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[Robert Park <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 6:33 AM, Stephen M. Webb
<stephen.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmm, I was unaware the particular velocity and distance of a swipe changed its meaning.  It seems this "long swipe"
> works to go Home when an app is running, but not from the greeter screen which is what I start from after waking up
> the phone when I need to use it, so I never discovered this subtlety.

Not velocity, just distance. But actually this is a core concept in our design:

http://design.canonical.com/2014/03/loving-the-bottom-edge/

(scroll down to the section titled 'Think phases.' So the farther you
swipe, the "more" you get of whatever action is associated with bottom
swiping in your app. similar thing on the left edge, swipe a little
shows the launcher, swipe a lot shows the apps scope. swipe more, get
more.