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Agora-Project / agora-meteor

Meteor based implementation of Agora project. Agora: Solving online discussion.
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Add slider to adjust visual distance between nodes #52

Closed joyeusenoelle closed 7 years ago

joyeusenoelle commented 7 years ago

It's been suggested that the graph have closer spacing so posts are positioned closer together when the graph is zoomed in. This could be a per-user preference, with a slider to adjust the visual distance between nodes to suit each user's feel of space and clutteredness.

Angular-Angel commented 7 years ago

Are we sure this is best done through a slider? It seems like something that it would be better for the program to do automatically. :/

joyeusenoelle commented 7 years ago

Possibly a miscommunication: the idea is to have a single slider in the options menu that governs the distance between nodes in the graph for a given user. The slider doesn't necessarily have to have a 1:1 correlation with the visual distance; it could be logarithmic or just have three points on it ("Compact"/"Cozy"/"Comfortable", to borrow Google's terms), or...

The user wouldn't be directly affecting the distance between posts; they would be setting a preference, and allowing the program to adhere to that preference, rather than coding a single distance between nodes and expecting users to adjust to it.

Angular-Angel commented 7 years ago

No, I get that, but my point still stands - distance between posts should generally be whatever makes it most convenient for people to read, and that seems like it should depend more on the nodes than on the person. So it would seem that the program should automatically space posts so that theres just enough space between them to notice the separation, so users can keep their scrolling to a minimum.

joyeusenoelle commented 7 years ago

Isn't "whatever makes it most convenient for people to read" necessarily going to depend on the person doing the reading?

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Angular-Angel commented 7 years ago

I wouldn't think so. I'd expect it to be a lot like paragraphs - you have a set distance between paragraphs in a text document and you leave it at that. :/

joyeusenoelle commented 7 years ago

If you don't think it's necessary, I'll leave it alone. :)

Angular-Angel commented 7 years ago

We'll, I'm not entirely certain. Are we sure we're both talking about the same thing? You meant the space between posts when way zoomed in on the graph, right? Not something else? :/

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Closed #52 https://github.com/Agora-Project/agora-meteor/issues/52.

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joyeusenoelle commented 7 years ago

I think so. This came up in the Discord chat last week, I think? I'll have to do some digging to find it.