Re: Overwhelming Options
Re: Overwhelming Options
- Subject: Re: Overwhelming Options
- From: Thomas Davie <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:58:14 +0100
Can I ask what your app is? I find it hard to believe that your user really needs to set 42 boolean flags. There must surely a better way to think about the configuration.
Tom Davie
if (*ra4 != 0xffc78948) { return false; }
On 1 Sep 2011, at 17:36, Jeremy Matthews wrote:
> I have an app with some groups of checkboxes...and it really takes up too much space in the UI.
>
> It is a utility app, but it has about 7 different matricies of about 6 checkboxes each....so lots of options...and it can be overwhelming at times. I'd like to design a better UI so as to not take up so much space in the UI, and at the same time, make it appear a bit simpler, and hide categories (of checkboxes) unless you need to see them.
>
> I'm considering migrating to an OutlineView, or perhaps the new View-based TableView...but I was wondering what other folks have done out there to make sure their users are not overwhelmed by having too many choices at their disposal.
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