Some design suggestions

[Bulogan]

Hi, I created this mock-up to suggest a few changes to further improve the UX.

left is the current implementation and right is my suggestion.

Home screen

Individual Post

• Option for the title to be on top of the picture in large and full height submission image style.
• Move the karma score from the title to the next line
• proper/original casing for the r/subreddit ∙ username
• add flair support
• add community awards
• increase the padding in between submissions
• auto hide header for more immersive experience

this suggestions will increase the info bar from 2 lines to 3. I think it will create a cleaner look.

Post and comment view

Inside a post

remove the comment preview from minimized comment
flair support

Slightly scrolled up

• move the karma score to the strip
• shorten time from n HR. AGO to nh
• original casing in the info (e.g. r/subreddit ∙ username ∙ time posted )
• add a community awards support (gold, silver, and platinum only)
• add subreddit name in the header where the close button is (not permanent, only when scrolled down in the comments)

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I'm not a programmer, just some suggestion. I will update this if I think of more.

[AbsurdlySuspicious]

Some related issues and my personal comments:

add flair support

#238 - less "invasive" implementation proposal

auto hide header for more immersive experience

#208 - suggests hiding toolbar with sorting selection button. Not sure about hiding action bar, I'd personally prefer to see what sub I'm browsing right now, especially when I open Dawn from recents after some time

remove the comment preview from minimized comment

Your concern is saving vertical space? I think that'd hurt UX pretty much: harder to distinguish between collapsed comments + less space to tap (might introduce accidental missclicks)

Move the karma score from the title to the next line
move the karma score to the strip

What's the motivation behind this? Also that'd introduce some inconsistency:

• Score is in different places in list and post views
• In post view, header is still swipeable so you can vote for the post, but its score is placed on non-swipeable part

add subreddit name in the header where the close button is

Another option is add post title and/or playback controls here: #223, #124

shorten time from n HR. AGO to nh
original casing
community awards support

Completely agree here

[Bulogan]

#238 - less "invasive" implementation proposal

it's the same, just in different location. but in my opinion it's more functional to put it right before username, time posted. user doesn't look for username fist they want to see what type of post it is.

#208 - suggests hiding toolbar with sorting selection button. Not sure about hiding action bar, I'd personally prefer to see what sub I'm browsing right now, especially when I open Dawn from recents after some time

Agreed, but you can slightly swipe up though. just a minor inconvenience for better visibility.

Your concern is saving vertical space? I think that'd hurt UX pretty much: harder to distinguish between collapsed comments + less space to tap (might introduce accidental missclicks)

eh, it look cleaner. plus, you already minimized it. for the miss-clicks can probably add bit more padding, I use all reddit client in the playstore this feature is common and does not impair any of the UX, at least for me.

What's the motivation behind this? Also that'd introduce some inconsistency:

the title alignment for sure. its really inconsistent. plus there are no separator between karma and title.

• Score is in different places in list and post views

the number of comments have the same behaviour though.

Another option is add post title and/or playback controls here: #223, #124

whats the reason for it though. playback controls doesn't really add to the experience and dawn doesn't have pip or youtube-like experience when reading comments.

i'm okay with title, but there are some communities that massively different from the other, knowing what subreddit i'm on really helps, just like you said above.

[AbsurdlySuspicious]

it's the same, just in different location

I mean, it takes less steps to implement. I didn't say is it better or worse than this concept

you can slightly swipe up though

You're right I think, It's not that much of a inconvenience. Hope it won't interfere with swipeable activity behavior.

it look cleaner

I don't think deliberately hiding content without real profit is the right way

title alignment

Score at least should be in the same place on both views. There is also one more thing: you use 3 lines per post for list view, where vertical space is more important (at least in thumbnails mode) and then you use 2 lines in the post header. I don't say that 3 lines is bad, but I don't see any point in using different layout in post view.

the number of comments have the same behaviour though

This is not good, too, but it has a reason: post view has an entire line of controls dedicated to comments (count, sorting, refresh)

whats the reason for it though. playback controls doesn't really add to the experience

This is explained in #124. You can decide whether you want or not to listen to the media in background while reading comments after scrolling down. It doesn't have to be full featured controls but just play/pause button.

[binocry]

add feature: need search post/word on some post, unsubcribe subreddit & look read message too