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John Weland
42,478 Pointsfullscreen websites "app mode"
I added full screen mode to a web app I've been working on based on Ben Jakuben's Stormy App. When its added to the home screen of a mobile device it doesn't show browser controls... I'm not sure if I like that. while it feels more 'appy' it gets rid of the browser controls.
While true you can still access the site via browser and get those controls. They can be handy to have.
http://johnweland.github.io/weather/
Thoughts from the user end anyone?
John Weland
42,478 PointsThanks, I'll get on that after my lunch break (gym). Both great suggestions.
edit... done. let me know what you think
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsThat is certainly better! This might just be personal preference, but I don't really like the <-- and -->. And that tip could be below the forecast above that Github footer, and position it centered between those two elements, where there is quite a bit of screen space. Putting it in italics would look good, as well. Instead of just "Scroll for your five day forecast", how about "Scroll left to right..." or "Scroll horizontally...".
Oh, and taking a look at the source code, administrator is missing an s within the <noscript> block.
Here is what I was thinking (I did this on my PC but I don't have your icon set):
John Weland
42,478 PointsDone
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsAh, it looks totally awesome, John! I'm working on a paint application, and I'll have to tag you so you can critique the crap out of it and get some revenge on me! haha
Marcus Parsons
15,719 PointsMarcus Parsons
15,719 PointsI do have a couple suggestions now that I've actually accessed it on my mobile device instead of using Google's device viewer. It does still look really good, but there are a couple things that could make the end user frustrated with using the app. The first thing is that it's not clear what a user should do when they are entering their zipcode or location. The only text I can see is "Enter a zipcode or location (e.g. 78130 or" and then it's cut off. I know intuitively from bringing up your app a few times on my desktop that it registers a carriage return, but an end user won't know that. I believe when you get down to mobile view, you should shorten that input box a bit and put a button on the right side that says "Go!" or something similar. There will be no doubt that that button belongs to what you just typed in. You have plenty of room to shorten that input box because all it really needs to say is "Enter a zipcode or location", which shortened to that physical length would give plenty of screen real estate to a nice size Go! button.
The second suggestion I have is to put a tip down below the 5 day forecast that says something along the lines of "Scroll horizontally to see your five day forecast". It's not clear what you're supposed to do to get the five day forecast. There are no indications that you're supposed to scroll horizontally to get to the five day forecast.