04-07-2018, 04:58 AM
(04-07-2018, 02:12 AM)Zuberman Wrote: ...in terms of seeing where you are in the document, what kind of visualization would you want for that? A percentage of the progress through the song? A small progress bar like you mentioned? Would it always be visible as you scroll through the entire song? When it comes to the time until the next scroll, do you just want a countdown indicator on the screen between each scroll? .......
Hi Mike
So let me try to add some more information...
In terms of seeing where I am in a document in the first step I think of an unobstrusive monochrome (maybe semi transparent) scroll bar as well known and commonly used in text editors. I don’t really know but assume that this is usually based on the percentage of the document. If the document has just one page there is indeed no need for it. Otherwise the scrollbar should appear as an opt in feature (in the settings). The slider would move downwards in line with scrolling down along the document.
About a countdown Indicator I suggest also a visual/ intuitive approach instead of numbers to read. One idea would be that a few (tbd) seconds before the next scroll the entire scrollbar gets colored. With approach to the next scroll action just the color would also shrink downwards and dissappear with scrolling (think of the Methronome LED movement but no visible steps and of course backwards). In the end just the scroll bar with the slider, now on its new position, is visible - until the next approach to the next scroll action where the color appears again.
Please see this just as a suggestion. I’m not a software developer nor do I know anything about feasibility, complexity or efford at all. And I don’t know yet what other users think about this idea and whether or not this feature would be helpful for them, too.
I use Mobilesheets now for several years – it’s a exceptionally useful piece of software. And I can rate it surely as one of the most userfriendly programmed (and definitively best supported!) apps I’ve ever had, in fact independently from the category!
Cloudygit