Calling Themers and Appleteers! My Humble view
For Home2Pro to really fly it must present a seemless feel and flow to the user. With only a few exceptions, this approach is being made difficult by the fragmented developments of the past 3 months, though much good has come of the work so far. Each effort is a work of art in it's own right but usually don't appeal to all.
However, if a core group of people set out to develop a borderless UI;
- where applets could be called from within each other,
- icons were common across the selected applets
- Users could drop the functions they desired into a host applet manager,
the outcome would be a more presentable professional looking product.
Some fundamentals;
- No data is duplicated on any one screen (eg date or time!!)
- Icons are conventional and consistent in look, location and action (eg 'tap n hold' weather summary opens ImaleWeather applet, settings icons are consistent and in the same location on each screen)
- Toggle navigation is optimised where possible for option selection (faster than multiple screen loads)
We already have the beginnings of this eg, AmanaUI, SlideToday, WildWideHome and under the energetic collaboration of Nimche, Monte, Jo-keks, and others.
My efforts to combine and standardise screens may help to explain my thoughts in pictures. Don't be distracted by the content of these screens, just look for the common feel and flow across what were originally very different looking screens.
Anyone up for it?
