Friday, December 1, 2006

Our Sort-Of-Working Prototype

The "Working Prototype" of Cluster (and I use the term "working" loosely) that was made using Denim is up on the project web. There are a couple of things to note about it:
  • Denim has a bug where buttons cannot function as links AND show text. So, since Cluster is meant to be for a touch screen interface, there are a number of big blank boxes where text would be. They still work as buttons. The .dnm file itself shows the text that SHOULD appear here.
  • We do not have a button included to return to the home screen. This is because we're assuming that it would be found on the hardware of the phone and these screens are just the software representation. So if you want to get back to the home screen (and perhaps see a different module), you'll have to back out of the file and start over. The alternative would have been to have a BLANK button on every screen that would take you back there.
  • It's not supposed to be pretty - that's not what this kind of prototype is for. So don't hate.

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