Indeed. For clarity, here's how I prioritise the improvements I suggested: - Improving the transition between night and day is "future release". - Getting the panel design closer to the design spec is "second release" at worst, but ideally "first release". - Removing the seizure-inducing transitions is "first release".
Dan On 10 July 2014 13:47, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: > The transition of closing and reopening the activity is, unfortunately, > the only way to change themes in Android (the only relatively easy way, > that is). The other way would be to manually iterate through every > component in the activity, and set its color based on the selected theme. > That would require significantly more code, and would create a lot more > things to maintain and keep track of. If you're OK releasing it as-is for > now, that would be preferable. > > Getting the appearance closer to the design mockup is easily done. And > I'll try to reproduce the seizure-inducing behavior (hopefully without any > medical consequences). > > -Dmitry > > On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 3:50 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Oh, also, I think we need to work on the transition. There's an animation >> played when you change between night and day modes due to the app reloading >> the activity. This gives the impression of it loading a new page, which >> isn't the way the interaction should work here. This is done mostly for >> technical reasons, so I'm okay with it for now, but in the long run we need >> to iron out that too. >> >> Thanks guys! >> >> Dan >> >> >> On 10 July 2014 12:49, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I took a look at the APK. It looks pretty good! Some notes: >>> >>> - I'd like to see the design for the selector get closer to the >>> design that Vibha provided. >>> - There's a slight seizure-inducing moment when loading a new page >>> in night mode; a white screen flashes at you during the transition. This >>> needs ironing out. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> >>> On 9 July 2014 14:45, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Sure, here's the APK: >>>> >>>> https://releases.wikimedia.org/mobile/android/wikipedia/alphas/wikipedia_20140709.apk >>>> >>>> The above uses the slightly-grey colors (instead of all black). >>>> >>>> >>>> On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 5:42 PM, Dan Garry <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Thanks for the update Dmitry. >>>>> >>>>> From a high-level product standpoint I'm very happy with what I'm >>>>> seeing in both of those screenshots. I probably slightly prefer the grey >>>>> (the solid black looks a bit glossy on my tablet in experience, which >>>>> defeats the point a bit), but it's primarily a design issue and I'll >>>>> support their choice. >>>>> >>>>> Would you like some input from me before it hits the signoff column? >>>>> I'm fine either way, but if you want some quick input from me on your >>>>> work-in-progress build just send me an APK and I'll take a look. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Dan >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On 9 July 2014 14:33, Dmitry Brant <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Vibha and I met briefly today regarding the night-mode color scheme. >>>>>> The major points that were touched upon: >>>>>> >>>>>> - The color of links in night mode is a little too bright or >>>>>> "neon-y". Designers will come up with an updated (less saturated) blue >>>>>> color for links. >>>>>> >>>>>> - Designers were entertaining the idea of having a single unified >>>>>> (black) color for the article background, as well as the ToC and Nav >>>>>> menu: >>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/5cci14w4qqx2isx/Untitled1.png >>>>>> As opposed to: >>>>>> https://www.dropbox.com/s/oa7osa98x2rhbcn/Untitled2.png >>>>>> >>>>>> Personally, the more I think about it, the more strongly I prefer the >>>>>> latter scheme (a slightly grey color that stands out from the black >>>>>> article >>>>>> background). I think black-on-black makes it look a little *too* >>>>>> minimalist. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -Dmitry >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Dan Garry >>>>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >>>>> Wikimedia Foundation >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Dan Garry >>> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >>> Wikimedia Foundation >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Dan Garry >> Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps >> Wikimedia Foundation >> > > -- Dan Garry Associate Product Manager for Platform and Mobile Apps Wikimedia Foundation
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