readium/readium — Issue #35: Rethinking the UI
Author: matthewrobertson
Created: 2012-03-06 23:50:48+00:00
State: open

Pull request [#34](https://github.com/readium/readium/pull/34) has got us thinking about what the UI / UX should be for Readium. To date things have been created very quickly without thinking too much about what the reading experience should be. Initially this debate started in email but we would like it move it into a more public forum. Here is a summary of the chat so far:

* Skewmorphism does not provide the best reading experience
* The bottom left overlay may need to be removed / moved into the top bar
* For fixed layout ePUBs skeuomorphism may be they way to go. Having radically different layouts for these two modes may solve a lot of problems for us if it is ok from a UX perspective.
- We should enable theming of the reader (dark, light sepia) and to me this also does not make sense for fixed layout books.
- there are concerns that the skeuomorphic approach we have now will not adapt well for Japanese vertical typography