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Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

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Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#11

Post by lukeholder »

TylerE wrote: post #10

Author needs to figure out a better way of doing screencapture. Using an image that might _actually_ induce seizures isn't a very good first impression.

Why does he need to make a good impression? look at the code and make your determination - build it and make a pull request with your improved video. This is the spirit of Github: he may be an awesome coder but weak in video production - fork and collaborate.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#12

Post by unfletch »

Nice work! It definitely looks very similar, but if you compare the animations closely I don't think you can say it's been recreated. (And I'd bet perfecting the animation is one place some Path engineer and/or designer spent a lot of time.)

Specifically I'm looking at the path (small 'p') each icon takes out of and back into the +/x button. When they're close to the button these seem to stack on top of each other more than those in Path, which instead almost follow each other around. Also, something about the "bounce" at the end of the open animation looks a bit different (easiest to see looking at the bottom-most icon).

A nice start though. And I'm sure it looks even better in person than in that demo animated gif.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#13

Post by docgnome »

lukeholder wrote: post #11
TylerE wrote: post #10

Author needs to figure out a better way of doing screencapture. Using an image that might _actually_ induce seizures isn't a very good first impression.

Why does he need to make a good impression? look at the code and make your determination - build it and make a pull request with your improved video. This is the spirit of Github: he may be an awesome coder but weak in video production - fork and collaborate.

s/Github/FOSS/

Fixed that for you.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#15

Post by eropple »

lukeholder wrote: post #11
TylerE wrote: post #10

Author needs to figure out a better way of doing screencapture. Using an image that might _actually_ induce seizures isn't a very good first impression.

Why does he need to make a good impression? look at the code and make your determination - build it and make a pull request with your improved video. This is the spirit of Github: he may be an awesome coder but weak in video production - fork and collaborate.

Sure, that might happen. Or someone could spend their time writing code for their own projects instead of building a video for someone else's, because hey, he couldn't be assed to make his project interesting enough to spend time playing with. My first reaction, too, was "that's a pretty half-assed job," and closed the window. That makes it very unlikely that I go back and use it if I find a case where it might be valuable (because I won't remember it, except for the low-quality video and the lack of a demo - doesn't GitHub have a "pages" feature, anyway, where he could embed a real video on YouTube or something?). And if I'm not using it, there's zero chance of me going "hey, this could be great if X," writing X, and contributing it back.

It might be anathema to the "code is everything!" mindset, but part of getting people interested in your projects is presentation. You might think that's not the spirit of Github, but it's the way lots of (most?) people roll.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#16

Post by windsurfer »

joshu wrote: post #14

Startup does something to differentiate themselves, is immediately copied. Lame.

Startup does something clever but simple; competition begins quickly.

It's not the creator's fault that it's easy to reproduce and he did so in his free time. It's now free for everyone. Maybe the startup could clone his repo and keep part of their product updated by the community for free.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#17

Post by PanMan »

TylerE wrote: post #10

Author needs to figure out a better way of doing screencapture. Using an image that might _actually_ induce seizures isn't a very good first impression.

I thought it was one of the clearest explanations I have ever seen on github. Many other projects would have a lot of text, no video, and if ever a video it would need flash and load slowly. While I agree the quality of the video isn't top notch, its clear in seconds what the project does.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#18

Post by pashields »

TylerE wrote: post #10

Author needs to figure out a better way of doing screencapture. Using an image that might _actually_ induce seizures isn't a very good first impression.

I just posted a demo video on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vddaYMtETjo

Done using iOS 5 simulator on iphone 4. I'm going to send a pull request to the author to include it in the README.

Re: Path(v2) fly out menu already recreated and open sourced.

#19

Post by mhd »

eegilbert wrote: post #9

This is a variant of a radial menu, first seen in an application in 1969. A beautiful variant, but a variant. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pie_menu

Does this (and/or the original) work like a proper pie menu, i.e. I can manipulate it with a drag, not just two clicks? And is the the active area really a slice of a pie and not just the circular icon (i.e. it allows be to drag beyond one of the icons, and it still works if I'm in its "shadow").

Edit: Just installed Path, apparently it doesn't…

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