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2010-12-14 , 20:58
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Heads up, this isnt a complaint or a request, I just wanna know how TMO feels.

Anyone else think the UI is big? The top bar is around 56 pixels, which is over a tenth of the screen. I'd love if it was shrunk to maybe 38 or 44 pixels, same for MicroB's toolbar, it's huge. Buttons are also pretty big, no big dealio though, and I find myself always dropping the font size in theme customizer two or three points smaller that default.

That's just me of course but what do you all think?
 
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2010-12-14 , 21:32
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To each his own I guess. I use Theme Customizer to make my icons a little bigger and easier to hit with my fat fingers.
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2010-12-15 , 07:52
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YES, the UI is ridiculously big, and I would like to scale everything down to about half size - especially that ridiculous top bar and bottom bar that eats up space everywhere.

Re-themeing can help a *little* but not much

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2010-12-15 , 08:10
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Developers have to consider all use cases when designing a UI, so while a particular UI component may appear too large to users who have no issues with vision or dexterity, that may not apply to other users.
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2010-12-15 , 08:18
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Being able to change the size of the GUI is pretty much an essential feature, for each person and each use a different size is better.
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2010-12-15 , 19:51
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Originally Posted by marxian View Post
Developers have to consider all use cases when designing a UI, so while a particular UI component may appear too large to users who have no issues with vision or dexterity, that may not apply to other users.
So Nokia should only cater to people who have issues using their device? I know where you're coming from, but just because some people have a hard time seeing, doesn't mean we should all waste a fifth of our screen on UI.

Being able to change the size of the GUI is pretty much an essential feature
Agreed.
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2010-12-15 , 20:25
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Originally Posted by marxian View Post
Developers have to consider all use cases when designing a UI, so while a particular UI component may appear too large to users who have no issues with vision or dexterity, that may not apply to other users.
I'm in my mid fifties, my eyes are not what they were 30 years ago. My fingers a bit fatter than used to be also.

Being able to adjust the size of the UI elements would be really good. I'd like to see it done by category of use. Meaning that when I am on a desktop they are larger and when I am in a broswer or other application they are smaller. Most of the touching I do in browsing is on-page rather than on-UI. Usually I am interacting with the application elements and not the status or control elements. A "fade away" status/control element in the UI while focused on an application would allow more room for the application elements.
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2010-12-15 , 20:31
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Originally Posted by mattbutsko View Post
So Nokia should only cater to people who have issues using their device? I know where you're coming from, but just because some people have a hard time seeing, doesn't mean we should all waste a fifth of our screen on UI.



Agreed.
Nokia should only to cater people who have unusually good vision or dexterity?
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2010-12-15 , 21:49
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Nokia should only to cater people who have unusually good vision or dexterity?
Uh, no. Companies should cater to all of their customers, duh.
 

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2010-12-15 , 21:59
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i think its small enough.
anyone who used an old windows mobile-phone remembers how horrible it is to navigate through tiny tiny tiny menus with a stylus.
i guess maemo is rather fingerfriendly, and fingerfriendly means big.
 

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