pulley menu: what do you think?

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asked 2014-12-29 21:44:54 +0300

michel
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updated 2014-12-29 22:17:25 +0300

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As much as I like the concept of the pulley menu, imho its uncompatibility to scrollable content makes it quite bad. There are 3 approaches to this problem i found in different apps:

No use of the pulley menu
pulley menu is at the top of the content and u need to scroll up to use it (not very comfortable)
leave some space at the top of he screen that wont scroll to pull the menu (which uses even more space than a button would)

None of them are appealing to me as they are either inconvenient to use or create inconsistency in the UI.

The only solution I can think of is using an over-the-edge gesture:

If one would use the top edge, the closing gesture would need to move to either left or right, wich could be configurable (one side closing other side minimize) remaining problem: the top is rather hard to reach with one hand
using the bottom edge would move the notification screen to one side (again preferably configurable)
using one of the side edges would require a new kind of menu. My Idea is to make the menu move faster into the screen than the pulling speed and then with your finger on an entry, trigger on release. If u would pull out the menu completely you could chose conventionally like with the current pulley menu.

I personally would prefer the bottom edge or one of the sides. What do you think? Has someone another solution or do you just like the current pulley menu?

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Voice recognition: Say "pulley"!

Anna ( 2014-12-29 21:48:37 +0300 )edit

I dont quite understand your comment

michel ( 2014-12-29 22:13:49 +0300 )edit

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May be closing an application is swiping down with two fingers. I would set closing application as a top priority gesture anyway.

hongakonga ( 2014-12-29 22:31:03 +0300 )edit

pulley menus are a great way to have interactive items at the top of the screen without having to reach all the way to the top of the screen. But I do wonder whether they have another idea brewing for SailfishOS2.0 on the tablet, as the current pulley menus might be a bit odd at that screen size

r0kk3rz ( 2014-12-29 23:20:41 +0300 )edit

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closing the app could be a standard/obligatory option in the pulley menu?

bilgy_no1 ( 2014-12-29 23:28:57 +0300 )edit

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answered 2014-12-31 00:46:52 +0300

tvicol

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updated 2014-12-31 00:47:30 +0300

Swipe from right - minimise, Swipe from left - pulley menu

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answered 2014-12-31 03:58:21 +0300

ramoth
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What about this, thinking about the web browser, where the controls in the bottom disappear when moving down in the page and reappear when scrolling up, this could be transferred to an extended pulley indicator. So all scrollable apps, once you start scrolling upwards, could show a 10mm or what pulley indicator on top. If you grab it you can pull it down even in the middle of a long scrolling page. If your are on top of the content, it remains as it is currently.

This would seem logical to me, makes pulley available also in long scrollable content with just 2 short motions (short scroll up to make pulley grab-able, then pulley pull) whilst not interfering with the current approach.

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answered 2014-12-31 08:12:42 +0300

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Another idea that would work better with one-finger navigation would be a long-press, long-press-and-swipe or similar gesture to open the menu. It would mean copy/paste needs a different solution though. I still think the original implementation should be kept and this only as a mid-page scroll solution. You would not want to long-press for menu when you already are at the top of the page.

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answered 2014-12-31 10:24:43 +0300

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How about some zik-zak movement to bring pulley menu, when you are in middle of content? Move finger up, down, up, down, at the same time move finger slightly to left or right and pulley down menu appears?

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I also had this idea in another thread this was suggested, but I don't think it was liked that much, as it's not very intuitive. I do still think it's actually a very easy way to get the menu to show up.

nthn ( 2014-12-31 11:30:49 +0300 )edit

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