Il giorno venerdì 27 novembre 2015 18:29:50 UTC+1, Enrico Ghiorzi ha scritto: > Alright, I think there's still something I'd like to talk about. Please > forgive me for spamming a bit here. Truth is, I'm actually having fun > thinking about these things! > > Both apps and websites present content and settings/navigation tools. As a > custom controls, menus and the likes mostly sit at the top of the screen in a > header, while content is placed below. Most (all?) mobile OSs follow this > tradition, including FxOS. > > When single-handedly holding a smartphone, though, we use our thumb to press > the controls and the top of the screen is the most difficult area to reach. > Moreover, the thumb could partially cover some of the content at the bottom > of the screen. > > Given those observations, I can't help wondering whether it would be > beneficial to reverse this structure: placing app controls in a footer at the > bottom of the screen, close to the thumb, and leaving the top area for > content. > > That would radically revolutionise the whole UI and I cannot imagine all the > consequences (and issues) that would arise. I think though that it would > enable some exciting possibilities: for example accessing an app's menu by > sliding up the footer, just like we access the system tray by sliding down > the status bar. > > I am certainly not qualified to really evaluate this proposal: I'm just > presenting it as casual conversation, not as a definite, viable design. Also, > all of the other OSs going the other way round suggests that there are > considerable obstacles in this direction. That said I think FxOS, unlike > Android or iOS, is in the unusual position where bold designs can be > experimented, and I think it would be a pity not take advantage of it. > Moreover it would be good for FxOS to differentiate itself from mainstream > OSs, to establish its own identity (as long as this doesn't compromise > usability, of course). So, I think there's nothing bad in considering > unconventional, weirder designs too.
I made a few mock-up screenshots to illustrate the idea. It's all in this post on Discourse: https://discourse.mozilla-community.org/t/a-twist-to-firefox-oss-ui/6163 _______________________________________________ dev-fxos mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-fxos
