Overall

Considered

• Flaps
  • For organizing the functionalities, we will use flaps. Flaps are parts of the layout.
  • Currently considered are the left and the right flap. Bottom flap is proposed for timeline editing.
  • Flaps contain palettes.
  • Graphics Design
• Palettes
  • Palettes look like windows and are attached to palettes.
  • Controls
    • List - a lot of palettes in Sophie contain list control. List contains list items. List items are selectable and draggable.
      • Grapics Design
      • List items - will all of them be draggable? For example, the plugin configuration palette, list items cannot be dragged to the page work area.
  • Graphics Design
• Menus
  • Menus hold functionalities that cannot be triggered elsewhere and functionalities that can be accessed only by mouse (drag and drop).
  • Graphics Design - we can use the operating system menu styles, but it may be inconsistant with the look and feel of the application. Windows users may feel more comfortable (not sure about Mac users)