(Floe) UI Options configurations and interactions
Tentatively constrained to websites and webapps
Use in conjunction with (Floe) UI Options configurations and interactions for designing UIO interfaces
Configurations
On web page
Top panels
Fat panel: expanding panel of options **
Skinny panel: persistent panel of options
Full page options: account preference-like options **
In-line options: modular options residing inline with either the content or other page interactions
Drop-down options: contextual options revealed via right-click
Floating options
Spotlight-like option search **
Especially as combined with profile presets/easy access to frequently used options
Special considerations:
Responsive design
Expandability to many options, but also quick access to frequently used options
Profile presets which both: a) sets up good basic defaults, and b) gives quicker access to options likely to be of use
On platform
In any browser (purely web-based)
Desktop/laptop
Mobile
Smartphones, and other handheld-sized devices
Tablet
Browser extension (for Safari, Chrome, Firefox, etc.) *
Browser wrapper with options (for mobile)
Out-of-browser widget (e.g., on OS X, item alongside battery, clock etc. to turn on and off UIO, to change preferences quickly and globally for all browsers, etc.)
Interaction considerations
Input modalities:
Haptic/tactile
Keyboard
Mouse
Other physical interfaces (via something like MaKey makey)
Voice
Visual (?)
Semi-intelligence on system's part: detect user behaviour and provide suggestions based on it
E.g., intercepting Cmd-+ events on browser and suggesting other easier to read options