and the clock is shown in the top right, but it doesn't necessarily have to be shown there, and having it in a larger font (but still small) would increase 'at a glance' readability. The current welcome screen duplicates the clock anyways, so why is that an issue?
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 12:17 AM, Zisu Andrei <[email protected]> wrote: > In all cases (including keeping the current welcome screen), what if >> swiping up from the bottom of the welcome screen took the user directly >> into the camera, since it isn't being used for anything else on the welcome >> screen? Facebook phone took a severe beating from the media for having no >> quick access to the camera. > > > I don't agree with this. There are already enough swipe gestures. Add > another outcome to an already existant swipe gesture would be confusing. > > Isn't the clock shown at the top right? > > Zisu Andrei > > > On 17 June 2013 20:41, Michael Zanetti <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> Interesting topic. I'm no designer, but have thought a bit about this too, >> lately. >> >> On Monday 17 June 2013 11:17:13 Josh Leverette wrote: >> > Ok, I'll be bluntly honest about this. I've lately begun to wonder if >> the >> > Welcome screen at current is even worthwhile. From a pragmatic >> perspective, >> > it provides only *useless information* to the user. Or, *Information >> which >> > would never be acted on, under normal circumstances.* The number of >> tweets, >> > emails, etc. that you've produced throughout whatever time period will >> have >> > zero impact on anything you do on a daily basis, if ever. >> >> I think the plan is to have a set of configurable sources for the >> infographics. >> Without knowing where exactly it will go, I think there are some >> interesting >> use cases for it. I for one would find it nice to have these informations >> in >> there: >> >> - Number of missed/unread events. This aggregates emails/sms/ims/followed >> tweets/whatever into one number. The colored bubbles on the outside could >> act >> like a clock and indicate the rough time when the event happened, >> assigning a >> different color to each service type. That would allow you to immediately >> see >> what you've missed judging by the colors if its worth looking at. >> >> - Gimmicks like fitbit statistics, newsticker, maybe sports ticker. >> >> - maybe a weatherforecast showing the upcoming weather in the colored >> bubbles. >> >> All in all I think there are cool things possible with it. I agree with >> you >> that more recent or even future data seems more useful than statistics of >> the >> last month(s) >> >> > >> > If the user wants to adorn their welcome screen with aesthetically >> pleasing >> > artwork, they should just have the option of throwing an awesome >> wallpaper >> > up. From a design standpoint, I'd also wonder if it might look better to >> > just place the time and date in a small, elegant, and unobtrusive font >> on >> > the bottom left hand corner of the welcome screen and leave the rest of >> it >> > clean and empty to showcase the user's chosen artwork... that is, if the >> > user has elected not to show any of the active information I'm about to >> > mention next. >> >> Yes, I share the opinion that it should be possible to hide it from there. >> Haven't put much thought into alternatives. >> >> > Would it be possible for the welcome screen to provide a quick view of >> the >> > weather (maybe *make *the welcome screen wallpaper a(n animated) graphic >> > depiction of the weather, and perhaps annotate some data about the >> weather >> > as well) and/or give an interactive view of unread notifications. >> > >> > In all cases (including keeping the current welcome screen), what if >> > swiping up from the bottom of the welcome screen took the user directly >> > into the camera, since it isn't being used for anything else on the >> welcome >> > screen? Facebook phone took a severe beating from the media for having >> no >> > quick access to the camera. >> >> There is quick access to the camera through the left edge using the >> launcher. >> That also works when the greeter is there. >> >> >> What I miss the most, and dont even have an idea how to combine with the >> current infographic, are media control buttons for the music player - >> given >> that listening to music is my main use case for the mobile phone. >> >> Br, >> Michael >> >> >> >> -- >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> Post to : [email protected] >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> > > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -- Sincerely, Josh
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