On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 2:43 PM, Jan Piotrowski <piotrowski@gmail.com> wrote:
>> The initial view will allow the user to go to the home page or select aExactly.
>> random article. We have gotten numerous comments about not requiring the
>> initial content to download before a search is initiated. Of course, we
>> could show the initial content while also showing search activated.
>
> Since content is downloaded asynchronously, and there's no modal spinner, I
> don't understand this objection. You can start a search as soon as you
> like... right?
I think this is one of the aspects, where the "one unified mobile UI"
thing jsut doesn't work. For a website it's kind of hard to download
stuff asynchronously if it should stay simple. Also people don't
expect it from a website. But for an app, it's totally different. The
users knows that the app can download the content while you already
can type a search. Also the app should be usable instantly - waiting
for some content to download is not as acceptable as in a website.
I suggest there should be a discussion on the launch experience: What
does the user get after starting? We all agree there should be a
search box, I think, but everything else is still undecided. "Article
of the day"? A home page? Something else? Same experience on mobile
web as in an app? Different? Same on all platforms of apps?