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Post by grävling on Dec 13, 2012 18:12:13 GMT -5
centering them in the dialog box (equal ws top and bottom is great).
But justifying the text based on the location of the speaker, so that those as speak from the right end up with right justified text, that is hard to read and silly looking.
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 13, 2012 18:29:06 GMT -5
Sorry it seems silly to you, input noted.
Thanks!
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Post by grävling on Dec 13, 2012 21:21:21 GMT -5
It looks ok if the input is short, and if the lines are broken at periods. But for long stretches of text, like the introductory screen -- it looks silly. For short 'mission accomplished' text this looks ok:
Excellent, I have been waiting for this information.
Your account has been credited.
but this looks silly:
Your services and discretion are appreciated. Your
account has been credited.
And when you get to long dialogs, it looks really silly. |
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 14, 2012 0:30:39 GMT -5
Opposite feedback we're getting from tablet players -- got a few 'Finally' e-mails about the left/right text alignment.
Never going to please all the people all the time. As with all things CK, we'll keep collecting feedback and improving as much as we can with each new release.
No clear decision here yet, your feedback has been noted on the ticket! Thanks!
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Post by grävling on Dec 14, 2012 1:41:50 GMT -5
If you stick with the right justification, can you at least break up the text so they end with periods?
I'd really love to get the people who like it the way it is now into my lab. The established wisdom of ragged-right is that long text printed that way causes eye-strain, headaches, and slower reading speed.
i.e.
Designing Web Usability, (New Riders, 2000) Jakob Nielsen, pp 126, "Chap 3: Content Design":
"Almost all text should be left-justified. By having a steady starting point for the eye to start scanning, the user can read much faster than when faced with centered or right-justified text. Of course, it is acceptable to center or right-justify a few lines for effect, but one should not do so for blocks of text." (Nielsen, pp 126
It's a staple of usability guidelines.
Can you check with the people who like it and see if they like it for long text messages as well as for short ones? I can easily see liking it a lot when the text is only 1 or 2 lines long, but I find reading paragraphs that way painful.
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Post by Cory Trese on Dec 14, 2012 2:30:49 GMT -5
All depends on your screen size. One a 10 inch 1920 resolution screen the text layout is probably a lot different.
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Post by grävling on Dec 14, 2012 3:14:36 GMT -5
Yes, with a big enough screen each conversation could fit on one line, and the problem which is entirely about the ragged-left effect would disappear entirely.
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