Re: [Tails-ux] Greeter mockups

Hi,

Alan wrote (15 Mar 2015 12:25:40 GMT) :
> spencerone@??? wrote:
>> Having an expandable 'Advanced' section below the language settings
>> feels more appropriate and less fragmented.
>>
> Tchou already proposed this, and I was not convinced because I didn't
> see other examples of such an expandable section in GNOME.

I *might* have an explanation why expandable widgets are much less
common on the desktop than on the web, for a good reason.

* On the web, the user is acting in a context where the content is
always "floating" vertically: the fact things (content + GUI
elements) are scrolling up and down is fully part of the UX for the
vast majority of web pages, for better or worse I don't know; and
then, in turn, seeing stuff expanding vertically upon user action,
which in turn moves *unrelated* content vertically as well, is
entirely expected.

* On the desktop, the only contexts when content is "floating"
vertically is user content (e.g. in a text editor), that moves
almost only when the user explicitly chooses so. Other parts of the
GUI are fixed vertically, and more importantly, they don't in turn
force unrelated content to move around to some place where the user
might not be expecting them to be, because oh well, you know, it was
just right here 4 seconds ago and it disappeared.

So it seems to me that, depending on the user's current mindset,
expandable parts in a GUI may either be fully OK (on the web), or
a possible cause for very surprising behaviour that may hinder UX (on
the desktop).

> But seeing you also propose it, I'm up for being convinced: if two
> different persons think it's the solution, let's explore it
> anyway...

Same here!

Disclaimer: I'm clearly to designer and definitely lack a lot of
background, concepts and vocabulary in this area.

Cheers,
--
intrigeri