Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by bjonathan » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:13 PM UTC

Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App
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Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by janesvilleseo » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:17 PM UTC

This is a very clever idea. This 'tactic' could be used with a lot of different apps too, maybe even a notification bar?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by flurie » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:33 PM UTC

It's an interesting use of the Smart Cover, but can it be a serious competitor to other flash card replacement apps since there's no easy way to report success or failure by lifting/replacing the cover?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by togasystems » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:34 PM UTC

Curious, how do the capture the event of the cover lifting?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by xuki » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:44 PM UTC

togasystems wrote: post #4

Curious, how do the capture the event of the cover lifting?

They don't. They capture the active/inactive event.

Try tap the home button and re-open the app.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by jessriedel » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:54 PM UTC

xuki wrote: post #5

togasystems wrote: post #4

Curious, how do the capture the event of the cover lifting?

They don't. They capture the active/inactive event. Try tap the home button and re-open the app.

Could you elaborate? Is the inactive event triggered when the screen is completely covered, and any uncovering triggers the active event?

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by xuki » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 5:59 PM UTC

jessriedel wrote: post #6

xuki wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They don't. They capture the active/inactive event. Try tap the home button and re-open the app.

Could you elaborate? Is the inactive event triggered when the screen is completely covered, and any uncovering triggers the active event?

There are some cases where these events are triggered, open and close the Smart Cover is one of them.

You can read the following API documentation for more info:

http://developer.apple.com/library/ios/#documentation/UIKit/...

My guess is they do the switch of question when applicationWillResignActive is being called. Simple as that.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by tealtan » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 6:00 PM UTC

Brilliant.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by eggbrain » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 6:26 PM UTC

Very clever use of the smart cover, but in the end I don't feel many people will use it.

Its cleverness relies on having an iPad 2 and a smart-cover, which segments it. Then, from a usability standpoint, I feel it would be more annoying to continue to lift up a cover than to tap the screen to reveal the answer.

Re: Evernote Peek, The First iPad Smart Cover App

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Post by nateberkopec » Wed, Jun 08, 2011, 6:30 PM UTC

flurie wrote: post #3

It's an interesting use of the Smart Cover, but can it be a serious competitor to other flash card replacement apps since there's no easy way to report success or failure by lifting/replacing the cover?

Tapping the screen?

Also, is right/wrong reporting really that important? I don't have a way to do it with paper flashcards...