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I gave a thought of providing a description directly but then it was getting too messy, If you can suggest an alternate approach i am ready to try it out.

andrewflnr 15y ago
It doesn't really work on iPad, if you're supposed to be able to open it like a tree view. I can get the mouse over descriptions by tapping, though. When I did something similar [1], I just put a summary right next to the folder name. Maybe it is a little messy, but I think it works pretty well. [1] http://andrewfleenor.users.sourceforge.net/fhs/fhs.xml http://andrewfleenor.users.sourceforge.net/fhs/fhs.xml
- anantshri 15y ago
  looks ohk. I will try modelling a new version on this logic. also try clicking on the arrow for opening the tree.
  - andrewflnr 15y ago
    Huh. Expansion works now. I guess I was just missing the button. Sorry about that.
jerf 15y ago
The tree controls just get in the way. There is not so much content here that it justifies needing to click 5 or 10 times just to see it all. When I first visited the page with NoScript, the tree was actually easier to see because it defaulted to fully open. I'd also consider just inlining the "details" too with a simple "dirname - details" scheme; maybe color them a little differently (I wouldn't even go nuts, just a dark grey vs. black will be fine, not bright red or anything). Unfortunately, you've gone through a lot of work to make the content on this page quite difficult to use :(
- mikle 15y ago
  I don't think an upvote is enough to show that I agree with you. Especially the last sentence. The info is very interesting, but I gave up after I opened the first tree. Another problem jerf's design fixes is that you have no way of telling which line has a tooltip and which doesn't, and coupled with the fact the tooltips take a fraction of a second to appear waste my time.

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I gave a thought of providing a description directly but then it was getting too messy, If you can suggest an alternate approach i am ready to try it out.

by anantshri 15y ago

andrewflnr 15y ago
It doesn't really work on iPad, if you're supposed to be able to open it like a tree view. I can get the mouse over descriptions by tapping, though. When I did something similar [1], I just put a summary right next to the folder name. Maybe it is a little messy, but I think it works pretty well. [1] http://andrewfleenor.users.sourceforge.net/fhs/fhs.xml http://andrewfleenor.users.sourceforge.net/fhs/fhs.xml
- anantshri 15y ago
  looks ohk. I will try modelling a new version on this logic. also try clicking on the arrow for opening the tree.
  - andrewflnr 15y ago
    Huh. Expansion works now. I guess I was just missing the button. Sorry about that.
jerf 15y ago
The tree controls just get in the way. There is not so much content here that it justifies needing to click 5 or 10 times just to see it all. When I first visited the page with NoScript, the tree was actually easier to see because it defaulted to fully open. I'd also consider just inlining the "details" too with a simple "dirname - details" scheme; maybe color them a little differently (I wouldn't even go nuts, just a dark grey vs. black will be fine, not bright red or anything). Unfortunately, you've gone through a lot of work to make the content on this page quite difficult to use :(
- mikle 15y ago
  I don't think an upvote is enough to show that I agree with you. Especially the last sentence. The info is very interesting, but I gave up after I opened the first tree. Another problem jerf's design fixes is that you have no way of telling which line has a tooltip and which doesn't, and coupled with the fact the tooltips take a fraction of a second to appear waste my time.