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Comment	>> I'm not sure if that is a good idea. Actually I think it is not. I'm >> Android-biased so maybe some iPhone users may chime in. But for me >> the navigation inside smartphone is really page based, with a fixed >> order and hierarchy of pages where you navigate from left to the >> right, from broad to more detailed. > > I will agree, at a theoretical/conceptual level, that this is a > reasonable UI decision. > >> The only navigation order that >> makes sense to me (and that is used at least by all Android email >> apps that I know) is from Applications, to Folders, to Mailbox, to >> Message. >> I could be convinced to go directly to the Inbox when entering IMP >> the first time, as long as this is the user's preference and the back >> button (both top-left and browser button) still go back to the folder >> list. Though that still feels like skipping some page, which it >> actually is in this case. > > The problem I have is that the smartmobile app is now behaving unlike > any other email app in existence. Strict adherence to a bottom-up > approach doesn't appear to be appropriate. > > And maybe I have configured things differently, but my android e-mail > app always opens directly to the INBOX (which is what I want). I'm > using K-9 mail, so maybe its different that the default app, but I > believe to access the folder list in the normal scope using the app > (e.g. opening and using the back button), you have to change the > default configuration. Otherwise, the only way to access the folder > list is to use an options menu. > > Not to mention that this is exactly what we are doing in Kronolith. > It could be argued using the above UI logic that we should be showing > the week (or even the month) page first, and then have the user > navigate the hierarchy to reach the day page. But that is not the > expected behavior of a calendar program: I will always want to know > what my schedule looks like today so that should always be the first > page opened (which it is now). > >> Regarding the link to the application page, this should not be the >> top-left button, as this is the back button in JQM interface flow. > > I will agree with this. > >> Since we only have one always visible navigation bar and we need the >> log out button too, I'm not sure where else to add the application >> link. > > What about to the side of the logout button? Or maybe we can add a > catch-all options button next to the logout button (similar to the > options popup button as implemented in Ice Cream Sandwich), that will > popup either a link back to the applications page or the list of > applications themselves. > >> The action bar at the bottom doesn't make any sense to me >> either. > > I agree, especially since that bar doesn't exist on every page. > >> I personally haven't missed such a button yet either, though >> I have to admit that I only use the JQM interface for "one-shot" >> quick access to single data objects, rather than browsing and >> productively using all applications. > > This is my normal usage flow also, but I definitely could see users > bouncing between apps. And since this is a strength of Horde in the > first place (multiple mature apps), it seems like something we should > continue to stress rather than minimize.
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