Subsurface-mobile for Android -845

Joakim Bygdell j.bygdell at gmail.com
Sat Feb 13 09:55:36 PST 2016


> On 13 Feb 2016, at 18:52, Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 13, 2016 at 09:29:34AM +0100, Joakim Bygdell wrote:
>>> 
>>> 845 should address the issues that were mentioned
>>> 
>>> - I think I finally figured out the hang with incorrect credentials
>>> - I FINALLY paid enough attention to realize why the 'Save' after an edit accessed the network - that should be fixed now
>>> - the redundant context menus are gone. Android users are comfortable using the back button to go up / back a level and to cancel an operation
>>> 
>>> So I think this is the UI direction I'm leaning towards. Small title bar with no menus / buttons. Action button when there's an action. Handle to open global menu / drawer (but swipe from the side works as well). Right now we have no screen that has a context menu.
>> The handle that opens the drawer should maybe be a bit more transparent to start with, not the arrow but the background.
> 
> Yes, there is definitely some fine tuning to be done here.
> 
>> The action button we need to do something with as well, right now you have  to scroll all the way to the bottom ft prevent the 
>> action button form obscuring stuff on the details and edit pages.
> 
> I find that an interesting comment. Let me try to figure out if I
> understand what you are saying: when you are in the middle of the dive
> list, the action button is obscuring a small part in the center of the
> bottom dive that is visible (assuming you are on a phone or tablet in
> portrait mode - in landscape mode it really isn't in the way at all as it
> sits on the center divider). So what is stopping you from scrolling up by
> one dive to see the dive that you want to see? I don't understand your
> refference to "have to scroll all the way to the bottom" of the dive list.
> Or are you saying you'd like to have this white margin at the bottom all
> the time? Because I'd hate that as wasted screen real estate.
Not the dive list, but on details and edit page. 

> /D

/Jocke



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