[MG] Bubble layout

[Michael Allan]

I forgot to mention that C's latest code with the talk bubbles is now
running: http://metagovernment.tuxfamily.org/crossforum/#c=DG
(if you happen to see a popup copyright window in the map, just hit
 refresh)

conseo wrote:
> ... I hope there will be some work for the Geomapper towards area
> and location specific poll mapping and therefore I have drafted
> ideas for the first prize that way:
> http://u.zelea.com:8080/v/w/D?b=4326&a=4328&aR=2927&bR=2901

Definitely, if it's up to me.  I guess it's a question of priorities.
We first have to decide where to take all this software - in the sense
of what actually to do with it - and then we'll have a better idea of
how to prioritize our dev work.

-- 
Michael Allan

Toronto, +1 416-699-9528
http://zelea.com/


conseo wrote:
> Am Sunday 08 May 2011 schrieb Alexander Praetorius:
> > I think avatar icons are better than mnemonics of the username.
> > It might also be possible to limit usernames to a certain length in the
> > future.
> > Next thing is... a username could show onMouseOver.
> 
> Yep, this is possible. Ideally we can show details in the mapper though. 
> 
> > 
> > Did you see my example pictures which did not contain user names, but
> > "group names", but this could be changed. Did the usernames really produce
> > a lot of screen clutter the way they were presented?
> 
> Yep. Your input is helpful. 
>  
> > 
> > At least we could give it a try ;)
> Done: http://whiletaker.homeip.net:8080/voff/crossforum/#c=DG
> 
> That is right, I have tried it already and you can still see here (as long as 
> mike has not already pulled) http://u.zelea.com/var/deploy/crossforum/#c=DG 
> how dominant the user names will be compared to the visualized conversation. 
> As you suggested and Thomas agreed, I have added a simple tooltip to the 
> mnemonics in the feed for now. Yet, I'd still like to keep the further way 
> open here, since the focus of the diff-feed is the difference feed discussion 
> and we should visualize both usernames and pollnames there. Therefore (as also 
> being discussed on IRC: 
> http://u.zelea.com/system/host/u/home/v/votorola/out/voharvester/irclog/2011-05-08/Nmetagov.html 
> ) I have removed all colors, the title and stick to the mnemonics. I hope 
> there will be some work for the Geomapper towards area and location specific 
> poll mapping and therefore I have drafted ideas for the first prize that way: 
> http://u.zelea.com:8080/v/w/D?b=4326&a=4328&aR=2927&bR=2901
> 
> conseo
> 
> P.S.: The process of drafting in two wikis, one for the position and the other 
> one for the draft, is still too complicated. After the social mapper I think 
> this is the biggest obstacle of getting interested enthusiasts involved.



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