PanoTools NG:
Re: Re: Interface experiment
Ken Warner 2009-Jan-12 21:44:01
Yes, people really don't read well these days. Surprising! Or
maybe not. They say 1 in 5 Americans are functionally illiterate.
And it is also said that 1 out of every 10 Mexicans are living
in the U.S. So the idea that people just don't read is quite valid.
I think that now that we are all focused on the idea of introducing
the first timer to panos, a good idea will come around. And trying
new ideas like yours is really important. They make the rest of us
think about the issue even more. Who knows? Maybe something will
click and the idea will just pop out at us. It's always better
to see an idea -- even in prototype form -- than to just talk about
it.
erik leeman wrote:
> Thanks Ken.
>
> A serious problem is that people generally don not read instructions
> at all, not even the most compact ones. People have expectations, and
> if they are confronted with something that proves them wrong the will
> be annoyed or uncomfortable. So they will leave the situation or
> reject the object if they can.
> A good interface will 'steer' or 'guide' visitors expectations, so
> they are comfortable with what they encounter next. This guidance is a
> step-by-step process, no single element can do it on its own.
>
> I also have a plan to make a short animated introduction to VR images,
> I've found a tutorial for using panorama cubefaces in a 3D 'world' in
> Adobe AfterEffects that could be useful for this. I'll post some links
> for those who are interested.
>
> Cheers!
>
> Erik Leeman
>
> p.s. did you also notice the hotspots?
>
>
> --- In #removed#, Ken Warner <kwarner000@...> wrote:
>
>>It works with Flash10 on a Windows2000 SP4; IE6.
>>
>>But it doesn't carry the idea that the user is to click and drag.
>>
>>I think " Click and hold mouse button down, drag in any direction to
>>move the view. " pretty much is the most you can do. If they don't
>>get that, then either they don't speak English (quite possible) or
>>it's a hopeless effort.
>
>
>
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