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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: The UI designRe: The UI design
From: George Styles <george_at_ripnet.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 2 Jul 2002 14:20:16 +0100 What would be REALLY cool would be to abstract the UI into a defined API so it can be pulled out and replaced if people want, kinda like a limited version of 'skining up' WinAmp Looking at the code, it looks like the menus are already done like this... what d'ya think? g ----- Original Message ----- From: "M. OReilly" <moreilly_at_moreilly.com> To: <rockbox_at_cool.haxx.se> Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 2:33 PM Subject: The UI design > Well, the list has been quiet for a few days now, so I assume things are > going well. Time to shake them up? > > I have been thinking about the UI design, and I think this is one of the > ways in which I could help directly with the Rockbox project. (I'm feeling > sort of like I'm not pulling my fair share since I can't code...) > > So far, most of the UI interface has been lifted from ideas in the original > Archos firmware, requested on this list, or a product of the intuition of > the developers. While this is certainly making good progress, I wonder if > perhaps a concentrated, centralized UI design wouldn't be a good idea. I > think heuristics is fascinating, and that it could be very helpful to know > what we want our end product to look and act like before we finish coding. > I think some sort of flowchart or process diagram would be a good way to > communicate the user interface to each other. > > Does anyone else think this is a good idea? If so, I volunteer to be a > focal point for developing this into an actuality. I don't know if anyone > has concatenated a list of UI-specific requests so far, so any help (from > the list and Sourceforge archives, perhaps) would be good. > > Thanks, > Matt > > Received on 2002-07-02 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |