So hey, while I’m still organizing my thoughts on the Maemo/Moblin merge (I have a 500 words draft here in this blog wtf), I thought I’d post my impressions/highlights of the Harmattan Widgets Gallery demo the UI Framework team just released yesterday, and linked here.
!! Container
It’s a drag from the top container, reminding me of the Android notifications pane. While not pulled down, you can only see the silver part. I really hope they don’t use it as a notification though, I love the current Maemo 5 one!
!! Navigation Bar
You’re able to hide all of the top bar UI elements, in this screenshot I just hid the nav bar while keeping the buttons. It’s an interesting possibility, as long as people don’t abuse it. I like having the clock everywhere :P
!! Object menu
Long tap pop up on certain lists, cool addition, but we all have seen it elsewhere. My real opinion on it will be based on how often/logically it is used on the real thing.
!! Toolbar
I didn’t like the !! Toolbar demo, it’s basically adding yet more stuff to the upper part of the screen. 4 icons or two icons and a text field. (?!) There really isn’t a place for those, and I can’t think of a use for it… maybe music library search? They should move it to the bottom, like it is on portrait mode:
Portrait !! Toolbar
Not in the way of anything, leaving space for a clock/notification icons pane, much like current Maemo 5 portrait mode (the phone app :P)
Yep, that was it! Fancy stuff, fancy stuff.
Harmattan Widgets Demo (or, how MeeGo will act like!)
So hey, while I’m still organizing my thoughts on the Maemo/Moblin merge (I have a 500 words draft here in this blog wtf), I thought I’d post my impressions/highlights of the Harmattan Widgets Gallery demo the UI Framework team just released yesterday, and linked here.
!! Container
It’s a drag from the top container, reminding me of the Android notifications pane. While not pulled down, you can only see the silver part. I really hope they don’t use it as a notification though, I love the current Maemo 5 one!
!! Navigation Bar
You’re able to hide all of the top bar UI elements, in this screenshot I just hid the nav bar while keeping the buttons. It’s an interesting possibility, as long as people don’t abuse it. I like having the clock everywhere :P
!! Object menu
Long tap pop up on certain lists, cool addition, but we all have seen it elsewhere. My real opinion on it will be based on how often/logically it is used on the real thing.
!! Toolbar
I didn’t like the !! Toolbar demo, it’s basically adding yet more stuff to the upper part of the screen. 4 icons or two icons and a text field. (?!) There really isn’t a place for those, and I can’t think of a use for it… maybe music library search? They should move it to the bottom, like it is on portrait mode:
Portrait !! Toolbar
Not in the way of anything, leaving space for a clock/notification icons pane, much like current Maemo 5 portrait mode (the phone app :P)
Yep, that was it! Fancy stuff, fancy stuff.