** Description changed:
Ok, we now have 2 great lenses: music and video/film lens.
However they show Nothing by default.
They need to showcase some content to get the user interested. They have
a lot of potential for getting the user to discover new contents (music,
videos, etc.), like a sort of itunes.
Content is king. Just imagine a News lens with no News... please lets
try to avoid having empty lenses.
- *Desirable resolution:
+ Ideas:
- Showcase some new and recommended / high rated contents from some
online sources and/or U1 music store. Works best if shown both free and
paid material, not just paid as the user gets used to using the lens.
- Add a message / instruction so the user can add his/her library (if
they have one), else make it easy (point them to the right direction)
for them to start looking at building their own.
+
+
+ -------------------------------------------------------------------
+ Desired solution:
+
+ 1. For each of the Lenses implement the "Content showcase (default
+ view)" as defined in the original Dash specification (extracts from this
+ spec are cut and pasted below).
+
+ 2. Once development of this basic 'default view' has begun, design will
+ start working on a more advanced 'magazine showcase' style default view.
+
+
+ ----------------------------------------
+ Extracts from the original Dash specification:
+
+ <snip>
+
+ 2.2 Category Headers
+
+ <snip>
+
+ 2.2.2 Latency
+
+ <snip>
+
+ 2.2.2.3 Default view latency
+
+
+ The default view latency is the time between the user selecting a Lens and
the Lens being displayed. This latency should as close to non-existent as
possible, ideally under 50ms. When a user opens a Lens for the first time, all
Category Headers for which content is available should be displayed. Therefor
to achieve the desired default view latency a small number of results for each
Category Header should always remain cached. Two default view caches will need
to be maintained, one showing all items including items which require a
internet connection, and a second only showing items that are available
locally. The Internet connection status will determine which of these cached
default views are displayed to the user when they open a Lens.
+
+ Note that although it is desirable to always display all Category
+ Headers, there may be Category Headers which only display online
+ content. These Category Headers will not be displayed if the user does
+ not have access to an Internet connection.
+
+ <snip>
+
+ 2.2.3 Behaviours
+
+ 2.2.3.1 Category Header default view
+
+ When a user opens a Lens for the first time, content should be displayed
+ underneath all Category Headers for which content is currently
+ available. As the user has not yet entered any search term, the default
+ view is a valuable opportunity to showcase content. The content
+ showcased in the default view should also be periodically rotated. Each
+ Lens can choose the most appropriate method of determining what content
+ is surfaced in the default view and the frequency with which this
+ content is rotated.
+
+ To display the default view with no latency each Lens must cache content
+ views. Two default view content results must be cached for each Lens
+ to cover the internet connection available/unavailable use cases. One
+ cached content result will include both local and online content, and
+ the other will include only local content.
+
+ 2.2.3.2 No content available for a Category Header
+
+ If a Category Header has no content, the Category Header should not be
+ displayed. This will frequently be the case when internet connectivity
+ is not available, as some Category Headers will contain only online
+ content. Another example is immediately after a fresh install when a
+ user has no ‘Most frequently used’ applications.
+
+
+ ----------------------------
+
+ 3. Default Lenses
+
+ <snip>
+
+ App Lens
+
+ 3.1.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
+
+ The apps shown underneath the ‘Apps Available for Download’ category
+ header in the default view should be rotated to showcase a selection of
+ the most popular apps. One method of doing this could be to order the
+ apps in terms of number of number of downloads from the Software Center
+ in the past 7 days. This list could be updated weekly from the Software
+ Center servers.
+
+ <snip>
+
+ File Lens
+
+ 3.2.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
+
+ The default view should always display the most recently modified files.
+ Bookmarked folders should always displayed first, followed by folders
+ displayed in order of the most recent change in content.
+
+ <snip>
+
+ Music Lens
+
+ 3.3.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
+
+ The 'Available for Purchase' default view should showcase the newest
+ songs and albums from the predominant genres the user has listened to in
+ the last three months. The 'Songs' and 'Albums' category headers should
+ display the songs and albums most recently listened to.
+
+ <snip>
+
+ Video Lens
+
+ 3.5.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
+
+ The ‘My videos’ category header should display a random selection of
+ videos from the users’s computer, rotated on a daily basis. The
+ ‘Online’ category header should display the latest popular videos from
+ streaming video providers. The ‘Rent or purchase’ category header
+ should display the latest film releases.
