Originally posted by Tiny Turtle
1. Fish Info window (FIw). This one should display info about the currently highlighted fish. As it is right now there is very little indication of that the FIw displays info of a certain fish. It looks more like general Goldfish info. So how do we tell the user that the orange little guy with the long fins is the one referred to as "Monstro"? Well, I think that either the fish's name shoud show (possibly only when highlighted) or else some sort of visual representation of Monstro should be available in the FIw. Both a small icon like the ones in the upper left window or a larger (larger than the matrix icons) "Preview" would work. I agree a translucent version would make it overly busy. Perhaps a small icon then. (Bigger Preview window popup when hovering on the small icon in the FIw?) The same fish in the FIw wouldn't "confuse the primary selection" IMHO.
I understand now what you mean.
2. Dark for selection. Already stated that I don't fancy this one. I did the same mistake BigS did and thought the aurumification of the stars was the new indication of a selected fish. If the X is selected then there should be no info about Monstro or any other fish in the FIw.
I think I would agree with you on that, however the Windows version provides fish info about the last fish touched, whether in the tank or in the matrix. In the picture the last fish touched was the Monstro in the tank, so Monstro's fish info is shown. PERSONALLY I would prefer the fish info to track ONLY the matrix selection, HOWEVER, in the very tiny images in the tank some of the goldfish are hard to tell apart so being able to get more info on them by clicking there is helpful and makes sense.
Perhaps only the background could change (and not the actual fish). Also, if the dark color was replaced with a itty-bitty piece of the tank (or just water) it would be aestetically more pleasing, make a (minor) hint about how it would look and indicate selection just as good as the dark box does. Fair?
Your idea would probably look pretty cool, but I think it would probably be a low priority change.
3. I'm hoping you'll show it to the Windows people at Prolific and say: "Look at this, put this in your version as well!"
Some of them see what we do. Not many are very familiar with it. You have to have a Mac to run it...