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holodex / holodex

top level repo for holodex apps
http://holodex.enspiral.com
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user can't view relationship details #7

Open ahdinosaur opened 9 years ago

ahdinosaur commented 9 years ago

from a real metamap, an example of this in action.

this brings up the design question of how best to view symmetric relationships.

/cc @simontegg

ahdinosaur commented 9 years ago

@simontegg reason for closing?

simontegg commented 9 years ago

This is phrased as a solution. I feel it should be as a problem then have designs/mockups attached.

ahdinosaur commented 9 years ago

i propose we add the ability to view textual labels of relationships by hovering over them.

mockup: craftworks-stewarding-w-details

simontegg commented 9 years ago

What's the rationale behind full sentences compared to shorter link descriptions? In the mockup the text "Mikey" is black and partially hovering over a black background (Hannah)?

ahdinosaur commented 9 years ago

full sentences are more translate-able, based on feedback from @mixmix.

my mockup is for a very basic implementation, it certainly has flaws but i reckon it's still an applicable solution to the problem, i'm keen for any further ideas or improvements.

simontegg commented 9 years ago

I think shorter links descriptions are still meaningful in the context of our visual representation for the vast majority of languages. Japanese is SOV but this still makes sense (in my rusty Japanese sense)

It may not work for OSV OVS and VOS word order, but these are only 4% of the world's languages (and a even smaller proportion of speakers and internet users) The vast majority of the world's languages place the Subject before the Object which matches the visual representation of Link -> here.

my mockup is for a very basic implementation, it certainly has flaws but i reckon it's still an applicable solution to the problem, i'm keen for any further ideas or improvements.

background color on this element?