The most common route in the apps I use seems to be not using the menu/three dots button at all. The second most common seems to be to duplicating the function of the menu/three dots button with a three dots or other button in the menu bar at the top of the app display.
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:55 PM, Jord van der Elst <[email protected]> wrote: > Okay, but then really: if the buttons are going away, shouldn't we > make BOINC behave the same on all devices, be it those still with the > buttons and those without the buttons? > Or is that not possible due to programming language idiosyncrasies > between Android versions? Functions not being available on all Android > versions? > > -- Jord van der Elst. > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:46 PM, Eric J Korpela > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Unfortunately, no. The menu button has been deprecated on new devices, > > having been replaced by the "three dots" "button" for compatibility with > > older apps. Most new phones are 3 button (back,home,recent apps), one > > button, or zero button (3 buttons emulated on the touch screen with the > > "three dots" button appearing when necessary). The search button is > > entirely gone. I'm guessing new android apps aren't supposed to use the > > "three dots" "button". > > > > Of course this makes new apps confusing on older devices as the menu > button > > does nothing, but does not disappear as an indication that there is no > menu > > function. That's why, on the older device I was using, there was no > "three > > dots", but also no indication that the menu button had any function. > > > > On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 2:35 PM, Jord van der Elst <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:19 PM, Joachim Fritzsch > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > 3. There's no obvious way to attach to a project by URL. > >> >>> Also by intention. That is not standard use-case. The location is > >> >>> unchanged to the previous versions, the three dots in the projects > >> >>> tab. > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> There are no "three dots" in the projects tab. Just the + sign to > add > >> >> projects and a suspend button. Regardless, it's confusing not to > have > >> >> it as > >> >> part of the "add project" function. > >> >> > >> > > >> > If you are on a device with a physical menu button, than it does not > >> > display three dots in the top bar, but opens the same menu when that > >> > button is pressed. > >> > >> So what will the documentation state about this? Something like: "To > >> add a project by URL, you click the three dots next to Tasks, chose > >> Projects, click the three dots next to Tasks again and add the project > >> by URL. If this does not work for you, try clicking the three dots > >> next to Task, chose Projects, click the menu button on your device and > >> now add the project by URL." ? > >> > >> Why the need for two different places for one such function? Doesn't > >> every Android device have a menu button, be it either at the left or > >> right bottom? > >> At least when these functions are all put under the menu button, it's > >> easier to explain to people how to get there. If only to not get into > >> the situation in the thread I pointed out, where I told a person how > >> to get there from my viewpoint, not knowing there was another way to > >> get there on different devices. And then half and half getting into a > >> heated discussion as others see it from how their device does it, so > >> then my method must be wrong. Or my device broken. > >> > >> > >> > >> -- Jord van der Elst. > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "BOINC Android Testing" group. > >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send > an > >> email to [email protected]. > >> To post to this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> Visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/boinc-android-testing. > >> To view this discussion on the web visit > >> > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/boinc-android-testing/CAEXjb0dYactTiNX%2B-SDStM98Hw0L43zB8Oda2T5a3r3mJG0Khg%40mail.gmail.com > . > >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BOINC Android Testing" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to > [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/boinc-android-testing. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/boinc-android-testing/CAEXjb0dZVB8R2GUkebvMcYhwihxqF2ZpCv7yH%3D_T2jLjseW4zg%40mail.gmail.com > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > _______________________________________________ boinc_dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ssl.berkeley.edu/mailman/listinfo/boinc_dev To unsubscribe, visit the above URL and (near bottom of page) enter your email address.
