0009708: Make navigation more self-explanatory by use of animations

ID	Project	Category	View Status	Date Submitted	Last Update

0009708	MMA	Navigation	public	2012-09-14 16:30	2012-10-11 02:07

Reporter	jiri	Assigned To
Priority	urgent	Severity	minor	Reproducibility	N/A
Status	closed	Resolution	fixed
Target Version	1.0.2	Fixed in Version	1.0.1

Summary	0009708: Make navigation more self-explanatory by use of animations
Description	Animations could help to make it clear where did user get by which action.
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Fixed in build	35

jiri 2012-09-14 16:32 administrator ~0031988	Fixed in build 30.

rusty 2012-09-20 05:23 administrator ~0032075 Last edited: 2012-09-21 14:29	Tested build 32. Looks very good (so subtle/inobtrusive that I didn't even notice it ;-) ). Small suggestions: 1) Toggle between NP > List and NP > Art shouldn't convey hierarchy (right/left). Would it be possible to do a 'flip' (or perhaps fade-in, as in when 'Options' is clicked)? 2) When switching using the ViewPager (the horizontal slider for Artist\|Album\|Track), the animation is always left to right (traversing up). It should be either: a) right to left when selecting a ViewPager entry that's to the right of the currently selected page left to right when selecting a ViewPage entry that's to the left of the currently selected page b) nothing (if you consider it to be a single view of the same data) 3) It might be useful (if just for testing) to have a config item to disable animations ( [x] Use effects on switching views) since it seems to be a bit slow on older devices (I'm not sure if it's the animation that's slow, or if it's the view refresh that's slow).

rusty 2012-09-21 14:35 administrator ~0032120	4) The Up/Down effect for Now Playing doesn't convey much. It might be preferable when switching to NP to use a Zoom in effect (i.e. Zooming into the Album Art image from the mini-player) and when switching away from it to use a Zoom out effect. If that's not possible, I think that a simple fade in effect (like with 'Options'), and fade-out when leaving would be preferable.

jiri 2012-09-25 15:11 administrator ~0032171 Last edited: 2012-09-26 07:36	Fixed in build 35. 1) Fade-in used. 2) Fixed. 3) It's probably rather a problem with speed of some views, something will be improved, we can decide then. 4) I left up/down navigation there, but improved it (faster, doesn't push the content off screen). Now it looks good to me. In general, it's possible to implement even more fancy animations, but it would require more time and also device CPU and so the current state seems to be better.

rusty 2012-10-11 02:07 administrator ~0032408	Verified 42.

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