Hi,
> sajolida:
> Just out of curiosity, I checked out the OS X Human Interface
> Guidelines
> for expandable content or ways to display part of a UI only on demand
> like tchou tried to do in its design [1].
>
> The closest pattern I found are "disclosure buttons", see
> https://developer.apple.com/library/mac/documentation/UserExperience/Conceptual/OSXHIGuidelines/ControlsButtons.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/20000957-CH48-SW1
>
This is good, but the guidelines say: "Don’t use a disclosure button to
display additional information or functionality, or to display
subordinate items in a list." and suggest using a disclosure triangle
instead. With the expanded section only displaying the subordinate
options of the 'Settings' section, the disclosure triangle seems most
appropriate.
>
> I'm still convinced that we shouldn't design desktop applications as if
> they were web applications, and that we should instead build upon the
> set of widgets that use expect to interact with on the desktop, and the
> OS X guidelines seem to agree with me.
>
I disagree that this expandable section is more in-line with a web
application that a desktop application, given the ever expanding
prevalence of the mobile phone application for both smart and feature
phones [this includes tablets]. And I do not think we should build
toward what people expect from a desktop, as that is usually a broken
and battered experience. However, with that said, the expandable
'Settings' section is illogical given the usage flow and won't be used
as recently proposed.
>
> [1]:
> https://mailman.boum.org/pipermail/tails-ux/attachments/20150114/77c5004c/attachment-0001.svg
>
Wordlife,
Spencer
