Designing Controls

Post by **Digit** » Mon Jan 12, 2009 10:54 pm

Hi,

Although i don't have a Touchscreen yet, i did start thinking about how the control should look like. Started with a button. I've come up with this, a toggle button working similar to what i'm using on the Pronto:

Now the question for the touch-experienced users is: shouldn't it be better to put the green indicator bar above the text, so your finger won't hide large part of it? Cause all i see in other threads is indicators at the bottom. Why? Because it's prettier? Other considerations?

Post by **Bwired** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 12:49 am

Much nicer this way!

Post by **Esteban** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:01 am

Hi Digit,

Generally I'd say it's just a question of preference. Having it at the bottom or top doesn't really matter imho. The indicator is to see what devices are ON or OFF. Usually when you look if stuff is ON or OFF your finger isn't anywhere near the button.

Just my 2 cents

Post by **Lennart** » Tue Jan 13, 2009 1:16 am

Hi Digit,

The buttons look neat! One reason to have the status indicator not on the button is that in HSTouch the status indicator is really a seperate object: a status bar (comparable to a progress bar) that can also display values other than 0 or 1 (e.g. anything from 0 to 100 for dimming). I'm afraid that won't work well with these glowing indicators (although they look much nicer...)?

Lennart