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[Tony Espy <espy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 06/13/2013 12:02 PM, Matthew Paul Thomas wrote:
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> Scott May wrote on 12/06/13 12:33:
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>> Yeah I'm a "me too" on the concern that the "back" button is too 
>> hidden given it's frequent use.  Perhaps we won't need "back" so
>> much in this new environment?
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> The System Settings design uses deep page stacks -- for example, five
> levels deep when setting a background picture.
> <https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Appearance#Phone>
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> Discoverability of "Back" is my biggest concern with System Settings
> right now. In a couple of cases I've specified that the toolbar should
> be visible all the time: for example, the screen for choosing an area
> of the background picture. But that's only because the toolbar
> contains other buttons on those particular screens.
> 
>> In any case, with gestures we need to be very mindful of how apps
>> are going to operate.  We don't want to offer a gesture that might
>> look anything like something you might do in reasonable use of some
>> app that doesn't exist on this platform yet.  Think about about
>> what you do on the screen when say, using a map, drawing a picture,
>> moving a piece in a game etc, etc.  I think gestures coming in from
>> the edge are fairly safe, but the main screen area is for the
>> app...
>>
>> ...
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> A gesture might be more efficient than revealing the toolbar then
> tapping Back. But I doubt it would be more discoverable.

Someone suggested a swipe up and to the right ( in one motion ), whereas
the "back" button actually shows an arrow that goes up and to the left.
 Seem like a pretty intuitive gesture to me...

Does our touch framework support this kind of a pattern-style gesture?

/t