derrell/App-Inventor-Gallery — Issue #187: GUI Design Ideas Dealing with App Info Tabs
Author: cpuwhiz11
Created: 2011-11-16 01:08:13+00:00
State: open

Couple of thoughts I have dealing with App Info Tabs as I am calling them.

App Info Tab Title Not at Same Level as "Home" Tabs:
When a user opens up an application the tab it creates has for a title the name of the app. This name text is further up on the tab than the rest of the "Home" tabs. So you can see how the "Home" and "Find Apps" tabs have their text centered in the middle of the tab. The text on App Info Tabs, have the text higher up which I find "upsetting".

Perhaps the text should be changed to be more in line with the rest of the tabs?

Home Tabs and App Tabs Appear Tightly in GUI:
In regards to the design with the tabs, maybe there should be a space between the "Home" tabs, as I am calling them (Home, Find Apps, etc ) and any new App Info Tabs a user opens. In ascii art it would look like

Home Tab | Home Tab | ------ | App Info Tab

(----) is an empty space.

App Info Tabs Lack Visual Identification:
Maybe the App Info Tab should have a thumbnail icon. Either a generic "app icon" or the actual thumbnail included in the application page. This would help distinguish it from the Home tabs and add some visual flair.

Just some thoughts.