From: Michael Sevakis <jethead71_at_sbcglobal.net>
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 02:35:19 -0500

Ok, so you tried an arrow, but what about to the right of the item (noones
said anything about that yet to my knowledge)?

Just because rb doesn't have the other feature doesn't mean it's properties
should be reassigned to some other feature. reserve them for that
functionality...then you don't have to invent an awkward workaround or
change everything to accomodate it later. Both submenu and expandable items
could cooexist and in the way people are used to seeing them.

Some nuance in the presentation of it can help the appearance substatially
and turn ugly into something really beautiful.

BTW: I will _always_ investigate those "I'm not sure"s or "I don't know"s on
Wikipedia from now on instead of admitting to the world I don't know
everything off the top of my head. ;)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jonathan Gordon" <jdgordy_at_gmail.com>
To: "Michael Sevakis" <jethead71_at_sbcglobal.net>; "Rockbox development"
<rockbox-dev_at_cool.haxx.se>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:20 AM
Subject: Re: Request some icons


> On 15/02/07, Michael Sevakis <jethead71_at_sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> > I guess it's pop quiz day :)
> >
> > Expandable Item: Subitems of the expandable item expand into the space
taken
> > by items below it. The context of the display doesn't change and the
item
> > being expanded remains in place and it's subitems show on the same
surface.
> > Item order is maintained from top to bottom in a single context of
display.
> > See an expandable/collapseable file/directory tree.
> >
> > Submenu: Submenu items are contained in a different context than the
item
> > itself - either on a different screen or a different surface. Each
contain
> > only it's own contents in it's context of display. See a menu bar.
> >
> > Put another way, a submenu is a "place to go" whereas an
> > expandable(/collapseable) item is a "more to see here". Yes, they are
both
> > in effect the same from a heirarchical perspective but not from a
display
> > perspective.
>
> but rockbox doesnt have a way (currently) to expand items... so this is
fine..
Received on 2007-02-15