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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:

1. No use of the pulley menu
2. pulley menu is at the top of the content and u need to scroll up to use it (not very comfortable)
3. 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?

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:

1. No use of the pulley menu
2. pulley menu is at the top of the content and u need to scroll up to use it (not very comfortable)
3. 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?