[AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

Hi John

Well, that demonstrates what I mentioned earlier. If you meet a challenge with "this will not work", it most likely won't.

Use your imagination and focus on the possibilities rather than some bad implementation.

Four tiles on a wristwatch could be two small for message/phone access or other info, one wide for the time. Swipe and you will have other options.
Two tiles on a lightswitch could be one for switching on/off, one for a spinner to select the light level. Swipe for options like setting max. light level or delayed dimming. Whatever. If a given setup doesn't fit your purpose, swipe for the settings and adjust.

Just off my head.

So yes, you missed it.

/gustav

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Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af John W Colby
Sendt: 26. februar 2014 23:44
Til: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Emne: Re: [AccessD] Ramblings of a nutcase

This has turned into "Ramblings of a bunch of nut cases" eh?

And... How many tiles can you fit on a watch?  Hmmmm.....  Wait a second while I swipe..... Wait... 
it's a coming... just a few thousand more swipes.... I know it's in this mess somewhere...  I DIDN'T say that, I REALLY love my Windows watch...

Oh CRAP I must have missed it. let me start again...

John W. Colby

Reality is what refuses to go away
when you do not believe in it

On 2/26/2014 5:33 PM, Hans-Christian Andersen wrote:
>> The brilliant thing is, that the Metro/Modern interface potentially can scale from a wristwatch or a lightswitch to a laserbeam operated cinemascreen.
> You mean, something like the Truman Show poster?
> http://www.impawards.com/1998/truman_show_ver1_xlg.html
>
> Mother of god. An icon. within a box. And repeated in a tiled fashion. 
> That's brilliant. Why hasn't anyone else done this??? :)
>
> To be honest, I never had a problem with Metro's tiled interface in theory. The implementation of how apps behave when you click on them and the whole magic corners really breaks the whole thing for me. Also, having many of your tiles constantly change information makes for a very obnoxious interface for anything other than a news ticker display.
>
> Microsoft could totally fix Metro and make it something people actually are interested in, but, as it currently stands, an excess of minimalism and rejection of decades of user interface design + the awesome magic corners makes it very difficult to love.
>
> - Hans