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itkach / aard2-android

Aard2 for Android, a simple dictionary app
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Optimize UI for tablet #123

Open ghost opened 3 years ago

ghost commented 3 years ago

The UI on tablet has too much wasted space. Maybe someone can improve the UI to navigate easily.

berrytsakala commented 2 years ago

Also on mobile phones.

I suggest to show a preview of the translation - already in the search results screen. Rationale: most of the times, we just need the first, most common translation; or, we might want to choose the most relevant result based on its preview, exactly like search engine results.

it definitely save some back and forth steps & screen taps.

Of course, many terms have multiple translations, different parts-of-speech, etc. : I only suggest the first preview.

this screen "real-estate" is not used anyway.

The attached mock ups show: Preview in same line as term; dictionary names are trimmed. (maybe they can be abbreviated in other ways) Long lines wrapped; (might be turned off in the settings?) Preview in the 2nd line; Long preview is trimmed [...]

aard2-proposal-1 aard2-proposal-1line-wrap aard2-proposal-2liner