On 08/16/2013 08:51 AM, Gustavo Niemeyer wrote: > Hey there, > > It was already my intention to get in touch about this to see what's > the general feeling, and after seeing Michael Hall's post about the > use of the tab widget for indicators as well (http://goo.gl/yJP7Ns), > this sounds like a good timing. > > After experimenting with the phone interface for the last few days, > the swiping-tabs interface stands out as being perhaps the only > component that is somewhat awkward to use. The widget hides the full > list of options in the tab behind reasonable thumb-exercising, at a > position which is not comfortable to reach, let alone swiping > repeatedly. Then, if you don't actually select anything because you > didn't find what was being searched for, the widget remains in that > misaligned position. > > I won't provide any suggestions as we have some fantastic people > taking care of it, but just in terms of being a user of it, it would > be nice to have something that uses more of the screen state to > display what are the possible options, and so that we can reach them > with less swiping, in a lower screen position. > > Is it just me, or is that a shared feeling? > I recently noticed the misaligned position. I agree that discoverability of the tabs is not obvious, but it is also something that once you learn isn't bad. I think there is probably a limit to the number of usable tabs though-- too many is a lot of swiping. I didn't think about the fact that I had to reach over with my finger to swipe until now. I also am not offering any suggestions...
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