Comments on: Immersive App Guidelines http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/10/immersive-app-guidelines/ News about developing webOS apps Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:36:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Matt http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/10/immersive-app-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-4486 Matt Sat, 17 Oct 2009 05:28:06 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=365#comment-4486 Your UI checklist confirms what I feared -- you have banned scroll bars: "Users can flick and drag to scroll content. The app does not include buttons or other controls to scroll content." You have taken flicking TOO FAR! The phone is great, but flicking your way through a long web page, the address book, or any other list is NOT user-friendly. The address book is about the only that accepts keyboard input to speed things along, but even that is not always the fastest way to, for example, jump to the last names that start with "T", as it brings up all names that contain a "T" anywhere. Especially the browser needs a scrollbar, but I think the list control would benefit tremendously from a scroll bar. Your UI checklist confirms what I feared — you have banned scroll bars:
“Users can flick and drag to scroll content. The app does not include buttons or other controls to scroll content.”

You have taken flicking TOO FAR! The phone is great, but flicking your way through a long web page, the address book, or any other list is NOT user-friendly. The address book is about the only that accepts keyboard input to speed things along, but even that is not always the fastest way to, for example, jump to the last names that start with “T”, as it brings up all names that contain a “T” anywhere. Especially the browser needs a scrollbar, but I think the list control would benefit tremendously from a scroll bar.

]]> By: webOShelp.net http://developer.palm.com/blog/2009/10/immersive-app-guidelines/comment-page-1/#comment-4480 webOShelp.net Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:57:46 +0000 http://pdnblog.palm.com/?p=365#comment-4480 <strong>New immersive webOS app guidelines...</strong> Palm posts new webOS App Guidelines for developers of immersive and customized applications and games, to provide greater chance of approval to the App Catalog... New immersive webOS app guidelines…

Palm posts new webOS App Guidelines for developers of immersive and customized applications and games, to provide greater chance of approval to the App Catalog…

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