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Re: [RSS Reader] Some design proposals

 

Thanks for the feedback!

I think leaving it empty (blank/white) could work just fine. I've seen this
in other readers and think it keeps the design consistent. I can add a few
more examples with some/all items without images.
On Mar 17, 2013 12:20 PM, "Joey Chan" <qqworini@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Svenn,
>
> I have a look at your designs, it's simple and nice :)
> I'm partly agree with you about the mosaic navigation, I feel that not so
> useful for reading.  And I have a question of your designs: I can see an
> Image in front of a RSS feed, if a RSS feed only contains text(no any
> images), what will happen in your designs?
>
> :)
>
>
> 2013/3/17 Svenn-Arne Dragly <s@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I've uploaded a couple of design proposals for the RSS Reader to the wiki:
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/CoreApps/RSSReader#Design
>>
>> They are not made in MyBalsamiq because I found it a bit hard to work
>> with, but I'd be happy to move it there if that's preferable.
>>
>> Currently I've just uploaded a view of Today's feeds where I propose we
>> could use the tabbed navigation in Ubuntu Touch to show more items. I.e.
>> the user swipes left to show the next four items. This is in other words
>> an alternative to the mosaic-type of navigation proposed on MyBalsamiq
>> (and in Joey Chen's branch), but personally I prefer the regular, clean
>> list for RSS feeds. The mosaic navigation is really neat for photos, but
>> doesn't suit text as much in my opinion.
>>
>> In addition, I've uploaded a view showing a single feed item, layed out
>> in a news article style. Because we are developing for phones, I found
>> it best to let the text and images fill the screen width rather than
>> float side by side.
>>
>> Any thoughts on this? I think we should discuss what kind of main layout
>> we prefer to coordinate the upcoming development. (Unless there has been
>> made a decision already?)
>>
>> I'll also see if I can start working on a test version in QML so we can
>> play around with the implementation directly.
>>
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Svenn-Arne
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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