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Sesu8642 / InfusionTimer

Tea timer for Gong Fu and western style brewing for true enthusiasts.
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[Improvement] UI/UX features #4

Closed geronime closed 2 years ago

geronime commented 2 years ago
  1. On the tea detail page, tapping the tea bubble with the countdown would start/pause the timer
  2. Tapping the tea bubble once the timer of the previous infusion already finished would fast forward to the next infusion and start the timer (obvious exception: not doing fast forward to the second infusion if I have not done the first one)
Sesu8642 commented 2 years ago

Having an additional way to control the infusions via the bubble is a good idea. I am thinking about how to tell the user that this is possible in a non-annoying manner...

geronime commented 2 years ago

I don't think you need to tell the user. It was actually my first attempt to start the timer. And so was my friend's who thought that he cannot start the timer at all, not realising there is the far smaller play button below :-)

JaromirDvoracek commented 2 years ago

Yep, that was me. I thought for a while that the countdown doesn't work at all, unfortunately. I have a great skill to overlook tiny buttons :sweat_smile: PS: We're fans of Mei-leaf as well!

JaromirDvoracek commented 2 years ago

Having an additional way to control the infusions via the bubble is a good idea. I am thinking about how to tell the user that this is possible in a non-annoying manner...

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What do you think about a similar approach?

geronime commented 2 years ago

I'd add that the "Play" icon would change to "Pause" icon once the timer is started and running; on finishing the infusion the icon changes to "Fast Forward" (this jumps to the next infusion and starts the timer - similar to behaviour on youtube). Scrolling through the infusions would reset the main control icon to "Play".

Sesu8642 commented 2 years ago

I like that design. Having the infusion information between the buttons makes it very clear what they do. I am a little unsure about the remaining time not being in the center of the bubble. I guess I could hide the button entirely while the timer is running and have the time in the center. But tapping the bubble would still pause.

THardi commented 2 years ago

Hallo. I think: There is no break when pouring tea. After "Play" I would only offer to cancel and automatically switch to the next counter. You can always take a step back manually.

THardi commented 2 years ago

My other idea: After the last infusion, the field could appear red in the overview. So you can see immediately that new tee is needed. Screenshot_20220126-220634

THardi commented 2 years ago

And the next one: One alarm per tea for remembering to make tea. Sesu8642: "Example: Every day at 8am you want an alarm to make your black tea? Did I get this right?"

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Sesu8642 commented 2 years ago

@THardi thank you for clarifying. I think you might have a use case that is different from mine and which I don't understand yet. When I make tea, there are many reasons why I don't want to start the next infusion immediately. For example:

It is also unclear to me why you need to track the infusions of multiple teas at the same time and why you need to constantly make new tea. Would you mind to elaborate?

Sesu8642 commented 2 years ago

@geronime @JaromirDvoracek I (mostly) implemented your suggestions. What do you think about this? @geronime Is this the icon that you meant? It is the one I see on YouTube videos. timer_ui_changed

geronime commented 2 years ago

Perfect!

JaromirDvoracek commented 2 years ago

@geronime @JaromirDvoracek I (mostly) implemented your suggestions. What do you think about this? @geronime Is this the icon that you meant? It is the one I see on YouTube videos.

Nice! The icon back should be probably compatible with the icon next to the Infusion text :)

THardi commented 2 years ago

@Sesu8642

I think you might have a use case that is different from mine and which I don't understand yet. When I make tea, there are many reasons why I don't want to start the next infusion immediately. For example:

  • it takes a couple of seconds to pour the tea
  • I want to finish drinking the current infusion before the next one is ready
  • I might need to get more water In your screenshot, it looks like you make 1l of tea per infusion. How can you even drink that much if you start the next infusion immediately after the previous one finished?

It is also unclear to me why you need to track the infusions of multiple teas at the same time and why you need to constantly make new tea. Would you mind to elaborate?

I usually make an infusion of 1 liter of tea in a thermos bottle every evening for the next working day. That way it won't be as hot the next day. Unfortunately, I don't always remember how many infusions I've already had. Deviating from that, I also make a pot from time to time.

Sesu8642 commented 2 years ago

@THardi Now I understand. I added a comment to #5 about remembering the current infusion.

About the daily alarm: I think that it is out of scope for this app. This can probably solved using a repeating entry in a calendar app.