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NeoApplications / Neo-Backup

backup manager for android
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[Feature Request] Add labels near icons #743

Open CyberShadow opened 1 year ago

CyberShadow commented 1 year ago

Hi, thank you for maintaining this nice app. I've been running into a small obstacle when trying to use it.

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe it. Every time I try to use the app (maybe once every few months), I have to remember what all the buttons and icons do. This presents an additional obstacle to achieving my final goal, and it is a bit frustrating to run into this every time.

Personally, I find the icons confusing and not at all self-explanatory. E.g. "What does Epsilon do? What's the difference between a circle with a diagonal line through it and a circle with a diagonal line partially through it?" etc.

I am aware that I can hold the buttons down for a second to get an explanation, but this is still an obstacle as I've had to refresh my memory several times now.

Describe the primary solution I think it would be nice if for people like me who don't use the app frequently there was a setting which replaced the icons with labels.

Describe alternative solutions, if any Icons alongside labels would be OK too.

In general the application's theme seems to be very different from other applications, and is using a unique visual language. I suppose that is perhaps the goal of "NeoApplications"? This is subjective but personally, given a choice, I would prefer the boring but predictable and consistent interface of the old OAndBackup.

Thanks for reading.

machiav3lli commented 1 year ago

Thanks, that's a good point. I'll consider how to bring this in the next iteration.

On the design language: We know that many still prefer the streamlined Material(3) design, but in our community surveys and community communication we had same amount of users voting for our dynamic designs as for basic MD.

CyberShadow commented 1 year ago

I'll consider how to bring this in the next iteration.

Thank you for considering it 🙂

but in our community surveys and community communication we had same amount of users voting for our dynamic designs as for basic MD.

I use this app but I am not aware of community surveys. So I guess consider me a victim of selection bias 😄