[vz-users] RFC: Zooming UI in our frontend (v0.3)

[Justin Otherguy]

Hi there,

at present we're still working on v0.2 - but that doesn't stop us from thinking about v0.3 :-)

In our current UI we have too many buttons - and still there are some missing at the same time.
What do you think of this:
- using the "+" and "-" buttons would take you from 
  1 min - 15 min - 1 hour - 4 hrs. - 12 hrs. - 1 day - 1 week - 1 month - 1 year (or so)
- the timeframe will always snap to even values; e. g. 
  - your currently view is 4 - 8 a.m.
  - you press "-" (zoom out)
  -> next timeframe is: 12 hrs
  -> 0 - 12 a.m. is going to be displayed
- we would still have the "panning" buttons ("<<" and ">>")
- the buttons for hour/day/week... would become superfluous
- alignment of data ("0:00 a.m. - 11:59 p.m." vs. "2:43 a.m. - 2:42 a.m.") would be the default
- zooming by selecting a timeframe with your mouse will still be around, of course (and maybe also
  zooming by scrolling, too).


Regards, J.