tag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:/discussions/suggestions/10326-suggestion-for-ui-for-easy-selectingThe Mental Faculty: Discussion 2016-04-28T06:07:26Ztag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-25T14:40:01Z2016-04-25T14:40:05Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>Hi,<br>
I brought this up in some post, but I'm unable to find it back
right now, asking for the possibility to select multiple flashcards
for a study session. It had been answered that'd be difficult due
to the difficult nature in iOS of selecting...<br>
But I'm not sure you have a point here.<br>
I mean, just look at the photos.app in OS : it shows all the
pictures and what an easy to select either individual images by
tapping on them or a bunch of images by dragging ones finger
around. What could be simpler than that ? It's extremely intuitive.
Afterwards you can export them, share them thru airdrop, etc..
[=> see attached screen clip]</p>
<p>Why couldn't Studies take a clue from that ?<br>
Why not proposing a view mode showing ALL the flashcards, for easy
selecting the desired ones as in photos.app, then export them to a
study session or share them thru airdrop ?</p></div>Peter Narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-26T06:35:11Z2016-04-26T06:35:11Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>We already have selecting. It is used for Copy/Move/Trash. We
could extend that to starting a slideshow. The UI would be a bit
tricky, because the other options there are all 'edits'. We would
somehow have to get the user to select in a special mode, and then
open the study session chooser to study them. We'll think about
it.</p>
<p>None of this is impossible. It never is. The problem is you
can't just throw in the kitchen sink without thinking about it, or
you will end up with a very messy app that is difficult to
understand. Photos is a very simple app at heart, with little
emphasis on organisation. We have an app with many more
possibilities, so we can to be careful how we expose that.</p>
<p>Will think about this though. Probably not in version 1.0.</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-27T11:20:38Z2016-04-27T11:20:42Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>We already have selecting. It is used for Copy/Move/Trash.<br>
=> in iOS ? Where do I find that ?</p>
<p>The UI would be a bit tricky, because the other options there
are all 'edits'. We would somehow have to get the user to select in
a special mode, and then open the study session chooser to study
them.<br>
=> why not present a splash screen with all the flashcards, and
upon selecting, a popup with the different options available :
edit, start study session, trash, etc...</p>
<p>We'll think about it.<br>
=> thanks</p></div>Peter Narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-27T11:56:05Z2016-04-27T11:56:05Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>On iPhone, go to a list of notes and tap Edit.</p>
<p>On iPad, long tap on a note.</p>
<p>Kind regards,<br>
Drew</p></div>drewmccormacktag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-27T12:58:58Z2016-04-27T12:58:59Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>thanks, never tried this out !</p>
<p>I do think that from the UI side of things it'd be a plus to
have a side-by-side presentation of the flashcards (as in Photos or
similar apps). In the actual layout of Studies, there's actually a
lot of wasted space. Thus, on could easily have an overview of
large parts of the libraries...</p>
<p>Truly hope to see this implemented in the iOS version soon
...</p></div>Peter Narkistag:mentalfaculty.tenderapp.com,2010-10-19:Comment/397239532016-04-28T06:06:51Z2016-04-28T06:07:26Zsuggestion for UI for easy selecting<div><p>That is how we do it on the iPad. It has a grid layout, and you
select with a long tap and hold.</p>
<p>iPhone has a smaller screen. A grid doesn't work anywhere near
as well unless you just have images. Apple's standard solution for
text based data is what we have (Eg how mail does it).</p>
<p>Drew</p></div>drewmccormack