Launcher Card View Segmentation for Navigation Speed
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current desktop launchers lack an efficient and user-friendly interface for organizing and accessing applications, contacts, notes, and documents, leading to clutter and increased time spent navigating through multiple screens.
Innovation Solution
The implementation of a launcher interface that features cards and pages, where cards provide a compact view of frequently used items and functions, and pages offer a scrollable, full-screen view of associated content, ordered by usage frequency, time, and user preference, allowing users to easily switch between card and page views via user input gestures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a traditional launcher interface with multiple screens and folders is used, then all applications and functions can be organized, but navigation time increases and user convenience decreases
Solution Approach 1:
The launcher interface is segmented into two complementary views: card view for quick access to frequently used items, and full view for comprehensive browsing. This segmentation allows users to switch between a condensed efficient interface and an expanded complete interface, resolving the contradiction between quick access and comprehensive organization.
Solution Approach 2:
The interface dynamically transitions between card view and full view based on user interaction. The card view presents a condensed subset of items for rapid access, while the full view expands to show all items when needed. This dynamic adaptation allows the system to optimize for speed when possible while maintaining complete accessibility when required.
2Ease of operation
If all content related items are displayed on the desktop, then accessibility improves, but interface clutter increases
Solution Approach 1:
The interface segments content into card view showing a curated subset of frequently used items, and full view showing all items. This segmentation maintains desktop cleanliness while preserving accessibility, as users can access all items through the full view when needed without permanent clutter on the desktop.
Solution Approach 2:
The frequently used items are extracted and highlighted in the card view on the desktop, while less frequently used items remain accessible through the full view. This extraction principle allows the desktop to remain uncluttered while maintaining quick access to essential items.
3Productivity
If a compact card view is used, then navigation speed improves, but access to less frequently used items becomes harder
Solution Approach 1:
The interface dynamically switches between card view optimized for navigation speed and full view optimized for comprehensive access. Users can transition between views based on their current needs, allowing the system to adapt to both quick navigation requirements and comprehensive browsing requirements.
Solution Approach 2:
The card view serves multiple functions: it provides quick access to frequently used items, acts as a navigation hub to the full view, and maintains aesthetic cleanliness. The full view similarly serves as both a comprehensive catalog and a source for returning to card view, creating a universal interface system that handles multiple user needs.
Data Source
AI summary
The disclosure relates to a method for interaction. At least one card is presented in a UI of a launcher, each of the at least one card comprises content related items associated with a category of the card. A page is presented in response to a user input indicating switching from presentation of a card to presentation of the page, the page comprises content related items associated with a category of the page, the card is of the same category as the page and comprises a subset of the content related items of the page.