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Zoom in, zoom out! Arguments for various views.
When reviewing what I've done on past days, it would be neat to have a way to view more hours at once. What came to mind just now was to propose having an option to "zoom out".
The reason this would work is because when I'm just reviewing, I don't really need the bubbles to be big enough to click easily, I just need to be able to see whether they've been coloured or not.
Plus, if I could see more (or all) of them at once, I wouldn't have to click-click-click-click-click-click-click. (When I go back to review a past day, the view starts me at midnight through 8am because I track everything including sleep. So, in order to see the relevant hours of the day including the evening if I work late, I do indeed have to click at least seven times.)
In fact, if this zoom idea was implemented, there could perhaps be multiple levels of zoom that showed varying amounts of information, including a "zoom in" view that could be useful to people who are visually impaired.
In order to make the accessible "zoomed in" view and the review-mode "zoomed out" view work most efficiently, BubbleTimer would have to reload new days at the same zoom level as the previous view had.
The reason this would work is because when I'm just reviewing, I don't really need the bubbles to be big enough to click easily, I just need to be able to see whether they've been coloured or not.
Plus, if I could see more (or all) of them at once, I wouldn't have to click-click-click-click-click-click-click. (When I go back to review a past day, the view starts me at midnight through 8am because I track everything including sleep. So, in order to see the relevant hours of the day including the evening if I work late, I do indeed have to click at least seven times.)
In fact, if this zoom idea was implemented, there could perhaps be multiple levels of zoom that showed varying amounts of information, including a "zoom in" view that could be useful to people who are visually impaired.
In order to make the accessible "zoomed in" view and the review-mode "zoomed out" view work most efficiently, BubbleTimer would have to reload new days at the same zoom level as the previous view had.
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Qrystal,
OK. I'll consider it dropped. Thank you for being so open minded.
I'm really close to pulling the trigger on the easier horizontal scrolling. Look for it soon!
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Inappropriate?Qrystal,
Interesting... the click, click, click of the hours can be a pain. A zoomed out 24 hour view is a good idea. It means a bit more work than you'd expect though since BubbleTimer's display is not an image... can't just do the normal image processing you'd do to zoom in and zoom out.
I wonder... is it seeing the whole 24 hours at once, or the click, click, click that's the biggest problem? There was another request to have scrolling hours rather than the current clicked hours approach. You probably remember it because you chimed in:
http://getsatisfaction.com/bubbletime...
This is certainly an easier implementation and it seems like people would like it for other reasons too. Does it sufficiently solve the zoom out need though?
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Sean -
Inappropriate?Sure, scrolling instead of clicking would definitely help in reviewing, and thus the need for a zoom out would be reduced. However, I still think this might be something to consider in the future.
...After all, some people use older monitors while others have massive widescreen displays, and each may prefer seeing a different number of hours on screen.
...Accessibility is another concern I mentioned (I don't think I could recommend BubbleTimer to my dad, for this reason).
...Seeing 24 hours at once would just be a logical extension to this zoom idea, though it may not be the prime motivator any longer.
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Qrystal,
As for your Dad and other folks that may be challenged with smaller fonts and graphics. I just tested on Firefox 3 (on a Mac and on a PC) and IE 8 and pressing Ctl+ (Cmd+ on Mac) scales all of BubbleTimer as much as you want, while keeping everything proportional and usable. A really great option for people with limited sight.
Doing the same thing made a bit of a mess of BubbleTimer on Safari and will probably do the same on Chrome. I also didn't test IE 7 but I suspect it'll work fine.
I'm more and more convinced everyday that the arrows have to go and scrolling is a better option. I probably would have used a scroll bar from the get go but I have a bit of an aversion to horizontal scroll bars. They are just not great compared to vertical scroll bars which work better. People are more used to them and of course they work great with the mouse wheel.
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Inappropriate?Hmm, yeah, Ctrl+ does enlarge the text fairly well in Chrome, just not the bubbles. I suppose that makes my suggestion even less important!
Better horizontal scrolling is definitely the thing that will affect (and impress!) the most people, and so you have my full support on ignoring the multifaceted but minimally useful idea I proposed above. (Especially since nobody else has chimed in about it!)
If there's anything I can do to help make better horizontal scrolling happen, I'd be happy to help! From brainstorming to beta testing to criticizing after implementation -- count me in. :P
I’m happy to let this idea drop.
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Inappropriate?Qrystal,
OK. I'll consider it dropped. Thank you for being so open minded.
I'm really close to pulling the trigger on the easier horizontal scrolling. Look for it soon!
Thanks,
Sean
I’m thankful
The company and 1 other person think
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