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on 26 March 2013

App patterns applied: weather key journeys


These last few weeks we have looked at the concepts behind our ritual apps, and explored key journeys for each. Now it is the turn of the weather app!

Sitting down with visual design (visual designs coming soon, watch this space!), we fleshed out the original weather concept to explore how it will meet the user journeys prioritised from our rituals metaphor.

Check today’s weather and forecast

I wonder what I should wear?

A weather app is a utility we use every day to decide how to get to work or what to wear. It’s essential that this app tells us how hot or cold it’s going to be or how much rain or wind we should expect!

  • The home view of the app shows essential information for the current weather, such as temperature and precipitation. Tap on the information panel to check what you need to wear for today’s weather.
  • The temperature display is defaulted to the user’s preference.
  • As the user scrolls up, the forecasted weather gradually changes to reflect the weather over the course of the day.
  • Once the scroll has reached a certain threshold, the forecast for the next day will snap into full view.

View yesterdays weather

Can I wear the same thing as yesterday?

  • User scrolls down to see yesterdays weather (this history feature is limited to just one day previous)
  • User taps on the information panel to reveal extra information.

Manage locations

  • Consistent to the Clock app, edit the location list from the toolbar
  • Add a city by tapping on “add city”, and either selecting from the list or searching.
  • Edit the list of stored cities by swiping to clear or drag from the left edge to rearrange (This is a new pattern we’re considering to rearrange items).

View different cities

  • To view other cities’ forecasts, users tap on the tab to display the list of cities they have selected, scrolls to select the city they want to view.

So, this wraps up the key journeys for the weather app as well as all the other ritual apps. We’ll post some teasers of the apps in action soon, and visual design!!! Exciting times.

As usual,  feel free to get in touch with us on the Ubuntu Phone mailing list and the IRC channel.

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