Comments on: Light the App Bar or Not? http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/ Driving Innovation Thu, 24 May 2012 01:03:27 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4934 Jake Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:13:54 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4934 Glad you like the changes.<br><br>The news feed is TBD, but we figured we'd pull from press releases, maybe Google News and/or Digg for "oracle", maybe OraNA for blogs, anyway a munge of sources.<br><br>The current search will be replaced by uber/Google-style search, but the results will be grouped so you can see matching results by object. I think you'll like this better, and it will help with search and discovery. Glad you like the changes.

The news feed is TBD, but we figured we'd pull from press releases, maybe Google News and/or Digg for “oracle”, maybe OraNA for blogs, anyway a munge of sources.

The current search will be replaced by uber/Google-style search, but the results will be grouped so you can see matching results by object. I think you'll like this better, and it will help with search and discovery.

]]> By: AmiD http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4933 AmiD Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:03:00 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4933 I vote for no color change in the app bar. I don't think it's worth the effort.<br><br>I do like the return to the old color scheme and the left nav.<br><br>Where is the Oracle News feed coming from? Or is that just a sample of the fancy tricks coming with OpenSocial?<br><br>I also like the current Search functionality that lets me search in users, ideas, etc. Hope that is staying. I vote for no color change in the app bar. I don't think it's worth the effort.

I do like the return to the old color scheme and the left nav.

Where is the Oracle News feed coming from? Or is that just a sample of the fancy tricks coming with OpenSocial?

I also like the current Search functionality that lets me search in users, ideas, etc. Hope that is staying.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4930 Jake Thu, 31 Jul 2008 21:28:46 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4930 OK, so I'll add dancing and jiggling. Good to know.<br><br>Thanks for the input. It's a good day when the choices you made turn out to be good ones, at least based on a small sampling. OK, so I'll add dancing and jiggling. Good to know.

Thanks for the input. It's a good day when the choices you made turn out to be good ones, at least based on a small sampling.

]]> By: Floyd http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4929 Floyd Thu, 31 Jul 2008 20:40:23 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4929 Naw...the color change is just distracting and doesn't even add entertainment value. Now, if you could get the bar to jiggle or dance, that would be something!<br><br>Okay, so I'm a little silly here, but my point is the same...spend your effort on the stuff that adds value. Not much value in changing the bar's color IMHO. Naw…the color change is just distracting and doesn't even add entertainment value. Now, if you could get the bar to jiggle or dance, that would be something!

Okay, so I'm a little silly here, but my point is the same…spend your effort on the stuff that adds value. Not much value in changing the bar's color IMHO.

]]> By: Jake http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4932 Jake Thu, 31 Jul 2008 19:40:26 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4932 We want to hear from anyone with an opinion, all users, especially since you're validating what we thought anyway :) I'm not a fan of stuff lighting up when you hover over it for no obvious reason. Showing the tools on hover is good enough methinks.<br><br>I don't know if you're in the minority. From a comments perspective, certain posts draw crickets, while others get 25 comments. It's just funny to me.<br><br>Glad to hear you tried out Ubuntu. I'm getting used to it, not at all tempted to go back to XP, even with extra effort for some things and lost features. We want to hear from anyone with an opinion, all users, especially since you're validating what we thought anyway :) I'm not a fan of stuff lighting up when you hover over it for no obvious reason. Showing the tools on hover is good enough methinks.

I don't know if you're in the minority. From a comments perspective, certain posts draw crickets, while others get 25 comments. It's just funny to me.

Glad to hear you tried out Ubuntu. I'm getting used to it, not at all tempted to go back to XP, even with extra effort for some things and lost features.

]]> By: badgerworks http://theappslab.com/2008/07/30/light-the-app-bar-or-not/comment-page-1/#comment-4931 badgerworks Thu, 31 Jul 2008 15:46:02 +0000 http://theappslab.com/?p=1071#comment-4931 While I am no pro at UX and such, as a plain old user I prefer less-is-more. I think it is more useful to highlight something that is hard to find. (For example, we do a lot of web-based internal reports that are difficult to read. We have a guy in house who adds striping to the tables (<a href="http://cssglobe.com/lab/tablecloth/">http://cssglobe.com/lab/tablecloth/</a>) and it makes them easier to read. ) The app bar is already set apart by shape, color, etc., so I am not sure setting an active one apart from the others would add too much. <br><br>---<br><br>It sounds like I am in the minority, but I also prefer these posts to the OS wars -- although I did load up a light-weight instance of Ubuntu HH to see what you were all talking about. ;) Fast and easy + less is more = good stuff. You are right, though, it is a time sucker to get it up to get-it-done status. I am back to dull XP on a Dell. While I am no pro at UX and such, as a plain old user I prefer less-is-more. I think it is more useful to highlight something that is hard to find. (For example, we do a lot of web-based internal reports that are difficult to read. We have a guy in house who adds striping to the tables (http://cssglobe.com/lab/tablecloth/) and it makes them easier to read. ) The app bar is already set apart by shape, color, etc., so I am not sure setting an active one apart from the others would add too much.

—

It sounds like I am in the minority, but I also prefer these posts to the OS wars — although I did load up a light-weight instance of Ubuntu HH to see what you were all talking about. ;) Fast and easy + less is more = good stuff. You are right, though, it is a time sucker to get it up to get-it-done status. I am back to dull XP on a Dell.

]]>