tabs, really?

Where else than the clock app? I think the implementation there is just fine.

the dialer for example, and they ruined the fantastic people app...

i will see if i can post the clock app...

I found screenshots of clock and phone app on Telegram. so I deleted my post probably just before your answer.

Actually I prefer these tabs. In the clock app, there's more than enough screen estate for them, no reason to hide these options behind a pully.

And how ugly they :-D

driven by extensive UX studies

lol

Actually, the re-design makes sense for me. They kept the pulley-menus for action, while common display-categories are now represented as tabs.
This is similar to what the Piepmatz Twitter client does.

Totally in support of the tabs in this, it makes more sense and is much easier as gestures go.

Seeing the tabs made me think twice...

It's actually quite efficient; certainly faster than using pulley menu items and selecting the wrong menu item by accident is no longer an issue. The best example is the Phone app; try to enter a number in a hurry using the pulley menu...

Even though Sailfish OS has different UI, doesn't mean it has to blindly stick to its ways. SFOS has pulley menus, yes, but it doesn't make sense to cram everything in them. I think this is a good change usability-wise, but it needs some make up.

I quite like the new calling app and people app! Looks much better and also works faster atleast under my fingertips.

I agree with Direc but ... Now I can not reach those tabs from the bottom (I have to use second hand) and I am with the small XA. It would be better if the tabs are on to bottom on the screen for that manner.

@vatman, you can just swipe left and right, same way you would with attached pages. I honestly like it, it's like Windows Phone's pivot control.

For me as a developer: If this style is intended for future apps: Will there be some SilicaTab stuff in qml?

My PodQast app would be way more intuitive if I had a tab bar...

@cy8aer I hope the next SDK update contains that stuff. However, it makes the app SFOS 3.1.0+ only. (Personally I don't mind, but some users still stick with SFOS 2...)

i don't know, i disagree with tabs, i liked them in windows phone but if i wanted something tabbed i would have stayed windows phone, and to me pulleys where even faster...

@Direc: if they just use standard qml stuff and only make a recipe how to use it there will be a chance for <3.x...

@247: If you need to have more functionality on one page you get problems how to implement it without breaking UI rules. You know "Not more than 3 entries" and stuff like this...

Ok, you have pulley up, pulley down. But if you want to have still more fast accessible functions there will be limits. Of course it depends if tabs are the answer to everything. Probably a discussion is needed how you can handle such requirements in general.

For me the tabs are to big and there should be some design to show that there are tabs (here you only have some text, no buttons in a line or so). It works with three entries only (another limit because of page space), and so on...

How often do I use this (alarm page)? How important is this change for me?

How often do I search contacts? How important is it to choose the appositely account for adding a new contact?

How often do I use a browser? How important I a good working browser for me?

I'm focusing on needed things, not about work procurement of UI designers.

i agree, the ui was working well and there was no need to redesign everything while they could work on improving the camera quality for example or other useful things...

I really like tabs in Phone and Clock apps. The only thing I don't like about tabs is they are not compatible with ambiences from TOHs.

@pisarz1958, @ Direc: or the change between the screens (tabs) should be done by gestures like in "Calendar". Here you can swipe to choose "Save" or "Cancel". Why couldn't it be this way in "Clock": swipe changes between Alarm/Timer/Stopwatch? You don't have to hide it behind a pulley menu, it could be visible as it is in other apps not in tabs but more Sailfish-like.