Hi Richard,

So I have been looking at this and my comments are as follows:

1. How will we deal with scaling the drop down box when text is longer than the example?
    -mainly how will the selection boxes and below text shift?
2. Will it confuse for the user to have the same colored selection box and drop down together?
3. Does it make sense to introduce another color to support using the drop down?

My suggestion for this release would be to go with the original proposal you suggested [see ui_error_3.png].  Long term, I would suggest moving to something like attached, ui_error_popup.png.


>> On Jan 31, 2008, at 11:09 AM, Noah DiJulio wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Richard,
>>>
>>> Nothing is wrong with the first proposal.  My only concern about floating the text at the top is what is will look like on different backgrounds. We might want to separate out some screens to have a standard [non-wallpaper] background in future releases.  Some examples of this would be here as well as connecting to a network and some settings.  It would give us a lot more control over the layout, color, etc.
>>>
>>> I have attached some iterations of what you proposed on a couple of different wallpapers.
>>>
>
>>> Richard Titmuss wrote:
>>>> I think the error and options need to be on the same screen. Not everyone is used to this technology and may need to read the problem and options a few time to work out what to do next (thinking about my dad here!). What's the problem with layout in my first proposal, once it's dressed up a little?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Noah DiJulio wrote:
>>>>> Hi Richard,
>>>>>
>>>>> Then another option would be to 1. use a black out screen stating the problem and then 2. transition back into the ui with options of actions that the user can take.  This format is exactly what the black out was intended for: alert then action...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Richard Titmuss wrote:
>>>>>> I think that's difficult to implement with the current code, using the different font styles. I also really do think the error text should be above the option, people should read that first to understand the problem and then choose what to do.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Noah DiJulio wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi Richard/Dean,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I looked at some iterations from the original proposal for error alerts after we made the decision to not use the "black out."
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The info break-up is as follows:
>>>>>>> Problem type-main title bar
>>>>>>> Actions to take-selection bars/supporting the problem
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Alert reinforcement- Pop-up window      supporting information about error
>>>>>>>     what you were trying to do before the error Please see attached and let me know your thoughts...
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Richard Titmuss wrote:
>>>>>>>> Another idea would to be use the help box background with the error text?
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> dean blackketter wrote:
>>>>>>>>> I tried mocking it up with the now playing style drop-down and it didn't work.  The highlight on the drop-down and the highlight on the menu selection are the same and it's confusing....
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:00 AM, Richard Titmuss wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Noah,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Dean ask me to get your opinion on this error screen. This is used when something goes wrong, and I'd like to extend this to be used during setup too (for example when your wireless password is wrong). In the general case there may be up to three menu choices below the error text. Previously we put the error text in the help bubble at the bottom of the screen, but people did not always look at it. Dean's suggestion was that the error text should be in the title drop down, as used in Now Playing. What do you think?
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>> Richard
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> <screenshot3.png>