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Subject:Re: What would you call this? From:Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com> Date:Mon, 14 Apr 2014 12:31:18 -0700
It's not a status bar as the term is defined in the iOS guidelines. It
sounds like the kind of custom UI the guidelines explicitly say not
to create.
On Mon, Apr 14, 2014 at 12:00 PM, Bill Swallow <techcommdood -at- gmail -dot- com> wrote:
> The fact that the developers extended the Status bar doesn't change its
> name.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 12:34 PM, Tammy Van Boening <
> tammyvb -at- spectrumwritingllc -dot- com> wrote:
>
>> It's actually a status bar as Tony says but it has a tool on it - the
>> Settings button. The developers apparently expanded the status bar to
>> include a tool rather than making it a separate toolbar, so . . . .
>>
>> It's Friday - I am not gonna' think about it today.
>>
>> TGIF,
>>
>> TVB
>>
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>> On Behalf Of Tony Chung
>> Sent: Friday, March 28, 2014 8:02 AM
>> To: rebecca officer
>> Cc: techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com
>> Subject: Re: What would you call this?
>>
>> Apple lingo:
>> - Status bar - that which Tammy described
>> - Notification bar - a temporary banner that pops up and overlays the top
>> of
>> the screen temporarily, if the user has chosen to display alerts as
>> banners.
>>
>> Robert posted a link to Apple's human interface guidelines, which would be
>> the best reference.
>>
>> -Tony
>>
>> On Thursday, March 27, 2014, rebecca officer <
>> rebecca -dot- officer -at- alliedtelesis -dot- co -dot- nz> wrote:
>>
>> > The Internets seem to be calling it either the "status bar" or the
>> > "notification bar".
>> >
>> > Cheers
>> > Rebecca
>> >
>> >
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