On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 6:55 AM, Axel Boldt
<axelboldt@yahoo.com> wrote:
Am 11.04.2012 22:39 schrieb "Philip Chang" <pchang at wikimedia.org>:
> We are considering ways to hide the top bar and calling it up easily, but
> the thought is to show it initially.
>
> For example, the Pinterest app hides toolbars when scrolling down a page,
> and reveals them when scrolling up starts.
>
> Another idea, based on the Kindle, is to show the toolbar initially and
> let it fade away, then a tap anywhere reveals it.
>
> Yet another idea is to keep the toolbar at the top of the screen, then
> after scrolling down a page, a tap on top status bar of the phone scrolls
> quickly to the top of the page.
I think all three options are good; it's basically a matter of taste.
Here's my taste:
My concern with the Kindle way is that you may find yourself on a
page with lots of links or a big image, and there won't be a safe
place to tap anywhere. The Kindle doesn't have that problem, but we do.
I like the third option for two reasons: people will know it from
Safari, and it gives them a quick way to jump to the beginning of
an article, which we currently lack. The downside is that some users
will never figure out the tap-on-top shortcut, so they will
constantly have to scroll like crazy up through long articles just to
search.
So I wonder whether combining the Pinterest and Safari methods might
be feasible? Best of all possible worlds, and all that.
Cheers,
Axel
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