On Mon, Sep 30, 2013 at 10:30 AM, Gary Martin <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 30/09/13 14:57, Olemis Lang wrote: > >> On 9/30/13, Gary Martin <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 30/09/13 07:14, Ryan Ollos wrote: >>> >> [...] > I also note that, at this point we have four links per row that be > >> default show exactly the same page: the product icon, home and browse >>> links all go to /products/<prefix> >>> >> afaict this redundancy is very common in mobile apps , some of which I >> used as a reference to propose that UI enhancement . >> > > Does this correspond to best practice though? Is user understanding of the > interface enhanced by the extra links? I don't know. I have my doubts that > 4/7 links spread across the row all going to the same place is all that > helpful here though. > > Personally, I don't think the browse button is providing any benefit other > than filling horizontal space for us. How is it different to browsing the > tickets or browsing the wiki, both of which seem to me to have fairly > obvious connotations. Am I missing the purpose that the browse button is > meant to fill? > > I recall I used this as a reference http://www.androiduipatterns.com/2011/12/how-should-android-apps-look-like_16.html and browse was positioned as a secondary item control . Maybe another action is more suitable in that place . I thought of Watch or Favorite , but we do not provide such functionality in core . Beyond that browse button is easier to click on samrtphones and tablets , afaict . [...] -- Regards, Olemis - @olemislc
