Sunday, June 27, 2010

[android-developers] Re: discoverability

Even developers sometimes miss that certain apps have menus: we've had
questions in this group about clearing Market app reviews, and
skipping entries in the ADC2 app, for instance. Users probably have
the problem even more since they won't know as much about Android and
won't be as technically inclined on average. Often it is pretty easy
to add a button to your app's screen that opens the menu and also lets
users know it is available just by being there, at least.

On Jun 21, 12:47 pm, Frank Weiss <fewe...@gmail.com> wrote:
> It's merely an interesting idea without some usability data. What's
> the actual problem?
>
> I would say that every Android user assumes there's a menu for each
> activity. Adding an extra UI element to indicate whether there is or
> not tends to violate the law of parsimony - and more strongly, YAGNI
> (ya ain't gonna need it).

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