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[Nekhelesh <krnekhelesh@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Dalius,

I tried out the latest calculator code for the first time.  Here are 
some of my observations on your current implementation,

 * I like the automatic calculation of results.
 * It is not intuitive for a user to press "C" to perform a new
   calculation. I personally would look to press the "=" sign to finish
   the current calculation and start a new one. This might a small
   issue with the current implementation. I would suggest that you
   replace the "C" with the "=" button and everything should be fine then.
 * When looking at the design proposal and your current implementation,
   I feel that the operations such as "+,-,*,/" are better exposed by
   the orange coloured buttons in the design proposal. It would be nice
   if you changed the colours of the operator buttons in your current
   implementation.
 * As for the ± button, you are right. It is not necessary to show that
   for a simple calculator.

Hope this was helpful to you.

Kind regards,
Nekhelesh

On 03/09/2013 01:57 PM, Dalius wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here is what design team proposes for simple calculator:
> http://design.canonical.com/wp-content/uploads/numpad.png
>
> Here is our current implementation:
> http://i.imgur.com/F2DqWdL.png
>
> Design team's proposal has two unnecessary buttons:
>
> = - as I don't see any reason why calculations can't be automatic
>
> ± - it is simple calculator why we need negative numbers at all?
>
> Any other opinions?
>
> Regards,
> Dalius

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Nekhelesh Ramananthan
Msc. Control & Simulation