the page roughly as they are
>> distributed in the example, and assign the appropriate item size and
>> variation dynamically and depending on the text / images that appear in the
>> article. As you can see, the 'end' of the grid example fits with the
>> 'beginning', so we can build a never ending grid that is as long as we need
>> it to be. It can also start at any point to make it look less repetitive.
>>
>> Option 2 is to randomly distribute the items on the page. This is more
>> organic in principal (and might use the screen space in the most efficient
>> way), but we need to try if it results in readable and beautiful layouts.
>>
>> As we discussed just now, option 1 is quicker to implement and will allow
>> us to test the grid with real content sooner.
>>
>> Another thing to consider: what happens if the topic is refreshed and new
>> items are added to the page? If a user has been reading a topic, and new
>> items are added, it would be disruptive to find that the existing items
>> have moved, so once an item has been placed on the page, it should stay
>> there.
>>
>> Let's see if this works with real content; can't wait to see more of
>> those awesome prototypes! :)
>>
>> Lisette
>>
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