What is the first thought that comes to mind when we discuss apps from businesses in the "offline" world? Especially when corporations try…
What is the first thought that comes to mind when we discuss apps from businesses in the "offline" world? Especially when corporations try to make services. Stereotypical, painful thoughts show up: some third-party developers tried to implement the designs drawn by a creative agency. Few people thought about guidelines, best practice, and responsiveness. Servers answer however God puts it on their soul. God willing, they answer at all. You never know when the app will decide to throw you from native mode into a web view. Hello, Pathé — the riddle app. As part of the fight against stereotypes and for a better future, today's guest is Timepage. The fight did not start yesterday; it has been going on for five years. What were you working on five years ago? Five years ago Moleskine released a planner calendar app. Even before the wave of calendar-app startups began. Moleskine Studio released a benchmark app. It is not an upsell for notebooks and not a check-the-box project destined to get lost in corporate depths. It is an independently created and lovingly maintained digital product. Admire the onboarding and the offer to choose a color. Users will not understand! Let us call it natural selection. If you did not understand, then you probably cannot pay $20 either. I love the app for its own rethought approach to the calendar. It is not a reskin of the system app with features bolted on; it is a different interpretation of the idea of a calendar. An interpretation with its own interaction and interface approach. - Three side dots near the right edge of the screen hint that you can swipe. Curiously, you do not need to put dots on the other edge — it becomes clear that gestures work both ways. - Look how, for smooth interaction and a feeling of continuity, at the moment of screen zoom the app hides event names and leaves empty cells. It works fast and removes the question of "how do you zoom text that has been typeset?" After five years the app has not lost its polish; it still looks sexy. My separate love: the back arrow is at the bottom of the screen, not at the top.