UX/UI Usability/logic, more like Nokia N9 when swiping

answered 2014-02-02 20:48:29 +0300

GuSec
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I would like to add that Jolla's implementation is actually preferable in some circumstances. Namely, it enables you too peek at the whole screen beneath. A "slide"-implementation would limit the peeking to those areas that you actually swipe from occlusion.

I like it the gradual transparency, and was happily surprised when I discovered it!

answered 2014-02-02 18:54:10 +0300

AlphaX2
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I think I've read sometime ago, that this card like behaviour is protected due to Nokia licences. You should keep in mind that Nokias MeeGo Harmattan UI was not open source software. But any kind of more clearly fading to multitasking view could be helpful.

answered 2015-03-14 01:49:35 +0300

ScumCoder
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I used to have a similar point of view, but as I was using Jolla more and more, soon I grew to prefer it over Harmattan's. The reason is that it allows you to see both the app and home screen completely.

Here is my use case. I always surf the Net with Firefox (for a number of reasons). It has a (kinda persistent) flaw: if the connection is lost, it shows the "connection lost" message, even if 90% of page was already downloaded and I was already able to read the site. This pisses me off to no end when I'm traveling with underground and cellular signal appears and disappears repeatedly. It's always a race between departing train and the loading page. But, if I cancel downloading the page before the "connection lost" message pops up, the already loaded info stays on screen and I can read it until I arrive on the next station.

So, here is what I do: as the train departs, I swipe Firefox sideways until it's 50% opaque and watch the cellular indicator on the home screen and the loading indicator of Firefox simultaneously. If the signal is lost, I just move my finger back to the edge of the screen to restore Firefox and click the X button. If Jolla was behaving like N9, I would

1) have to swipe the app to specific direction in order to see the signal strength indicator (i.e. it's impossible to "partially minimize" the app from left to right in such a way that the indicator is seen - only from right to left)

2) not see a (considerable) part of the app screen, because it is moved outside of the screen.

So, while the MeeGo's method is unarguably more intuitive, the Jolla's is more effective and practical. I am the kind of person who would spend a week learning Vim to become able to edit text more efficiently later, so counter-intuitive UI means nothing for me.