4.1.3 Application GUI structure
The GUI of the dialers keeps the particular platform’s design guidelines. Although their look differ across the platforms the organization of the menus and functions remain the same.
The application top layer consist of the following elements:
Navigation menu
- Extended menu
- Main screen
The main screen presents views chosen using navigation or extended menu. The default view shown in the main screen is “Contacts” view.
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Navigation menu
The menu fixed icons include “Contacts”, “Recents”, “Chats” and “Extended menu”. The fourth icon shows the last used view from the extended menu. By default this icon is set to “Dialpad”.
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Extended menu
This view combines the additional menus with the user profile picture (avatar) and his status text (description).
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Selecting one of the menus from the list below the avatar will bring the main screen back with the selected view in it. The top menu remain visible.