Re: Re: MobileOrg for Android starts to become really usable

[Dave Kritzberg <dave.kritzberg@gmail.com>]

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Hello Matthew and Orgmode Users,

Is there any compatibility issue with mobile-org and the iPhone OS v. 4?

Thanks,
Dave Kritzberg


On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Matthew Jones <bsdmatburt@gmail.com> wrote:

> With regard to the note capture display, I'm not sure how I feel about
> this... I like having the save button on the page because it reduces the
> number of clicks to save the note which can be huge if you are just trying
> to quickly jot something down.   I do, however, need to fix it so that the
> Save button is always visible.    The thing about this particular Activity
> display is that the text box is always fixed to some percentage of the
> display... so that the save button would never be off the page but rather
> the Text box would scroll if you had too much text in it.   I may consider
> adding the save button to a menu once I add more options to the Capture
> screen (like adding a TODO flag, or Tags) but I think it's most intuitive if
> the save button is on the display.... mainly because you can't miss it, some
> things about Android happen in the background so that if you navigate away
> from the page it automatically saves the contents... but that's not how this
> capture page works (and I don't know that I would want it to automatically
> save if you hit the back button) this allows it to fit into the workflow and
> makes it obvious that you have to hit the save button to accomplish the save
> action.     These are just my thoughts.   As I bake out the Capture system I
> will certainly revisit it if the flow works better to have it under the
> 'Menu' action.
>
> 73,
> Matthew W. Jones (KI4ZIB)
> http://matburt.net
>
>
> On Sun, May 30, 2010 at 12:21 PM, Robert Goldman <rpgoldman@sift.info>wrote:
>
>> julien cubizolles <j.cubizolles <at> free.fr> writes:
>>
>> >
>> > Le vendredi 28 mai 2010 à 11:05 +0200, Sven Bretfeld a écrit :
>> > > Hi to all, hi Matthew
>> > >
>> > > I can say that Note capturing works on my HTC
>> > > Magic,
>> > Working also on my LG GW620, however the SAVE Button gets hidden by the
>> on-screen keyboard.
>> > I think I've seen other android apps keeping some buttons visible
>> > whether the keyboard is or isn't displayed.
>>
>> If I might comment --- one of the worst things about Android applications,
>> IMO,
>> is the way they are confusing about whether menus should be displayed in
>> page,
>> or invoked by the menu button.
>>
>> I'd urge you to avoid the on-page display in favor of the menu button.  If
>> you
>> stick to that the user never needs to remember to scroll down to find the
>> controls and there are just too many ways for the on-page display to be
>> rendered
>> either hard to reach or completely inaccessible.  This problem is made
>> worse
>> (especially by contrast with the iPhone) because you don't have full
>> knowledge
>> of the screen dimensions.
>>
>> So I'd suggest that if a button is important (save, send, schedule, etc.)
>> that
>> you make it reachable by the center menu button.
>>
>> HtH,
>> cheers,
>> r
>>
>>
>>
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