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vimtouch
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Progress indicator should have some text #16

Closed rtfb closed 11 years ago

rtfb commented 11 years ago

Having a spinner without any explanation is unfriendly. We need some short description for what's going on behind the spinner.

momodalo commented 11 years ago

In the original version, we do have it. But according to the androis design guide, they suggest not to have a description in circling progress. We should not just follow the guide but consider the user experience. Which way do you think its better? On Oct 4, 2012 9:22 AM, "Vytautas Šaltenis" notifications@github.com wrote:

Having a spinner without any explanation is unfriendly. We need some short description for what's going on behind the spinner.

— Reply to this email directly or view it on GitHubhttps://github.com/momodalo/vimtouch/issues/16.

rtfb commented 11 years ago

Oh, they do, indeed. Looking at their motivation, I guess they mean that spinner should have no text AND it should be obvious what the app is doing. I don't see an easy way to achieve that. Maybe we can try making InstallProgress activity to stand out visually, but in our case I'm not sure what visual elements could convey the message more clearly than a simple text like "Unpacking Vim files" or "Preparing for first run".

momodalo commented 11 years ago

https://github.com/momodalo/vimtouch/commit/8e68b1e61f0e84d7b244235402d3b8609591c9c9