HIG Iteration - Bottom action bar
Rethinking page actions
There have been many complaints about the current action system.
We currently have that our 3 main actions (main, left, right) are floating at the bottom of the page, with all other actions being put into the right sidebar (bottom aligned). The initial design was meant to be similar to BB10, as it places actions within a reachable distance for your thumb near the bottom of the page.
However:
- The floating page handles and action buttons cover content on the page
- Labels are not on the main actions (only icons) and so they don't provide indication of what they do unless the icon is obvious
- There have been complaints about their appearance
Our current action system was inspired by BB10:
@mdelafuente gave us this mockup for iterating on the current design:
@devinlin also attempted a different design:
see #72 (closed) for previous discussion