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I disagree about them needing to be separate. Once you have that panel open (and knowing how to open it is the problem), you see the two high level selectors t

I disagree about them needing to be separate. Once you have that panel open (and knowing how to open it is the problem), you see the two high level selectors that you need. If you only need one, then the other is harmless and will not confuse you; you will just not touch it.

pmontra 4y ago
Of course it's better to have them moving separately, otherwise somebody would move 12*n times the month to move n times the year, before discovering that the year also moves, if they'll ever discover it. However a better solution would be to show only the month and only the year in two separate screens. No surprises, no chances of using the UI inefficiently. And for 12 months, you can show all of them together on the screen. Same for the years, you can show more than one at the same time and scroll many of them together.
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- michaelteter 4y ago
  Absolutely they should _move_ separately, but they can both be visible at the same time. I'm not suggesting that they are stuck together; that would be pointless.
  - bbbobbb 4y ago
    I think you're talking about slightly different things. The issue (which I agree with) is that the month and date "share" a continuous grey background which makes them seem connected. They can be visible at the same time, but it would make sense to me to separate the backgrounds as to indicate that they can be scrolled separately before touching them.
    - michaelteter 4y ago
      Ok, I see. Yes I do agree that having some visual indication of independence of month from year would be better than none. Although in this case since the only thing you can do is try to touch and move something, it only takes one "not sure what this does-touch" action to discover that they are independent; and then you know how to operate it. Not ideal, but low on the pain scale.

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I disagree about them needing to be separate. Once you have that panel open (and knowing how to open it is the problem), you see the two high level selectors t

by michaelteter 4y ago

pmontra 4y ago
Of course it's better to have them moving separately, otherwise somebody would move 12*n times the month to move n times the year, before discovering that the year also moves, if they'll ever discover it. However a better solution would be to show only the month and only the year in two separate screens. No surprises, no chances of using the UI inefficiently. And for 12 months, you can show all of them together on the screen. Same for the years, you can show more than one at the same time and scroll many of them together.
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- michaelteter 4y ago
  Absolutely they should _move_ separately, but they can both be visible at the same time. I'm not suggesting that they are stuck together; that would be pointless.
  - bbbobbb 4y ago
    I think you're talking about slightly different things. The issue (which I agree with) is that the month and date "share" a continuous grey background which makes them seem connected. They can be visible at the same time, but it would make sense to me to separate the backgrounds as to indicate that they can be scrolled separately before touching them.
    - michaelteter 4y ago
      Ok, I see. Yes I do agree that having some visual indication of independence of month from year would be better than none. Although in this case since the only thing you can do is try to touch and move something, it only takes one "not sure what this does-touch" action to discover that they are independent; and then you know how to operate it. Not ideal, but low on the pain scale.