Comments for Thorwil's

Comment on New Ardour Logo by bennyp

bennyp — Tue, 07 May 2013 13:45:48 +0000

great stuff

Comment on New Ardour Logo by Thomas Bonte

Thomas Bonte — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:44:06 +0000

I meant to say, Thorsten

Comment on New Ardour Logo by Thomas Bonte

Thomas Bonte — Wed, 06 Mar 2013 09:41:47 +0000

Beautiful work Thorwil! Especially the icons are a drastic improvement. Well done!

Comment on Fun with graphics card drivers in Ubuntu 12.04 by Carl D

Carl D — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 03:29:29 +0000

Why not switch to Gnome Classic instead of Unity?

Comment on 3D printing to the rescue by thorwil

thorwil — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 10:30:17 +0000

Thanks. Shapeway’s documentation, upload form and preview are pretty good. Production/shipment happened within the estimate, I mean to recall. Packaging was fine. There simply was no need for communication outside of the automated ordering process, thus no test of their service in the wider sense

Comment on 3D printing to the rescue by Daniel Whittaker

Daniel Whittaker — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 09:34:37 +0000

Great post. How was the service from Shapeways?

Comment on Switches in Unity menus by Omer

Omer — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:10:47 +0000

Of course a design isn’t good just because Apple made it, I had just never heard any complaints from average users about iOS being unintuitive. But maybe I’ve been listening to the wrong people.

I do like the idea of using a “rocker switch” type metaphor similar to what Angus suggested, but where the depressed option is selected and the switch lights up when in the “on” position. This would solve the sliding confusion, maintain the large target area of the slider, and keep a relevant physical metaphor.

Comment on Switches in Unity menus by thorwil

thorwil — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 08:40:22 +0000

You say no one seems to be confused. Well, there’s Jo-Erlend, Aham and myself, http://www.arwebdesign.com.au/blog/usability/ios-on-off-switch/, http://de-vita-sua.blogspot.de/2012/05/apples-worst-interface-widget.html and I heard enough complaints in informal chat.

The design being from Apple doesn’t make it good and I and others can and do blame Apple UI for being “unintuitive” in specific cases.

Comment on Switches in Unity menus by Omer

Omer — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 20:39:18 +0000

I’m going to have to disagree with you on this. Switches are widely used in touch interfaces, especially in iOS. In the touch world, the action is also a press (like a click) rather than a slide. No one seems to be confused by this nor by the status of the switch and you can’t fault Apple’s UI for being unintuitive. The purpose of the switch is to clearly demonstrate a large target (clicking on the option name is not intuitive) and to provide a better analogy: you are switching functionality on or off, not filling out a form. The only possible issue I see here is that we have to make sure that this is compatible with themes and accessibility features.

Comment on Switches in Unity menus by Aham

Aham — Thu, 07 Jun 2012 14:38:28 +0000

“Their look implies a sliding movement, not just a click. They are unclear about whether the labels refer to the current state, or the state to change to ”

Yes i agree 100%.