Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

anon — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:05:49 GMT

I've got two questions :

1) desktop heap: don't you run out of it with so many graphics?
2) bitmap loading in the gallery (assuming these are bitmaps, not vectors) : when is the load done? It's not super obvious the bitmaps are preloaded at all. In the short PDC keynote clip, the glitch appeared clearly in one of the galeries. Does this satisfy the 0.1 sec user interface response time? By the way, do you have such response time metrics? You cannot take Office 2003 or earlier versions in comparison since in Office 12 you seem to load and show so many more 24(32bits?) bitmaps(vectors)?

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

jensenh — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:27:39 GMT

On the heap issue, I can only say that it hasn't been a problem so far.

Gallery load time and reaction time is a great topic for an article in the future, thanks, I've added it to my list. In general though you are right, larger images take longer to load and response time is a key metric.

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

RobertWrayUK — Tue, 20 Sep 2005 21:47:18 GMT

Regarding load / response time, when (hopefully 'if' !) you get a chance to post about that in the future, could you maybe comment on the methods you use to optimise image load and UI responsiveness. (Or one of your more techy colleagues if you're not that way inclined! ;-)

Whilst I'm thinking about it, I haven't seen any examples off the top of my head but, do you guys do any specific UI l10n for en-gb as opposed to en-us ?

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

Step — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 04:22:53 GMT

Thanks for the blog, I'm loving it. After watching the video, I'm excited about using Office again.

I'm not too sure about the "floatie" thing yet, that could go either way as far as usability. I guess I'll have to see how it actually impacts me. It seems like a really good idea, but on the other hand what if I really want something right behind the floatie? Currently when my Outlook messages pop up, they can be quite annoying if I happen to be doing the wrong thing.

I'm also wondering how discoverable the advanced features are, with no menus at all? While it's clear I'll already be able to do significantly more with my docs in 12 than before, what if I still want to tweak them? How do I get to those controls? Do they still preview live if appropriate?

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

jensenh — Wed, 21 Sep 2005 10:54:27 GMT

I'll be introducing floatie soon in the blog...

I hope the new UI helps more people use advanced functionality in the apps. On Thursday, I'll share some of the knowledge we've learned about how people approach formatting (including accessing advanced functionality.)

re: Visualize Whirled Peas (Galleries: Part 2 of 3)

Shine — Fri, 30 Sep 2005 19:09:51 GMT

Tomorrow, using galleries is a less obvious way...

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