Nov. 15th, 2009

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I have a program for the N900 called "Belltower" which finds belltowers. Currently its main screen looks like this:

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But there are several apps for the phone which have a common design of front screen: a set of icons arranged horizontally with captions beneath them, all in front of a gradient fill. I wondered about making the front screen look like this:

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(but with better-drawn icons; these were pulled off the net in ten minutes). The idea is:
  • By name allows you to type the name of a tower, e.g. "nicholas norton";
  • By area gives you a list of countries to choose from, and then counties within that;
  • Nearby uses the GPS to list all towers within fifty miles, in distance order;
  • Bookmarks is a list of towers you've bookmarked;
  • Recent is a list of the towers you've viewed recently.
Questions for you lot:
  1. Do you think the mockup is an improvement?
  2. Can you think of any better icons I could use?
  3. Any other thoughts?

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