I may be mistaken but on my flights there is is no 1B.
It all depends on the airline and/or manufacturer. First/Business Class can skip letters to keep the letters equalized from the larboard and starboard sides of the aircraft. If they didn't skip letters it would be 1A, 1B on the left, 1C, 1D on the right, but in coach you would have 10A, 10B, and 10C on the left. Not exactly confusing for the passenger or flight attendant, but it is what it is. I know it doesn't necessarily skip the even letters. It could 1A and 1B on the left and then 1E and 1F on the right, skipping C and D, instead of 1A and 1C on left, and 1D and 1F on right.
It all depends on the airline and/or manufacturer.
Good to know.I just board first and easily find my seat, because it is the first row. The one thing that bothers me is looking at all these people headed to the back of the plane as they board. I know they hate me. I'm not a bad person, I'm just rich.
I'm not sure of the implications but it might be better if first class boarded last as long as they keep our overheads clear.
I've been on many flights where there was no first class and even had chickens on board in the cabin so I am not a snob about flying economy. When first class is available and I can afford it I will choose that option.
1) Still not a fan of the home screen icon layout like I am with the iPhone, but since you don't spend too much time there and the digital crown and touchscreen makes easy work of it, I don't think it would stop me or anyone else from buying it.
I think the home screen layout is brilliant.
1. What might take several swipes on an iPhone, can take a single swipe with this layout
2. Icons are larger at the center, making an easier hit target
3. It's extremely fast and easy to scan dozens and dozens of apps in a couple seconds
4. The circle icons make orientation less of an issue (unlike rounded corners)
5. Animations looks pretty gorgeous and fluid
I'm sure put A LOT of consideration into this. It definitely seems like a massive improvement over having to swipe multiple screens to find an app, and for this form factor it makes alot of sense.
I think the way the icons dynamically resize on the home screen is a really clever way to disguise the edges of the display. Jonny's team really do their homework.
1. What might take several swipes on an iPhone, can take a single swipe with this layout
2. Icons are larger at the center, making an easier hit target
3. It's extremely fast and easy to scan dozens and dozens of apps in a couple seconds
4. The circle icons make orientation less of an issue (unlike rounded corners)
5. Animations looks pretty gorgeous and fluid
I'm sure put A LOT of consideration into this. It definitely seems like a massive improvement over having to swipe multiple screens to find an app, and for this form factor it makes alot of sense.
I think the way the icons dynamically resize on the home screen is a really clever way to disguise the edges of the display. Jonny's team really do their homework.
I agree that they probably put an excessive amount of time in making sure it was the best choice and I agree that the resizing is cleverly done, but something about being circles or the number of icons shown seems too busy to me. I guess I prefer the additional black space in iOS (I use a black background on my home screens). But I can be won over with utility, and frankly I have no better idea for the icons. It's just my first reaction when I see the home screen.
Here I thought it was just an App to make fart sounds. Then I found out you can put your iPhone somewhere and send a remote fart to play on it. My kids are going to be begging me to get this one. At least that's what I'll tell people the first time I set it off.
something about being circles or the number of icons shown seems too busy to me.
I believe this and the hexagonal array were done partially to make the app icons appear more jewel-like. The recent images in vogue display the home screen and it doesn't look out of place against the couture.
I believe this and the hexagonal array were done partially to make the app icons appear more jewel-like.
You may be onto something here. I wonder if it might be possible to configure the home screen icons to be monochromatic (not necessarily grayscale, perhaps tinted to the individual's taste... Not everyone wants a full-color kaleidoscope hanging out on their wrist?
Some of these UI-Designers clearly have no idea of usability. Textsizes at about or under 4 pt are completely useless. I don' t want my pricey watch to look like the backside of a washing detergent box ...
I believe this and the hexagonal array were done partially to make the app icons appear more jewel-like. T<span style="line-height:1.4em;">he recent images in vogue display the home screen and it doesn't look out of place against the couture.</span>
1. What might take several swipes on an iPhone, can take a single swipe with this layout
2. Icons are larger at the center, making an easier hit target
3. It's extremely fast and easy to scan dozens and dozens of apps in a couple seconds
4. The circle icons make orientation less of an issue (unlike rounded corners)
5. Animations looks pretty gorgeous and fluid
I'm sure put A LOT of consideration into this. It definitely seems like a massive improvement over having to swipe multiple screens to find an app, and for this form factor it makes alot of sense.
