Timeline Screen View/Edit Screen
  | Timeline Screen:
The timeline shows a scrollable
list of journal entries. The list
grows downward in chronological
order as new entries are added
using the "new entry" button,
which is always after the last entry
in the journal.
A divider is inserted each time the
entries on screen belong to different
months/years. An identical divider
is always at the top of the screen
showing the month and year of the
first entry on the screen.
The list scrolls slightly past the
last entry so that the "new entry"
button is near the center of the
screen when at the end.
Each entry shows a time and
abbreviated date, as well as a
snippet of the actual entry (first
few words of the text, a photo
thumbnail).
Clicking on an entry takes the
user to the view screen.
The context menu (press and
hold on the touch screen) allows
the user to share the post.
Clicking on the "new entry" button
View/Edit Screen:
The app uses the same screen
for both view and edit functions by
employing "view" and "edit" modes.
The edit screen shows
In view mode, the time and rough
location of the post are shown at the
top of the scrollable pane, and the
journal post as-is in an editable
text box with embedded pictures
and contact linksentry is shown as series of
paragraphs of text (with embedded
contact links) and pictures.
The context menu allows the user
to take a new photo, import a picture
from the SD card, or add a contact
link. Normal copy-paste functionality
also works, as with standard android
apps.
In edit mode, the entry is editable
like a text box (with flashing cursor),
and a "save" button appears in the
lower right corner at all times.
The app comes with a "welcome"
journal entry that shows the kinds
of content users can add to a
journal entry.
Each new journal entry defaults to
the current time and location, lets
the user alter these manually by
entering a different time&date, and
selecting a location on the map.
| Pros:
Timeline screen:
The new entry button in the timeline
screen is labeled with a "+" icon.
View/Edit screen:
The WYSIWYG editor/view screen
helps learnability by minimizing the
application so there is less to learn.
Cons:
View/Edit screen:
| Pros:
Cons: | - Accidentally creating a new post is easily
undone by not saving the newly created post.
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- Accidental deletions will be addressed
using an undo system. |