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RaphaelTurtlePower / LetsGoApp

The Let's Go App!
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1) Style app with AirBnB theme #68

Open RaphaelTurtlePower opened 10 years ago

RaphaelTurtlePower commented 10 years ago

Style app.

petervdl commented 10 years ago

I'm evaluating the newest AirBnB app (ver 3.0.2) to note the UX issues of interest to us.

  1. The action bar is WHITE, not black as in our app currently.
  2. The overlay at the bottom of the ListView and Map screens is partly transparent gray. In AirBnB, the overlay (what is that rectangle called, anyway?) is the orangey-pink color RGB=ff5a5f, that is also used for highlights throughout.
  3. The app icon uses the signature color and an abstract shape. We should do the same (color 0xFF5A5F) for our icon. Maybe have a shape as the icon.
  4. To left of icon on ActionBar, AirBnB has a little icon (3 rods). Touching it causes the nav drawer to slide out. We should consider this.
  5. the indeterminate progress bar on this app is amazing!! It's a series of small icons which do a card fold into/out of the adjacent image.
  6. Font in most places is a light gray on white background. A lighter gray is used for sub headings. The FF5A5F color is used for really important text.
  7. Under "wish Lists" you can see a dirty green/khaki color that could be used when we need a second color. There is also an example of tabbed navigation with 2 tabs.

And that's really about all there is to it. This app has a charming simplicity. I'll post screen shots of examples of the above points.

petervdl commented 10 years ago

Styling and theming is really not the big win that people think it is. It offers only a little bit more than direct attribute setting, and only for some apps.

we are largely done with this. I still need to finalize fonts, and I will do so, probably tonight (Weds). The two screens that still need it are: CREATE EVENT and EVENT DETAIL. If anyone knows of others, let me know.