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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would argue that even the launcher isn't quick enough access, but
opinions may vary. What if that were an optional feature that the user
could enable at their discretion? Then no one would get confused by having
"too many" gestures.


On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 1:10 AM, Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You do have quick access to the camera if you place it in the launcher
> On Jun 18, 2013 7:17 AM, "Zisu Andrei" <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx> 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 <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>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
>>>
>>>
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Sincerely,
    Josh