Posts Tagged ‘states’

Showing Masked & Scrollable Areas

Sunday, January 4th, 2009


Often we need to represent interfaces which scroll and/or are masked. These interface elements only display a limited area at one time from within a larger one. Here is one idea on how to tackle this. In this example, the masked area has been isolated from the page view, with a boundary drawn around it. Elements which are outside of the boundary represent the invisible or masked elements at that particular time.
Credits: Juhan Sonin

Multiple Elements & State Conditions Matrix

Sunday, January 4th, 2009


Sometimes multiple elements change at once as a result of one user interaction. This is especially so during draggable interactions. Here is an interesting way of solving that visually by means of a matrix. On the left y axis all of the elements are listed, whereas on the top x axis the various state conditions are displayed.
Credits: Bill Scott