TheMarco

I thought for a long, LONG time about how the hell I'm gonna make this app work right on the Pixi. I think I finally managed to come up with a solution that doesn't completely kill the user experience. I'm hereby presenting it as a GIF animation. I'd love to hear what you guys think about it and... if you have a better solution: let me know!



Note: pressing the button on the top left will 'switch' the two button rows on top. This enables access to all functions without having to scroll on the Pixi.

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wilsondm2

Wow - a very elegant solution. Looks great!

atlanta

What exactly did you do to accommodate the screen size just some css changes?

TheMarco

Huh? I did nothing yet. Just presenting the idea here.

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UntidyGuy

Nice looking UI. Since you've been right in the middle of the screen dimension discrepancy between Pixi and Pre, perhaps you can describe why WebOS doesn't just take care of this issue for you like many people assume. Do you think it was a wise move to use different dimensions for each device?

This looks like just the calculator solution for all those Pixi-loving engineering types.

johncc

Or maybe this? (Excuse the rough image manipulation). I am thinking that it would minimise switching the row and I feel that the [f] and [g] keys should be permanently accessible. (the cube functions are missing, but can be obtained with Y^X). I do like the idea of the f and g functions on a key being the inverses.

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TheMarco

UntidyGuy to be honest with you, I think it's the most stupid thing Palm could have possibly done. The whole 'it's fine, apps will scale' thing is a load of nonsense too. WebOS doesn't 'take care' of anything in a lot of cases unless you would call annoying scrolling 'taking care of things'.

I feel like I'm back in 2001 when I was dealing with i-mode handsets which ALL had a different vertical and horizontal resolution.

johncc not bad as it is but... that changes a LOT of keys. I'm trying to change as little as possible and have Pixi and Pre versions be as similar as possible as well in order to prevent confusion. This is why I think my original solution is probably better. Had the Pre version not been out yet your solution would have been better maybe.

As said, I want to try to keep differences between the Pixi and Pre version as small as possible Too many difference == coding and maintenance nightmare.

p.s. if Palm comes out with a device with yet ANOTHER different screen resolution I'm gonna tell them to stick it where the sun don't shine.

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johncc

I thought that might be your reaction. Oh well, it kept me amused for a couple of hours anyway.

You could always use something like mine for a version 2 of the Pre one.

Sounds like you are a little peeved about the resolution matter. Not so bad if you only have to deal with a few sparsely placed controls, but a complete pain in the .... with a complex and dense UI like your's.