Agree on all counts, great points. And of course, should Apple ever feel the urge to make a round Apple Watch, the home screen will be perfect.
something about being circles or the number of icons shown seems too busy to me. I guess I prefer the additional black space in iOS (I use a black background on my home screens). But I can be won over with utility, and frankly I have no better idea for the icons. It's just my first reaction when I see the home screen.
It looks cluttered but I can see advantages with the layout. On the iPhone for example, it would negate the need for reachability if it allowed to you to pull the icons down beyond the top edge:
[VIDEO]
It allows easier rearranging of apps because you don't have to drag apps to the edge of the display and wait for it to swipe over. The grid can pan over very quickly and accelerate as you move the app closer to the edge.
To reduce clutter, they can make icon groups instead of pages. These can have a 0.5-1 icon separation around the group. To make a group, they can allow multiple selections. So tap-hold would make the bubbles wobble (scale up and down) and you could select multiple icons by tapping them and group to bring them into a separated part and you could perhaps have color markers (blank ones too that are just for tagging) like OS X labels where each circular app icon gets a color band around it to make them easier to spot. They could have a search option to limit apps by label or even genre e.g only display music apps or sports apps and it would let you find the app more easily.
It also allows for different shapes of icons like widgets because you aren't working to a fixed size. They'd have to specify maximum sizes (multiples of icon widths probably) but the UI in a widget can scale up and down as it comes into view. These icons can also be constantly oriented upright, even dock icons as they'd be round.
The dock would have to stay on the iPhone but this can be used to make the grid view more efficient. You could swipe to the right on the dock to show a list of labels and tapping on a label would animate those apps together while hiding the rest. This allows you to do multiple tagging and apps with multiple tags can have their band label split into arcs of colors. It would be like having multiple home screens so you could have work apps and personal apps and when you're at work, tap the business label to hide personal apps and the tag could be inverted by tapping again so hide business apps.
Having pages and fixed icon sizes is easier to remember where apps are and lets you put important apps on the first page but not being able to skip to a page makes it a bit inefficient. That being said, I think zooming in and out of icons will be quite inefficient too and result in mistaken presses as some of the Apple Watch demos showed. If the display could detect your finger height above it, it could auto-zoom in and out to allow you to get the overview for efficiency and the precision when tapping without zooming manually.
To make it easier to avoid a massive hunt-and-peck operation on the phone, they could limit the height to an amount that roughly fits on the display so you are mostly swiping left/right like the pages and that way, grouped apps sit together more easily. Due to the small display on the Watch, the full 2D grid will probably be more efficient than having to swipe so much left/right.
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It all depends on the airline and/or manufacturer. First/Business Class can skip letters to keep the letters equalized from the larboard and starboard sides of the aircraft. If they didn't skip letters it would be 1A, 1B on the left, 1C, 1D on the right, but in coach you would have 10A, 10B, and 10C on the left. Not exactly confusing for the passenger or flight attendant, but it is what it is. I know it doesn't necessarily skip the even letters. It could 1A and 1B on the left and then 1E and 1F on the right, skipping C and D, instead of 1A and 1C on left, and 1D and 1F on right.
Wouldn't that be 1B? and 1D? :-)
(Ah, I see others got to it already..... )
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It all depends on the airline and/or manufacturer.
Good to know.I just board first and easily find my seat, because it is the first row. The one thing that bothers me is looking at all these people headed to the back of the plane as they board. I know they hate me. I'm not a bad person, I'm just rich.
I'm not sure of the implications but it might be better if first class boarded last as long as they keep our overheads clear.
I've been on many flights where there was no first class and even had chickens on board in the cabin so I am not a snob about flying economy. When first class is available and I can afford it I will choose that option.
Welcome to coach.
1) Still not a fan of the home screen icon layout like I am with the iPhone, but since you don't spend too much time there and the digital crown and touchscreen makes easy work of it, I don't think it would stop me or anyone else from buying it.
I think the home screen layout is brilliant.
1. What might take several swipes on an iPhone, can take a single swipe with this layout
2. Icons are larger at the center, making an easier hit target
3. It's extremely fast and easy to scan dozens and dozens of apps in a couple seconds
4. The circle icons make orientation less of an issue (unlike rounded corners)
5. Animations looks pretty gorgeous and fluid
I'm sure put A LOT of consideration into this. It definitely seems like a massive improvement over having to swipe multiple screens to find an app, and for this form factor it makes alot of sense.
I hope it goes on sale within week of the announcment !
