Re: [Rails-devel] Changes & UI ideas

[Brett L. <wak...@gm...>]

On Thu, 2007-07-05 at 21:55 +0200, Erik Vos wrote:
> > 
> > > Talking about popups, I am also considering to replace some popup
> > > choice lists by a set of radio buttons, at least in those 
> > cases where
> > > a choice must be made between equivalent options, such as 
> > in selecting
> > > a company start price. The current choice list initially shows 
> > > the top price ($100) only, and the list must be scrolled to 
> > see the other
> > > values. 
> > > I think it would be better to show all prices on equal footing.
> > > 
> > 
> > It's certainly worth trying. Perhaps this is a good option to make a
> > user-configurable option? 
> > 
> > Would it be much work or complicate things unnecessarily to have both
> > layout options available?
> 
> One option for all such choice lists together, or one option per choice
> list?
> It is certainly doable, and not really a big deal, but it looks a bit like 
> overkill to me to apply it to all such lists.

When starting a game, have a selectable option of choosing your
preferred list UI: dropdowns or radio button lists.

This kind of option could be completely unnecessary, but it seems like a
good potential candidate for just letting the user choose what they
prefer.

 ---Brett.


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