Proposal: mobile menu system

[Benjamin]

Sounds organised. Although I'm currently speaking from no real basis in GUI
design, and am just injecting myself into the conversation.

Benjamin

On Wed, Feb 12, 2020, 08:12 Dirk Hohndel <dirk at hohndel.org> wrote:

>
> > On Feb 12, 2020, at 7:26 AM, Stephen Goodall <
> stephen.goodall88 at googlemail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I agree that having "About" under "Help" never seemed that
> logical....... however a lot of desktop apps do put it there :D
> >
> > I just checked Chrome, Eclipse, DBeaver and Notepad++
> >
> > Not very useful input there, sorry!
>
> Actually, I think that's very useful input. It reminds me that on Windows
> (and often Linux) that is in fact the "natural" spot for "About".
>
> With that in mind, here's what I'm considering:
>
> - Dive list
> - Dive management ->
>   -- Add dive manually
>   -- Download from DC
>   -- Apply GPS fixes
>   -- Manual sync with cloud
>   -- Automatic sync with cloud
>   -- Dive summary
>   -- Export
> - Location
>   -- Map
>   -- Show GPS fixes
>   -- Clear GPS cache
>   -- Run location service
> - Settings
> - Help
>   -- About
>   -- Show user manual
>   -- Ask for support
>   -- Reset password
> {- Developer}
>
> That gives us 5 (or 6 with Developer) main menu entries, the longest
> submenu is Dive management with 7 entries -- compared to the current 9 or
> 10 entries in the main menu.
>
> What does that mean on your device? Well, that depends on screen size and
> font size. Our algorithms should ensure that you have at least 21 character
> widths horizontally (it's actually much more than that because of
> proportional fonts) and in the most extreme case that I could create for a
> 3:4 screen aspect ratio (as exists on some tablets) that leads to a 21x30
> grid. And with that I still get six menu entries without scrolling...
> Phones generally are 16:9 or taller, so you'd have space for seven or more
> menu entries.
> Yes, if you flip your phone into landscape then of course things get
> crowded, but hey, you asked for it...
>
> Thoughts?
>
> /D
>
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