[bottom edge] Current bottom edge hint timeout makes it difficult to read the bottom edge action

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan]

Currently when you open the address book, dialer app, clock app etc, the bottom edge hint is visible and shows what the action is. This hint is hidden after a few seconds. This makes it difficult for the user to understand what the bottom edge does if he didn't read the bottom edge text in time.

In the clock app design at https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Kkl7xT8BYo9mT8i3IXh6rPrDlNg6cBxTajahlRYIGlI/edit#slide=id.g18587dd40_029 (Slide 4), the bottom edge text is supposed to show the time to the next alarm. By hiding this hint, it renders that text useless since it is hidden.

-- Solution --
- Hint tab is always displayed by default
- When interacting with the content on screen it collapses (e.g. dialler - typing numbers, address book, clock - scrolling)
- When user stops interacting, it reappears after 5 seconds

https://docs.google.com/a/canonical.com/presentation/d/1YuB3SW5UKI5t9ox4Gc9snsOnFAr1j0PTFjbtK-eLO8w/edit#slide=id.g386935507_0225

[Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)]

Showing/hiding the bottom edge hint is a tricky one.
The proposal to hide the hint if you scroll up in the screen won't work with all applications. Especially with those, where there is no view to scroll, e.g. dialer app.

The initial idea was to show the hint for the first 3-5 times after launching the app, because user will learn what the bottom edge does.

The recommended solution can be either a combination or change to the following points:
1. Extend the bottom edge collapse to 5sec &/or
2. Only collapse the hint after user starts interacting with the content of the screen; dialer - typing numbers, address book - scrolling, etc

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Can you decide on a solution and list them in a comment for the address book, dialer and clock app. The developers can then get started on their implementation.

[Nekhelesh Ramananthan (nik90)]

Personally I am leaning towards the 2nd solution which is to collapse the hint only when the user starts interacting with the content on the screen since for the clock app the bottom edge text shows a useful text which I feel should be shown all the time instead of hiding it automatically.

[Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)]

Well, since the above mentioned projects are linked to this bug, the developers working on them are very much aware of the situation.
I believe they will start working to fix this issue when best convenient for them.

[Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)]

We need to define a behaviour which will be best for many application and this can take some time.

[Giorgio Venturi (giorgio-venturi-deactivatedaccount)]

I second the second option. Maybe we could have a default focused state for the bottom edge tab.
Once focus is removed, bottom edge hint is hidden.

[Olga Kemmet (olga-kemmet)]

The 2nd solution it is then.

[PS Jenkins bot (ps-jenkins)]

Fix committed into lp:~phablet-team/address-book-app/staging at revision 299, scheduled for release in address-book-app, milestone Unknown

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package address-book-app - 0.2+14.10.20140919-0ubuntu1

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address-book-app (0.2+14.10.20140919-0ubuntu1) utopic; urgency=low

  [ Leo Arias ]
  * [PageWithBottomEdge] Consider the drag direction to dismiss or show
    the bottom edge page. [ContactListPage] Implemented empty state
    message on contact list, based on messaging app [ContactViewPage]
    Changed avatar view visuals. [Application] Move app icons as part of
    the package. (LP: #1357945)

  [ Renato Araujo Oliveira Filho ]
  * [PageWithBottomEdge] Consider the drag direction to dismiss or show
    the bottom edge page. [ContactListPage] Implemented empty state
    message on contact list, based on messaging app [ContactViewPage]
    Changed avatar view visuals. [Application] Move app icons as part of
    the package. (LP: #1357945)
 -- Ubuntu daily release <email address hidden> Fri, 19 Sep 2014 17:56:25 +0000

[Ubuntu Phone Apps Jenkins Bot (ubuntu-phone-apps-jenkins-bot)]

Fix committed into lp:ubuntu-clock-app at revision 131, scheduled for release in ubuntu-clock-app, milestone rtm