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kaufman · 07-27-2014, 07:30 PM

I was going to post this in the Wish list thread, but I decided to post it here instead to keep Chaley from having to move it. I am posting it now while I am thinking about it, not in order to pressure Chaley into putting it into this release cycle.

So, I was thinking a bit, and I think I have come up with a simple to explain to users and relatively simpler to implement concept for showing more details in list view.

What if you used a new layout similar to the "choose item to display" popup

And told the user that of the items checked, CC would display as many as would fit with the current list view cover size and font size. It would probably make sense to lock the first two lines with the current information as

Title
Author (Series[Index])

but any other lines would show as many selected items as would fit. People who wanted to show more information could use a smaller font or a larger cover.

This would avoid some confusion, because if all the selected information didn't fit, the user would see why not, and users are already getting used to the idea (from book details) of selecting items to show and ordering them.

For Chaley, this would avoid some complexity (because you don't have to deal with multiple items on one line) while still delivering almost all of the value of this.

One of the things I like about this is that people could select what they want to see, and then just adjust the cover size until it all fit.

I do want to reiterate, that I don't think that any of this information should be clickable. Its just too small a target. IMO, any clicks should go to the detail for that book.

Any thoughts? Does anyone like this idea?

07-27-2014, 07:30 PM	#1
kaufman Calibre Companion Fanatic Posts: 873 Karma: 1088610 Join Date: Nov 2006 Device: Galaxy Note 4, Kindle Voyage	Thoughts on CC extended details in List view I was going to post this in the Wish list thread, but I decided to post it here instead to keep Chaley from having to move it. I am posting it now while I am thinking about it, not in order to pressure Chaley into putting it into this release cycle. So, I was thinking a bit, and I think I have come up with a simple to explain to users and relatively simpler to implement concept for showing more details in list view. What if you used a new layout similar to the "choose item to display" popup And told the user that of the items checked, CC would display as many as would fit with the current list view cover size and font size. It would probably make sense to lock the first two lines with the current information as Title Author (Series[Index]) but any other lines would show as many selected items as would fit. People who wanted to show more information could use a smaller font or a larger cover. This would avoid some confusion, because if all the selected information didn't fit, the user would see why not, and users are already getting used to the idea (from book details) of selecting items to show and ordering them. For Chaley, this would avoid some complexity (because you don't have to deal with multiple items on one line) while still delivering almost all of the value of this. One of the things I like about this is that people could select what they want to see, and then just adjust the cover size until it all fit. I do want to reiterate, that I don't think that any of this information should be clickable. Its just too small a target. IMO, any clicks should go to the detail for that book. Any thoughts? Does anyone like this idea? Last edited by kaufman; 07-28-2014 at 12:10 PM.