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[Svenn-Arne Dragly <s@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mar 17, 2013 1:31 PM, "Felipe Crochik" <launchpad@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> I like it but don't think the swipe to the left to see more articles is
very "obvious". We would need to add some visual elements to indicate that,
do you have any ideas?

I agree that it is not obvious, although it might seem natural after using
other apps with this kind of navigation.

> Maybe something as simple as "dots on the bottom" indicating the number
of pages would do (like the iphone and others). Maybe some vertical element
on the right (not exactly clean looking) or some indicator in the Title
bar.

Dots at the bottom is a good idea. In addition we could try to detect if
the user scrolls down and show a message hint telling the user that the
intention is to scroll sideways. Also, the header already contains an >
which I think is meant to indicate multiple tabs.

> On a more naive note: wouldn't a simpler listview with vertical scrolling
accomplish the same thing? I would think it is more suitable to show "more
of the same content". I horizontal swiping is generally used to switch
between different views/contents (like indicated as tabs) or as stack
navigation.

A vertically scrollable list could definitely work. I've seen both in other
readers and just found the sideway scroll to be more aesthetically
pleasing. However, I'm all for doing vertical scroll to show more items +
horizontal scroll to change category/change view if we rather want that.
The design should in any case work.

For larger screens however, I find the pagewise horizontal page shifting to
be better suited because one can have more creative layouts.

> p.s. I am sorry I haven't been of any help so far. I have a lot going on
(I am sure we all do) but have had some "last minute surprises" I hadn't
anticipated. I will try to catch up.

I've felt the exact same way. We're all quite busy with other stuff, so
we'll just have to work in bursts and try to keep eachother updated on the
progress. I'm in any case excited about everything that's going on. I think
we're going to get an impressive reader put together (in addition to all
the other cool core apps in development)!

Svenn-Arne

> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 6:12 AM, Svenn-Arne Dragly <s@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> 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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