Search bar in iOS app - Mobile-l

12 Apr 2012

Am 11.04.2012 22:39 schrieb "Philip Chang" <pchang at wikimedia.org>:

...
  We are considering ways to hide the top bar and
calling it up easily, but
 the thought is to show it initially.

 For example, the Pinterest app hides toolbars when scrolling down a page,
 and reveals them when scrolling up starts.

 Another idea, based on the Kindle, is to show the toolbar initially and
 let it fade away, then a tap anywhere reveals it.

 Yet another idea is to keep the toolbar at the top of the screen, then
 after scrolling down a page, a tap on top status bar of the phone scrolls
 quickly to the top of the page. 
I think all three options are good; it's basically a matter of taste.
Here's my taste:

My concern with the Kindle way is that you may find yourself on a
page with lots of links or a big image, and there won't be a safe
place to tap anywhere. The Kindle doesn't have that problem, but we do.

I like the third option for two reasons: people will know it from
Safari, and it gives them a quick way to jump to the beginning of
an article, which we currently lack. The downside is that some users
will never figure out the tap-on-top shortcut, so they will
constantly have to scroll like crazy up through long articles just to 
search.

So I wonder whether combining the Pinterest and Safari methods might
be feasible? Best of all possible worlds, and all that.

Cheers,
  Axel