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This reminds me of one of my pet peeves about the iOS UI - the date picker control. Yes, the scrolly spinners are a very cute UI and look awesome. But it'd be 10x faster if they'd just give me a number pad and let me hit the 8 digits rather than scroll up and down to get it just right.
>4 tap operation Click dropdown, select item >Stepper Click +, click +, click +, click +, click +, click +, click + wut
Lot of the advice in the article would fail in some situations like the one you point out. Unless the quantity is less than 5, tap to increase doesn't make sense. Also, the slider wouldn't work in case you are trying to choose from an even average sized list on "min" or "max" side. There are only so many pixels in portrait mode and my big thumb - how can you expect it to be so precise. While in case of the dropdown i…
There is a small irony that when reading an article about mobile UX, the website has disabled zoom meaning I can't actually see any of the images in the article.
Chrome on Android has a very useful setting to force zoom. Go to Settings - Accessibility - Force Enable Zoom - Profit :) Not sure if Safari has something similar though.
This reminds me of one of my pet peeves about the iOS UI - the date picker control. Yes, the scrolly spinners are a very cute UI and look awesome. But it'd be 10x faster if they'd just give me a number pad and let me hit the 8 digits rather than scroll up and down to get it just right.
MM/DD or DD/MM?
This reminds me of one of my pet peeves about the iOS UI - the date picker control. Yes, the scrolly spinners are a very cute UI and look awesome. But it'd be 10x faster if they'd just give me a number pad and let me hit the 8 digits rather than scroll up and down to get it just right.
MM/DD or DD/MM?
There is a small irony that when reading an article about mobile UX, the website has disabled zoom meaning I can't actually see any of the images in the article.
Yes, the internet is full of these so called experts. How do they end up being upvoted here is telling about the quality of the average reader unfortunately. Sorry if I am hurting feelings here but it is true. You have to be a special flake if you think this is quality content. So please, go ahead with your reactions, they speak volumes about who exactly is the gross of HN.
Which bits did you especially disagree with, and what would you recommend instead?
GUI's embody micromanagement as a virtue. GUI's in general should be a last resort. Computers are supposed to do our work automatically. Barring that, by delegation. Making rounded corners and gradients is easier than making something useful. that's why it gets so much attention. NoGUI.
GUIs are inevitable.
You basically should only ask from the user what a computer can't possibly know, for example what date you want to travel for your holidays and how many units of that product do you want.
GUI's embody micromanagement as a virtue. GUI's in general should be a last resort. Computers are supposed to do our work automatically. Barring that, by delegation. Making rounded corners and gradients is easier than making something useful. that's why it gets so much attention. NoGUI.
I don't think it's a matter of last resort, rather correct use. GUIs are inevitable. You basically should only ask from the user what a computer can't possibly know, for example what date you want to travel for your holidays and how many units of that product do you want.