Mock Of Menu System

[(naw)mcx]

Quick and VERY nasty mock up of a possible pandora menusystem, that uses the analoge stick to navigate.

You should see how it works, but if it really aint apparent, just ask!

 

[MilanC]

Mmh? you could make some nice eyecandy on top of this, but I think 'keep it simple' wins in the long-term (i.e. max. one day )
Lots of wasted space (could be used to display battery power, SD card space, time/date, internet connectivity status... though)
And, remember this thing has a touchscreen, too.

 

[Hotcooler]

IMO Radial meny is possible only for quick navigation. For examle in Main menu you touch left stick - Semi transpareny radial icons popup. Fully customizeable. For example something like your favourite emus or so. It would be cool. But only for quick launch.

Something like that. Sorry for quality - done in 1 min.

 

[(naw)mcx]

And hot cooker, that does look pretty sweet.

Although I still do think A radial menu can be very quick even as a stand alone

(appoliges for the god aweful photoshop job)

 

[Kyosys]

It looks nice, but not comfortable. I'd prefer something more traditional, something like the thing we're getting.

 

[Username]

Uh, why is there and SNES button in the middle?

 

[(naw)mcx]

To show what is currently selected.

 

[Username]

Oh, ok, got you.

 

[fischju]

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=160

 

[Hotcooler]

http://forum.openpandora.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=160

But that's not how I see the radial menu concept. IMO it's better suited (for general use, not for cool factor) to be a quick launch bar. You just point in the direction and off you go. Or like task manager. But not like the main menu... Yes, you can make it work. But IMO it;s better that way.

 

[iJeff]

Here's my idea for what it should look like.
It should be fully usable by the use of the touchscreen (finger and stylus), and the direction/joy pads including the L and R shoulder buttons. I did the mock-up fairly quickly, so I missed out on adding a battery indicator and other key indicator icons.

I used some quick resources, icons from interfacelift.com and wallpaper from Geekpedia.com.

 

[rx_shorty]

This would be a nice look indeed. But we just have to wait about how or what

 

[amnesiasoft]

Here's my idea for what it should look like.

I quite like yours except for two things: What's with the little gray space at the end of the menu bar at the bottom? Two, that font is a little weird, all the letters seem to be differently sized (but I guess this is an easy fix ).

 

[iJeff]

Here's my idea for what it should look like.

I quite like yours except for two things: What's with the little gray space at the end of the menu bar at the bottom? Two, that font is a little weird, all the letters seem to be differently sized (but I guess this is an easy fix ).

Oh, I wasn't too sure what to put there, but I was thinking of sectioning off a windows list or maybe the date and time in the corner. The font is Helvetica Neue and yes, it is weird lol. I've become accustomed to using it all the time, but yes it's an easy change/fix.

 

[Kyosys]

The icons should be a little smaller. I realize that it's a small screen, but this is still a little big

 

[iJeff]

The icons should be a little smaller. I realize that it's a small screen, but this is still a little big

I was thinking that the bottom quick bar would have a show/hide option whenever you either press an on-screen button or hit the L/R shoulder buttons.

 

[stupot]

The icons need to be big enough to press easily with a finger IMO

 

[cosam]

People - if this (or any other of the mock-up interfaces) actually gets build, surely details like the font, icons, colours, etc. will all be configurable?

 

[amnesiasoft]

One would hope, but that's still no excuse to give it a bad design by default

 

[Cervante]

Can someone make a shell like windows with the start button in the bottom left hand corner and icons on the desktop ?