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 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Feb 12, 2020, at 7:26 AM, Stephen Goodall < > [email protected]> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > subsurface mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface >
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