simplement size

01 Nov 2015

the goal re size is to keep each simplement on one short horizontal line

use as few characters & symbols as possible

so every sign looks & reads as clean & simple as possible

i see a top ten list visible on the typical sign view

though signs will in practice have dozens to hundreds of simplements

it's just that 11-100+ are not as important as 1-10

everyone will tend to focus on 1-10 most of the time

the big question will be > what are your top 10 issues?

so everyone will want to clearly see short & sweet meaningful simplements on all signs

of course when to click or tap on any one you can get access to far more info

so in this view there can be in theory an endless amount of data objects/layers presented

how many people have this in the same position as you?

how many have it in the #1 position?

when did it first show up in the ref?

what are the other versions of it - in priority order?

etc etc

i'll discuss all this in a separate wiki page

here i'll just focus on the size & format as each appears on a typical sign view

i imagine a solution will use several tricks of the trade - color, symbols, positioning, etc

as well as just text characters

i have not yet settled on a best design

but here's some thoughts on how it might look & feel

color indicates scope

use the ROYGBIV solution where self is red & cosmos is violet

maybe also a scope symbol

i can clearly see simple icons that depict each of the seven scopes

category is definitely a symbol too

hover over it to get the full text of the category

then all the text can be reserved for the specific issue

'money vs happiness'

[category symbol] [issue text] [scope color symbol]

a limit on the characters presented within the issue text real estate

use the dotdotdot for any longer issues

but this helps force simplement creators to minimize best solutions

so now considering simplements on the sign

should we also place the position number as a prefix to the simplement

probably yes, thus

[position #] [category symbol] [issue text] [scope color symbol]

ultimately how many characters we show as issue text

should be consistent across all hardware devices

so the typical smartphone screen & font size will set the exact number