Description:

When users on Summit tap on a post with an image on their mobile devices, it would significantly enhance the user experience if they could swipe upwards to directly navigate to the comments section of that post. This interaction would be similar to how Reddit handles navigation for image posts.


Benefits:

  1. Streamlined Navigation: Users can quickly move from viewing the image to reading and engaging with comments, creating a more fluid and interactive experience.
  2. User-Friendly Interface: This feature aligns with intuitive swipe gestures that are common in mobile apps, making Summit more accessible and user-friendly.
  3. Enhanced Engagement: By simplifying the path to comments, this feature encourages more users to participate in discussions, thereby fostering a more vibrant community.

Implementation Details:

  • Swipe Gesture: When a user is viewing an image post on mobile and swipes upwards, the app should transition smoothly to the comments section of the post.
  • Visual Cue: Optionally, a subtle visual cue (e.g., a small upward arrow at the bottom of the screen) could be added to indicate this swipe action.
  • Animation: The transition should be smooth and visually pleasing, minimizing any abrupt changes.

Impact on Existing Features:

This feature would complement existing navigation and post interaction methods without altering them, ensuring consistency across the app’s interface.

By incorporating this feature, Summit can improve its usability and create a more engaging experience for its users, aligning with the intuitive expectations set by other popular social media platforms.

  • idunnololz@lemmy.worldM
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    5 days ago

    This is kind if a crazy feature to support from a technical perspective. Its going to be difficult to support especially since this would 100% need to be optional. I played around with this design in the Reddit app and i can say personally that I’m not a fan. Mostly because it created this weird new state where you are viewing a post but the UI is different. I’ve no idea how I’d make it behave but I did not like it at all when i tested it in the Reddit app.

  • smeg@feddit.uk
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    4 days ago

    Why not just click on the post instead of opening the image preview? You still see the image full-size and the comments are already there.