Re: UI Refresh

[Mathieu Jourdan <mathieu jourdan gresille org>]

Le 14/12/2019 à 08:55, Mathieu Jourdan a écrit :
> […]
>
> Something like "overview" and "backups" would better
> fit imho, as view switchers are most of the time describing the content
> that will appear in the view. Imperative verbs suit better to action
> buttons. Though the HIG is a bit vague about this.
>
> > > - having both a back button and a view switcher in the header bar
> > > feels a bit awkward to me
> >
> > I hear you here, but that’s a GNOME design pattern these days. You can see it in Software, Boxes, etc.
> >
> > https://developer.gnome.org/hig/stable/header-bars.html.en
>
> Software, Boxes, Music, Settings and others do use both back buttons and
> view switchers. But as far as I know, none of them use both kind of
> navigation controls at the same time. The view switcher is
> always hidden when a back button is shown. The behavior of the back
> button is more predictable that way.

FYI, an illustration of what I mean here:

https://github.com/mjourdan/gnome-design/blob/master/backups/ui-refresh/view-switcher-experiments.png

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Mathieu