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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:55:20 +0100
From: marco@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: eapache@xxxxxxxxx
CC: unity-design@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Unity-design] Lens filters should be displayed by default,
and visibility should be remembered forever
I already created a Launchpad Bug for this.
https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/921322
regards,
Marco
Am 23.02.2012 00:50, schrieb Evan Huus:
On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 6:16 PM, Jo-Erlend Schinstad
<joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:joerlend.schinstad@xxxxxxxxx>>
wrote:
In lenses, it is not obvious what the filters do, if anything at
all. It might be understood as the search phrase being the
filter and that the results are the Filter results. From my
testing, I don't think I've seen any user clicking on that text
in order to display the filters. In order to make it easier for
new-comers to explore and learn how things work, I propose the
following;
Filters should be displayed by default. That way, when the user
first explores the system, he or she will immediately know what
the filters do and that there are different filters for
different lenses. This is important knowledge.
The header should not only display "Filter results", but should
also display a smaller "show" or "hide" the same way that
categories do when you can show more results. This will make it
more obvious what filters are and how to show or hide them.
Some users prefer to browse applications by category. Those who
do, should see the categories by default, and those who don't
should understand how to hide them. It should not be necessary
to keep displaying the categories every time you open the
applications lens. Since the filters are displayed by default,
if they are hidden, that means the user has understood how to
show or hide them. Therefore, the visibility of the filters
should be remembered forever on a per-lens basis. Having to
repeat the same task over and over for no obvious reason, is
very annoying. As long as the situation doesn't change, I should
not be required to perform actions.
Whether or not the selections in the filters pane should be
remembered, I don't know. Whereas the filters visibility affects
your general workflow, the actual filter selection is probably
more temporary. If I open the calculator once, I'm not sure that
means Accessories is an important enough category to require me
to unselect it the next time I want to run something. For these
reasons, I think I'd probably prefer that filter visibility is
remembered forever, but the actual filter state be forgotten
when the dash is closed.
Thoughts?
--
Jo-Erlend Schinstad
Reasonable, well-justified and simple suggestions.
+1
Evan
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