[Opensim-dev] Naali UI research

[Rich White]

For more touch screen and 3D virtual environment UI see the Edusim project
at HTTP://edusim3d.com Ala Immersive touch

On Feb 13, 2010 2:12 PM, "Mark Malewski" <mark.malewski at gmail.com> wrote:

I really do love the idea of having a nice navigation UI that can either be
used with a touchscreen computer, and/or a wireless XBOX 360 remote.  Apple
has always done a great job with UI's, and it looks like Naali is doing an
excellent job of bringing a great new UI to OpenSim/RealXtend.

Could we add a "toolbar" option (that can be enabled/disabled under the
options menu? and also have a "enable toolbar" checkbox, and also a "hide
toolbar" checkbox so it will turn the toolbar on, but hide it unless you
move the mouse over the top portion of the screen and then the old legacy
toolbar will 'drop down' for those users that still want an old legacy-type
toolbar navigate).

Me personally, I love icon-based navigation (and touchscreen-type
navigation).  I think it's the wave of the future, but some older people
(like my mom have a hard time with newer UI's and she still likes having
that old legacy toolbar available).  So it would be good to have both.  Have
the new UI (as the default) but have a "classic view" and/or "enable
toolbar".  I'd like to have the new UI look, plus have the old legacy
toolbar (in a drop-down fashion) turned on.  That way I can use the newer
UI, and my mom or family can use the drop down toolbar (at least until they
can learn or get used to using a newer UI).  It took my mom 4 years just to
get used to using an iPod UI (and I had to buy her an old shuffle without
the touchscreen with just a next track, previous track, and volume buttons
because she couldn't figure out how to use the UI on the newer iPods).

So I'd vote for both (an old legacy toolbar that can be enabled/disabled so
it can be ALWAYS ON toolbar at the top, and it can have the "enable" or
disable checkbox, and also have a "hide toolbar" checkbox so it can be
enabled, but also with a "hidden" drop down type appearance).

                Mark



On Fri, Feb 12, 2010 at 3:31 AM, Ryan McDougall <sempuki1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We made a blog pos...

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