I agree that they probably put an excessive amount of time in making sure it was the best choice and I agree that the resizing is cleverly done, but something about being circles or the number of icons shown seems too busy to me. I guess I prefer the additional black space in iOS (I use a black background on my home screens). But I can be won over with utility, and frankly I have no better idea for the icons. It's just my first reaction when I see the home screen.
2) There is a fart app already for ?Watch.
I had to go check it out after I read this.
Here I thought it was just an App to make fart sounds. Then I found out you can put your iPhone somewhere and send a remote fart to play on it. My kids are going to be begging me to get this one. At least that's what I'll tell people the first time I set it off.
something about being circles or the number of icons shown seems too busy to me.
I believe this and the hexagonal array were done partially to make the app icons appear more jewel-like. The recent images in vogue display the home screen and it doesn't look out of place against the couture.
You may be onto something here. I wonder if it might be possible to configure the home screen icons to be monochromatic (not necessarily grayscale, perhaps tinted to the individual's taste... Not everyone wants a full-color kaleidoscope hanging out on their wrist?
4 pt are completely useless. I don' t want my pricey watch to look like the backside of a washing detergent box ...
It's all for fashion. I thought this was obvious?
It looks like art really.
I think the home screen layout is brilliant.
1. What might take several swipes on an iPhone, can take a single swipe with this layout
2. Icons are larger at the center, making an easier hit target
3. It's extremely fast and easy to scan dozens and dozens of apps in a couple seconds
4. The circle icons make orientation less of an issue (unlike rounded corners)
5. Animations looks pretty gorgeous and fluid
I'm sure put A LOT of consideration into this. It definitely seems like a massive improvement over having to swipe multiple screens to find an app, and for this form factor it makes alot of sense.
Agree on all counts, great points. And of course, should Apple ever feel the urge to make a round Apple Watch, the home screen will be perfect.
http://demoapplewatch.com
It looks cluttered but I can see advantages with the layout. On the iPhone for example, it would negate the need for reachability if it allowed to you to pull the icons down beyond the top edge:
[VIDEO]
It allows easier rearranging of apps because you don't have to drag apps to the edge of the display and wait for it to swipe over. The grid can pan over very quickly and accelerate as you move the app closer to the edge.
To reduce clutter, they can make icon groups instead of pages. These can have a 0.5-1 icon separation around the group. To make a group, they can allow multiple selections. So tap-hold would make the bubbles wobble (scale up and down) and you could select multiple icons by tapping them and group to bring them into a separated part and you could perhaps have color markers (blank ones too that are just for tagging) like OS X labels where each circular app icon gets a color band around it to make them easier to spot. They could have a search option to limit apps by label or even genre e.g only display music apps or sports apps and it would let you find the app more easily.
It also allows for different shapes of icons like widgets because you aren't working to a fixed size. They'd have to specify maximum sizes (multiples of icon widths probably) but the UI in a widget can scale up and down as it comes into view. These icons can also be constantly oriented upright, even dock icons as they'd be round.
The dock would have to stay on the iPhone but this can be used to make the grid view more efficient. You could swipe to the right on the dock to show a list of labels and tapping on a label would animate those apps together while hiding the rest. This allows you to do multiple tagging and apps with multiple tags can have their band label split into arcs of colors. It would be like having multiple home screens so you could have work apps and personal apps and when you're at work, tap the business label to hide personal apps and the tag could be inverted by tapping again so hide business apps.
Having pages and fixed icon sizes is easier to remember where apps are and lets you put important apps on the first page but not being able to skip to a page makes it a bit inefficient. That being said, I think zooming in and out of icons will be quite inefficient too and result in mistaken presses as some of the Apple Watch demos showed. If the display could detect your finger height above it, it could auto-zoom in and out to allow you to get the overview for efficiency and the precision when tapping without zooming manually.
To make it easier to avoid a massive hunt-and-peck operation on the phone, they could limit the height to an amount that roughly fits on the display so you are mostly swiping left/right like the pages and that way, grouped apps sit together more easily. Due to the small display on the Watch, the full 2D grid will probably be more efficient than having to swipe so much left/right.
Um... I am sure they must create fantasy flights just for you. I fly Delta (Northwest before that).
Here you go: http://www.seatguru.com/airlines/Delta_Airlines/Delta_Airlines_Airbus_A320.php
Those first ? watch apps will look ohso naive in a few more years.
Kinda like those first iPhone apps Steve Jobs demoed on the original iPhone.
Those icons are ridiculously small.
This is just not going to appeal to older folk, who also tend to be rich folk.
There is something called progressive glasses...