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phetsims / arithmetic

"Arithmetic" is an educational simulation in HTML5, by PhET Interactive Simulations.

http://phet.colorado.edu/en/simulation/arithmetic

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Redesign keypad #130

Closed amanda-phet closed 8 years ago

amanda-phet commented 9 years ago

In two interviews I noticed students struggle with finding the "enter" button on the keypad. One student even accidentally pushed it two times, thinking it was the "backspace" button.

I suggest using the keypad from Area Builder, if it is not too difficult, because that one has proven to be successful already. I especially like that the submit/check button is larger and more obviously not part of the keypad. I am also for standardizing the keypad across sims.

Thoughts- @ariel-phet @jbphet ?

Here is a basic mockup: screen shot 2015-01-30 at 10 30 33 am

ariel-phet commented 9 years ago

Seems like the right call, since the area builder design is well vetted. Assigning to @jbphet

jbphet commented 9 years ago

A couple of decisions were made at the 2/5/2015 design meeting:

Move forward with this.
Reposition the "Try Again" button to be in the same location as the check button.
The Factor screen, which has no keypad, should have the "Try Again" button in the same place as the other two screens.

jbphet commented 9 years ago

This sim is on hold for a while, so I'm unassigning this issue until work resumes.

jbphet commented 8 years ago

Implemented, closing.