Hello This is iPhone application related. Application UI is already done for S60 phones but we are developing new version for iPhone as well.
There is a screen that displays a list of devices. For every device in the list the user can perform one of the following 1. browse into the directory of the device 2. see device properties 3. see home page of the device 4. see settings for that device Of the above, the most commonly used action (say default) is the first one, which is 'browse directory'. Using the S60 type regular phones, users use the five-way main navigation button to first highlight the device they want to act on and then select options menu that shows the above four actions. In case of iPhone, as we know everything is single tap/touch we want the user to see the 'browse into directory' on the tap of a device in the list. This is because it being the most common action performed. We do not want to include an additional step every time for choosing from a modal box or a new screen containing the four options. It is because we want to minimize the taps to be done by the user. Now the user has tapped on the device and views the file directory as the second screen. My question: Is it a good idea to have the four options display on this second screen showing the directory of deivce? The four options has got to act on the device and not on the directory itself. If user goes browsing deeper into the directory, the options change and actions have to act on the files within the directory and not on the device. >From your experience in designing interactions for iPhone applications, have you come across such a problem? How should it be handled? Is there a convention sort of flow followed for iPhone app dealing with such type of interaction? ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
