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Site Switcher UI is a bit confusing
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Description
Expected behavior
The Site Switcher has somewhat the appearance of a dropdown, so I expected to tap anywhere in the area and be presented with a switcher.
Actual behavior
Instead, there are actually four different tappable areas:
- The icon lets you change the site icon
- The title lets you change the site title
- The URL takes you to the site in a web view
- The down arrow shows the site switcher
I would argue that if you have more than one site, the latest action would be way more common than the other three, except maybe visiting the site.
Tested on Moto G5 Plus, Android 8.1, WPAndroid alpha-249
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Reproduce the Site Switcher behavior described in the issue on Android and compare the four tappable areas shown in the attached screenshot. Review the current switcher UI and determine a clearer primary interaction for sites; done means the revised behavior is implemented and the separate icon, title, URL, and switcher actions remain understandable.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- android, kotlin
- Domain
- design, mobile
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100