Dive profile menu toolbar - calculated ceilings

[Luisa Pires]

Hey, Willem.

Good ideia. I attempted to unite them by using the line that represents the
ceiling limit and the arrow indicating the diver's attemp to surface.
Color reinforcement would be welcome and green seems like a good option to
link these buttons to the graphics, as you mentioned.

Thank you for bringing that up, I always appreciate discussing usability
and perception matters.


Luisa


2014-03-25 14:30 GMT-03:00 Willem Ferguson <willemferguson at zoology.up.ac.za>
:

>  In trying to optimise user interaction with the profile toolbar it may
> perhaps be useful to harmonise the colours of the three buttons dealing
> with calculated ceilings. At the moment they have different colour
> emphases: (1) blue & red, (2) green, (3) green & red. These three
> buttons actually interact, often working as a unit and are likely to
> operate more efficiently if they have common colours.
>
> I have made some
> mock-ups of the three buttons as well as of the complete button panel by
> slightly adapting the existing buttons to emphasise the green colour
> used for calculated ceilings in the profile panel.
>
> I added a small upward-facing arrow on the middle button. Maybe the upward
> arrow in each of the buttons could have a similar size and colour
> intensity?
>
> I also added a single row of dark pixels to emphasise the water surface.
>
> Some people may think it's splitting hairs, but the intuitive nature and
> immediate interpretability of the UI does enhance the user experience.
>
> Kind regards,
> willemf
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