I'd also like to see some official opinions from the design team about all of this. Solid Explorer (the best file manager on Android) uses a single view rather than a page stack, and it works very well, but I have no opinion about whether a page stack is good or bad for a file manager. It seems like it might be appropriate for a file manager, but it also might not be.
On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 8:29 AM, Michael Spencer <[email protected]>wrote: > On 06/26/2013 08:16 AM, Daniel Clem wrote: > > I personally would prefer the page stack view for things like file > explorer/manager. Where on Android you use the back button, with stacking > as I understand, you back up by tapping the titles at the top right? Very > elegant if I am understanding the design specs correctly. Can this be > adjusted to be used for other areas as well, like in the gallery app, it > requires the back button hidden within the toolbar and just feels slow and > less smooth and elegant over all. > > > Although the page stack view is nice as it integrates well, it does > require more memory. I ran some tests for the File manager, and each new > page on the page stack takes 2MB. This results in about twice as much > memory (50MB versus 27MB) for a deeply nested folder. I don't know how > important this is. > > Currently, the File manager basically emulates the page stack by having a > back button that acts as the back button would in a page stack. > > About the back button, I really like the idea of placing it in the header, > as it seems to make more sense. There was a discussion on this mailing list > recently, and I suggested putting it there. In the design FAQs, they > mentioned that they are working on a better page stack back button [1], so > hopefully this gets addressed. > > [1] http://design.ubuntu.com/apps/get-started/faqs > > -- > Michael Spencer - ibeliever.github.io > > Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own > understanding. In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths. > - Proverbs 3:5-6 > > > -- > 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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