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UX: Toggle to turn selection mode on/off #3862
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I just wanted to let you know that I am collecting a few more UX issues / use cases. I hope that I am done with my write-up in a few days. |
It took longer than I anticipated, but finally, I brought the document to the point where it could be helpful. Have fun reading it and let me know what you think of it: |
@arendtio Thank you very much! We will get back to you as soon as we have finished the next release :) |
I think we should increase the percentage of thumbnails and show them in equal proportions. When clicked, the image zooms in and the details are displayed on the right. Also, if you want to display the button at the top of the thumbnail, you need to use a high-contrast icon, otherwise it won't look like it is there on some images. |
@arendtio I finally had some time to go through the UX report. You can find some initial feedback in the following discussion :) |
I also got the feedback that it is not easy to understand the usage flows for selecting and viewing. It would be great, if the change into the 'selecting mode' would be easier to recognize for the user. The current feedback of showing a small number in a circle in the lower left corner might be overseen or not understood by the user. |
Description
We observed (within our family) that our users don't understand why tapping/clicking on a photo thumbnail sometimes doesn't open the photo in detail view.
Turned out that they e.g. they fat-fingered their way onto the faint selection circle in the lower-right corner once and then couldn't recover from there.
The confusing part here, I argue, is actually that the semantics of the interaction change: Clicking a thumbnail picture to open the detail view is great UX. It is currently modal input, and the mode changes after the first selection has been made. Once 1 selection has been made, all subsequent thumbnail interactions change to "select this, too".
Proposed Solution
Removing the modality would be an improvement:
Alternatives considered
Illustration
This drawing shows how the touch targets change depending on the mode: in default mode, only the circle is a selection toggle; afterwards, in selection mode, everything is.
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