+
+ <snip>
** Tags added: udp
** Also affects: unity
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Also affects: unity (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Assignee: (unassigned) => John Lea (johnlea)
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Importance: Undecided => High
** Changed in: ayatana-design
Status: New => Triaged
** Changed in: unity
Status: New => Confirmed
** Changed in: unity (Ubuntu)
Status: New => Confirmed
** Description changed:
Ok, we now have 2 great lenses: music and video/film lens.
However they show Nothing by default.
They need to showcase some content to get the user interested. They have
a lot of potential for getting the user to discover new contents (music,
videos, etc.), like a sort of itunes.
Content is king. Just imagine a News lens with no News... please lets
try to avoid having empty lenses.
Ideas:
- Showcase some new and recommended / high rated contents from some
online sources and/or U1 music store. Works best if shown both free and
paid material, not just paid as the user gets used to using the lens.
- Add a message / instruction so the user can add his/her library (if
they have one), else make it easy (point them to the right direction)
for them to start looking at building their own.
-
- -------------------------------------------------------------------
+ =====================================================================
Desired solution:
1. For each of the Lenses implement the "Content showcase (default
view)" as defined in the original Dash specification (extracts from this
spec are cut and pasted below).
2. Once development of this basic 'default view' has begun, design will
start working on a more advanced 'magazine showcase' style default view.
-
- ----------------------------------------
+ ------------------------------
Extracts from the original Dash specification:
<snip>
2.2 Category Headers
<snip>
2.2.2 Latency
<snip>
2.2.2.3 Default view latency
-
- The default view latency is the time between the user selecting a Lens and
the Lens being displayed. This latency should as close to non-existent as
possible, ideally under 50ms. When a user opens a Lens for the first time, all
Category Headers for which content is available should be displayed. Therefor
to achieve the desired default view latency a small number of results for each
Category Header should always remain cached. Two default view caches will need
to be maintained, one showing all items including items which require a
internet connection, and a second only showing items that are available
locally. The Internet connection status will determine which of these cached
default views are displayed to the user when they open a Lens.
+ The default view latency is the time between the user selecting a Lens
+ and the Lens being displayed. This latency should as close to non-
+ existent as possible, ideally under 50ms. When a user opens a Lens for
+ the first time, all Category Headers for which content is available
+ should be displayed. Therefor to achieve the desired default view
+ latency a small number of results for each Category Header should always
+ remain cached. Two default view caches will need to be maintained, one
+ showing all items including items which require a internet connection,
+ and a second only showing items that are available locally. The
+ Internet connection status will determine which of these cached default
+ views are displayed to the user when they open a Lens.
Note that although it is desirable to always display all Category
Headers, there may be Category Headers which only display online
content. These Category Headers will not be displayed if the user does
not have access to an Internet connection.
<snip>
2.2.3 Behaviours
2.2.3.1 Category Header default view
When a user opens a Lens for the first time, content should be displayed
underneath all Category Headers for which content is currently
available. As the user has not yet entered any search term, the default
view is a valuable opportunity to showcase content. The content
showcased in the default view should also be periodically rotated. Each
Lens can choose the most appropriate method of determining what content
is surfaced in the default view and the frequency with which this
content is rotated.
To display the default view with no latency each Lens must cache content
views. Two default view content results must be cached for each Lens
to cover the internet connection available/unavailable use cases. One
cached content result will include both local and online content, and
the other will include only local content.
2.2.3.2 No content available for a Category Header
If a Category Header has no content, the Category Header should not be
displayed. This will frequently be the case when internet connectivity
is not available, as some Category Headers will contain only online
content. Another example is immediately after a fresh install when a
user has no ‘Most frequently used’ applications.
-
----------------------------
3. Default Lenses
<snip>
App Lens
3.1.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
The apps shown underneath the ‘Apps Available for Download’ category
header in the default view should be rotated to showcase a selection of
the most popular apps. One method of doing this could be to order the
apps in terms of number of number of downloads from the Software Center
in the past 7 days. This list could be updated weekly from the Software
Center servers.
<snip>
File Lens
3.2.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
The default view should always display the most recently modified files.
Bookmarked folders should always displayed first, followed by folders
displayed in order of the most recent change in content.
<snip>
Music Lens
3.3.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
The 'Available for Purchase' default view should showcase the newest
songs and albums from the predominant genres the user has listened to in
the last three months. The 'Songs' and 'Albums' category headers should
display the songs and albums most recently listened to.
<snip>
Video Lens
3.5.2 Content showcase (default view) rules
The ‘My videos’ category header should display a random selection of
videos from the users’s computer, rotated on a daily basis. The
‘Online’ category header should display the latest popular videos from
streaming video providers. The ‘Rent or purchase’ category header
should display the latest film releases.
<snip>
** Changed in: unity
Milestone: None => backlog
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