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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

Both yours and Scott's concerns are valid. I don't know the answers, but I
figured this could be an enjoyable and intuitive solution. If someone is
intrigued by it enough, maybe they'll present the solutions here? there are
definitely problems with this idea.

Sincerely,
Josh
On Jun 12, 2013 7:44 AM, "Lou Greenwood" <lougreenwood@xxxxxx> wrote:

>  I think Windows phone uses something similar?
>
> My concerns would be:
>
>     (1) Swiping sideways would be too close to the current gesture for
> changing apps.
>     (2) How best to indicate that there are currently no pages to the
> right (drilling down), until an action is performed on the current page,
> but if the user moves left (drills up), pages to the right (down) still
> exist? It's hard to explain, in email, but I can see it being difficult to
> nail.
>
> Also the current design and animation (multitasking via RtL swipe)
> indicate that the left edge of the app/screen is it's boundary and nothing
> exists beyond it. It's subtle, but it may affect the mental models people
> build when animations show something different to their expectations.
>
>
>
> On 12/06/13 13:30, Josh Leverette wrote:
>
> And, forgot to label the title.
>
> Sincerely,
> Josh
> On Jun 12, 2013 7:24 AM, "Josh Leverette" <coder543@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Our recent discussion about a back gesture similar to iOS gave me an
>> intriguing idea. What if each level of a deep stack simply added a page
>> horizontally, and you could freely scroll between all levels of the deep
>> stack as if it were just a wide webpage?
>>
>> - there would be no need for a back button or gesture
>> - it would be spatially consistent and require no mental energy from
>> anyone
>> - aesthetically pleasing
>>
>> We could have the UI 'snap' to each level of the deep stack after
>> momentum drops far enough, but users could easily move from level to level
>> or all the way to the top. On tablets, they might be able to see all levels
>> of the deep stack at once.
>>
>> This is just one of those ideas that's hopefully just crazy enough to
>> work, but not too crazy as to interfere with practicality :)
>>
>> Sincerely,
>> Josh
>>
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