Side Bar Concept in practise!

July 18, 2008 at 3:13 am (Achievement) (, )

After thinking about how i am to aproach this side bar menu, i thought of what would be involved to create such a menu:

1. a distinct icon that hints to the user extra functionality

2. a menu bar that will hide and show when the user clicks the distinct icon

the first point is simple to tackle, an arrow icon in any program usually represents an expansion of some sort, hence i will use a glowing arrow button to suggest this to the user.

but the second is the harder issue; in order to achieve this, my code must include two timers, which one will be activated when the user clicks the icon, the timer will move the menu to either its hiden position or its public position. Within the menu bar would include all the different extra buttons that i have mentioned.

After thinking of these two points  i put my knowledge and logic to practise, and successfully created this side bar concept!

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Side Bar Concept

July 18, 2008 at 3:04 am (Concepts) (, , )

With expirience in using flash and 3d development programs and thier user interfces, i realised how handy a tabbed side menu really becomes. With this inspiration i decided that my program should also include something of this nature; a side menu that can hide and show at the users preference!

The side bar menu would include extra icons and buttons that the user might find handy, such as navigational and functionality buttons that allows the user to have extra control over the program.

Currently  i am thinking to include a home and back navigational buttons and functional buttons such as an about and help button.

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