Comment by Toxip
@ossi1967 the tab bar animation would distinguish them and the light ball indicates when the left swipe moves backwards or forwards. However it shouldn't be used anywhere else but the main page because...
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@toxip How would you distinguish between a 'move to next tab' gesture and a 'show next page' gesture? It's both a swipe sideways, isn't it?
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@AliNa it won't if it's done properly and conveyed to the user. A good example how it's done well is tweetian.
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@Toxip and this left- and right-swipe will be mixed up with back/forward gestures. However, I think SimpleWeather with multiple cities is a good example.
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@ossi1967 I don't see how tab bar is the SFOS philosophy. Quite the contrary, they would fit well in the gesture centric UI. You could swipe left and right to switch between the tabs.
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@r0kk3rz that is indeed possible it has a drawback. The user doesn't know where on the stack and has to learn where each page is. With a proper tab bar, you can see where you are and wont get lost. HN...
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nothing stopping a developer pushing several pages onto the stack and persisting them as a tab-like structure. Navigation by scrolling left and right.
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I'm not sure I understand. When would you need such a component? I've seen a tab-like UI once and it felt out of place. It was nothing that couldn't have been placed in one longer flickable page... or...
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The sailfish silica needs a tab component. Currently silica supports only list and menu based navigation but many apps require a flat navigation hierarchy. The lack of official silica tab component has...
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