[Design Idea] Events view in SFOS 2.0
asked 2015-09-30 08:12:36 +0200
The events view in SFOS 2 (1.9) does not feel well-integrated with the OS. To me, the events view should be displayed on top of any running activity without interrupting it, in much the same way the current app drawer behaves. The current design of the events view treats it as an independent app; if a user accesses the events view from an app, the app is interrupted and is sent to the background, also after swiping away, the home screen is shown.
This behaviour mostly annoys me when using an Android app. For instance, if I open the YouTube app with a video running and want to quickly check or clear a notification, the video is paused as soon as I switch to the events view. Moreover, the events view, along with the Twitter feed, proved to be a very handy feature of Jolla, it allowed me to kill time while an app is loading up or performing a task that requires the user to wait (YouTube forced ads is a good example here).
With that said, I propose the following design for the events view: First of all, have the events view page to be displayed on top of any activity, just like in SFOS 1.X. Also, having multiple pages (I would recommend 3) in the events view would be very handy and can be utilised as follows:
- The main page: This page could display the regular events view items (weather, date, and any notifications).
- The second page (swipe to the left): This page shows the quick settings menu with toggles and sliders for various functions, also a quick toggle for a predefined alarms would be nice (the alarms could be selected from the clock app and set as "favourite" so that it appears in the quick settings page).
- The third page (swipe to the right): This page could have the Twitter and Facebook feed, along with any extra features, e.g. favourite contacts or probably even custom widgets/plug-ins.
I would also prefer if the events view is accessed via a swipe from the bottom of the screen. The bottom swipe feels more distinct and natural.
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mlwane
I also feel the old events view was better than the new one. First of all, you could peek to see the notifications without having to switch to the view completely. It was one gesture, not two separate festures (swipe to show, swipe to hide). And while peeking, you saw the whole events view, not the edge that you see now when you half swipe from the edge of the screen. You could peek on the lock screen too. You didn't need any precision to open the old events view. Events view was always opened in a same way by a same gesture - swipe from the bottom of the screen.
Now it is opened by swiping from the left or from the right. Now it is a window you switch to, but at the same time you can peek if you are inside of the app and "always show events view when swiping from the left" option is on.
Frankly, apart from adapting events view for the tablet (where is my tablet btw?), most changes are bad for the usability.
Flickta ( 2015-09-30 11:19:15 +0200 )edit