Each separate mail can be swiped left or right to either schedule or archive it. This is something that can be both a great experience or a gesture nightmare. I mean… Apple gets away with removing the home button because they are Apple, everyone knows about it, but would you dare to replace your menu with a swipe? Taking that one step further, would you hide content behind a swipe? However, by making these gestures reveal hidden content they are easily either never discovered or plain confusing. By giving tasks a more natural hand/finger gesture users are able to feel more at home within your app. Micro-interactions are great, they bring static processes to life and are an opportunity to express your humanist design approach. The example below is a nice dribbble shot of what thinking outside of the box lists may look like whilst remaining clean and simple. Paper To-Do lists are messy and old, why remind me of older times in a digital space?Īpps like Trello hit a little closer to home when it comes to a cleaner and simpler interface but are still shackled by the design of the same calendar that I think holds them back. The checklist feel makes me wonder how it’s any better than lined paper despite its efforts to make me feel comfortable with its visual reminder.
This is something Apple’s Reminder app has not succeeded in. However, I think more needs to be done to challenge existing schemas of lists.
By creating a consistent visual system throughout your lists they are easily recognisable and create a ‘call to action’ when you are presented with the visual over time. This one speaks for itself, a clutterless To-Do list with only your most important tasks in focus would be great.
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