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An educational simulation about how genes work to create proteins.
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Single screen projector mode? #104

Open phet-steele opened 6 years ago

phet-steele commented 6 years ago

@amanda-phet @ariel-phet @jbphet it has been a standard that black background sims have had a projector mode. However, it's always been the case that all screens in a sim are black. GEE has a single black screen as its 3rd screen, and would technically need a projector mode (since relative color intensity is so important on that screen) for at least that screen.

How would we go about this? @jbphet has implied that a single screen projector mode is technically feasible and not too challenging. Therefore, we are just left to design the UX. Options so far:

  1. Normal "Projector Mode" checkbox in the Options menu that only changes one screen.

  2. Change the string to "Projector Mode (third screen)" or something similar, still as a checkbox in the Options menu.

  3. Take the checkbox out of the Options menu and put it within the 3rd screen somewhere, maybe top left near the Show Real Cells button?

  4. Have projector mode change all screens (like normal) even though the first two screens don't really need it.

Anyone have better ideas that aren't worse than 3? I like 2, and 4 would be an okay fallback. For phetsims/QA/issues/58.

ariel-phet commented 6 years ago

You left out the easiest idea. Do nothing.

Which is what we are going to do for the moment.

amanda-phet commented 6 years ago

I like option 1 myself, since it's the most consistent with other sims. Or option 4 if people don't like the idea of nothing happening.