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[Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> If attaching an email, and it opens the email app to do so, it would
> surely be done in a way that when you select the email it automatically
> closes and returns to the calendar.
> In other words, it acts like a dialog pop-up or something, not a
> separate app. So, you would have a 'select' and 'cancel' button, both of
> which would take you back to the calendar. You would not use a back
> button, as that is indeed confusing.


You might wanna get that into the design guidelines. Or at least outline
some "Back button guidelines"

there is no such thing as the
> latter (as I understand it).


Someone said the right-edge swipe works that way.

Zisu Andrei


On 25 June 2013 15:19, Sam Bull <sam.hacking@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Tue, 2013-06-25 at 15:05 +0100, Zisu Andrei wrote:
> >         Inbox. The back button is in an app, why would the back button
> >         exit the
> >         app? Nothing should take you 'back to the notifications'
> > Well, see, that's where the confusion comes, I see the page stack as
> > having the email page on top of the notifications page, thus if it
> > were to go back in the stack, I would go back to notifications.
>
> What notifications page? There is no such thing. The notifications are
> in the indicators at the top, there is no 'page'.
>
> >         as the
> >         notifications are in the indicators along the top, just drag
> >         it down if
> >         you want to access them again.
> > What if I was in the calendar app and attached an email to my calendar
> > entry. I go to the email, want to go back to calendar?
>
> If attaching an email, and it opens the email app to do so, it would
> surely be done in a way that when you select the email it automatically
> closes and returns to the calendar.
>
> In other words, it acts like a dialog pop-up or something, not a
> separate app. So, you would have a 'select' and 'cancel' button, both of
> which would take you back to the calendar. You would not use a back
> button, as that is indeed confusing.
>
> > There needs to be a clear distinction between in-app back and os-level
> > back
>
> There is. The back button works in-app, there is no such thing as the
> latter (as I understand it).
>
>