On Mon, Oct 11, 2010 at 12:04 PM, Bret Foreman <[email protected]>wrote:
> They are radio buttons because I want to remember and show the user's last > navigation path through the hierarchy. 90% of the time, the user wants to > navigate back to the same document. Making them go through 3 levels each > time is really tedious. The way I have it, they can go directly to the right > tab and get the currently selected document. > Yeah, the first two levels makes sense, I was questioning the third, though I guess my question did not make that clear. So keep the first two levels with RBs then the third is just a list where they click the doc they want. I mean, if they still have to long-press a button to open the selected item, remembering the selection in the 3rd tab doesn't seem to offer much benefit in my mind. I agree, the long click thing is not obvious at all. But an extra button is > also annoying for the power users. > Personally, I would find the long click more annoying. If I'm trying to get to my document quickly, it's much faster to click a button then to press and hold something for 2 seconds each and every time. Plus I think this goes along what most users are used to as far as "opening documents" is concerned - normally you just click (or double click) something to see what you want. And the long press is associated with the context menu, so it might be confusing. > That brings up another idea. Maybe I can have a "Beginner Mode" in the > preferences and show other helpful Toast messages as the user goes through > the use cases. The app's not that complex but the simpler I can make it, the > better. > Indeed. I want to do something along these lines as well. "Tips" that are shown once as the user navigates different parts of the app to help them along, if they chose. Someday. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- TreKing <http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago transit tracking app for Android-powered devices -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
