WP9 Action Center Concept

[Trevor Wolfe]

Hey guys made a concept to improve the action center in WP9 by adding a brightness adjuster as well as scrollable action toggles. Let me know what you think.



and a quick vid showing the scrollable toggles: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awu01KnOW5s

sorry for the shaky toggles lol not sure how to do animation.

Also made a new music control concept.

 

[BatteryLife]

Those features are no doubt useful. Looks exactly like a Samesung ripoff though. That's EXACTLY what they did... not sure if its a good idea. And for those saying copying is okay, its okay only to some extent.

People will look at WP and say, since the top-bar (not sure what they calls it) is the same as Samesung, might as well get a Samesung with "more apps".

We don't want a Winsame Phone

 

[Trevor Wolfe]

It looks way better than Samsung toggles and Samsung toggles dont scroll they open down.

 

[BatteryLife]

It looks way better than Samsung toggles and Samsung toggles dont scroll they open down.

Uhh.. Idk which Samesung phone you are using, but on S Advance, S2, S3 and S4, they certainly do.

 

[ams963]

I just want more quick action icons. Four is not enough.

 

[Trevor Wolfe]

Well I'm sure Microsoft is working on it

 

[gerzhwin]

The toggles might come in handy, but a button for brightness profiles should be added.

 

[Silviu Bogusevschi]

These features are definitely useful and needed. I do expect MS to work a lot on the Action Center.

 

[colinkiama]

The toggles might come in handy, but a button for brightness profiles should be added.

there is. You can change them in the settings.

 

[gerzhwin]

there is. You can change them in the settings.

I know, but in a whole row for a brightness slider it would make perfect sense to integrate the corresponding quick setting. Otherwise this brightness section is not complete in my opinion.

 

[smoledman]

Definitely a brightness slider is a must. However while I had thought about scrollable quick-toggles, it could be a usability problem if you're always hunting around for them. iOS 7 has 5 quick toggles. The way they fit them in small width of screen is to use small glyphs in circles, no text. Somehow it works for them.

 

[YanivC]

Is that an endless scroll? That would be really difficult to navigate. What about the actions? Are the actions themselves interactive?

 

[Trevor Wolfe]

How I would implement it is that when you swipe over it transitions to the next four and snaps in place. The actions should be like Android. Single tap to toggle. Hold to enter settings page

 

[Squachy]

How I would implement it is that when you swipe over it transitions to the next four and snaps in place. The actions should be like Android. Single tap to toggle. Hold to enter settings page

I think that may work. I've been thinking the same thing when it comes to how to improve or add more toggles without destroying and mucking up everything (which anyone and everyone seems to do when thinking about the UI and how they want it to function). They do need to continue working on the action toggles though with regards to settings and on/off functionality. Its currently fairly inconsistent. The wifi one is an easy toggle off, but when you want to turn it on it takes you to the wifi page...all I ever wanted to do is turn it on/off not go to the settings page.

 

[Squachy]

Those features are no doubt useful. Looks exactly like a Samesung ripoff though. That's EXACTLY what they did... not sure if its a good idea. And for those saying copying is okay, its okay only to some extent.

People will look at WP and say, since the top-bar (not sure what they calls it) is the same as Samesung, might as well get a Samesung with "more apps".

We don't want a Winsame Phone

what? It already looks like that...He just added a brightness slighter underneath the toggles. and a scrubber for the now playing bar. If it looks the same to you....it already looks the same then.

 

[emperor_skull]

Lovely wish MS will borrow this

 

[Bong Yih]

I don't think you need a toggle for the action centre since you'll only be using a few core ones.

However, I do like the new music control concept and hope MS will implement it. Makes it easier to fast forward to a certain part of the song you like best. Not so sure about the screen brightness as I just set it to automatic and let my phone make the decision for me. If I don't, what's the purpose of having a smartphone that can't do things intelligently on its own?

 

[colinkiama]

Those features are no doubt useful. Looks exactly like a Samesung ripoff though. That's EXACTLY what they did... not sure if its a good idea. And for those saying copying is okay, its okay only to some extent.

People will look at WP and say, since the top-bar (not sure what they calls it) is the same as Samesung, might as well get a Samesung with "more apps".

We don't want a Winsame Phone

Whats wrong with copying? If we didn't copy, we wouldn't have cortana interests, action centre, shape writing and other great features that we got in 8.1. Think differently, we aren't copying, we are taking ideas from others and making them better

 

[TechFreak1]

Whats wrong with copying? If we didn't copy, we wouldn't have cortana interests, action centre, shape writing and other great features that we got in 8.1. Think differently, we aren't copying, we are taking ideas from others and making them better

In the words of Einstein, "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources". :winktongue:

 

[BatteryLife]

This is in no way changing the Samsung's notification centre (action centre). Its a direct port. There's no extra feature whatsoever.

If you are referring to WordFlow, ours is much more accurate, that's innovation. Cortana is a league on its own. Its like the best personal assistant out there. Sure, there are personal assistants before Cortana, but Cortana is much improved.

I cannot say the same about action centre in WP8.1 however. Its mediocre. Tap Wi-Fi to go into Wi-Fi settings instead of turning it off? Seriously? The only thing that it wins over the competition is the ability to suspend in midair without opening the notification centre. Heck, there's not even a mobile data setting. If you think that our action centre is better than the competition, please let me know why. I would LOVE to know why.

On-Topic however, this "concept" is a DIRECT PORT (aka RIP-OFF) from Samsung phones. If you have never used their phones, please at least use it once to understand why I said so. Scrollable to the right? Check. Brightness toggles? Check. Anddddd their action centre is much better. Hold to go into settings. Double finger to pull open entire list of toggles. Need I say more?

Copying is a sensitive issue... As I mentioned earlier, there's a limit to how much we can take or adapt.

This is too much.

All these are just my opinion though, you're free to dismiss them. Sometimes we must admit that things we have just aren't thaaaat good, and not protect them till death do you part.

“Those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”
― George Bernard Shaw