Android - remove coffee book image

ALew

I have diarium on my windows laptop. Recently bought it for my phone.. honestly the fact I can't change the menu heading image of this cup of coffee and book thing like I can w windows version is driving. Me. Crazy. If I'm just missing something help a gal out. Or fix it pleeaaase

timo

Do you have a suggestion what else could be placed at that spot? I don't want the menu to move all the way up as it would make accessing the buttons a bit harder

wemake

Could it be personalized with a custom photo?

timo

I only want to add options for the most important settings, otherwise the already crowded settings screen will become unusable. I want to avoid feature creep

wemake

timo
I feel you could just put all the "less important" features in an advanced menu. If someone really wants to use those they can find it, otherwise there isn't any reason for the casual user to go into that menu.

timo

wemake implementing all those "less important" features still take up initial development time + ongoing development time for bug fixes or similar. The more code is in the app, the more time I need to dedicate that code to maintain in the future.
Plus the voluntary app translators have more work to do to translate those features & settings texts to their language.
That's why I prefer defaults over customizable settings and only add customizable settings for things for which I cannot find a default that fits a large majority of the users. Hope that makes sense.

If I started to make the coffee/book header photo customizable, another user might not like the icons used in the app and asks to make them customizable. Where would I stop? Unfortunately, it's not possible to make the app 100% perfect for everyone, but I am trying to get as close as possible

Silas

timo This is the most sensible thing I have ever read. Quite possibly the best app I have used with the best developer to have created it with the best support ever received from any app. I see your point... I do like the default image, and it’s not a huge deal because it’s not in the main view either way. This is what happened to Journey. There are SO many bugs because they keep adding new features. Yes, it’s cool but where is the usefulness if it keeps breaking on various devices and it’s too much to reproduce because there are so many variables to consider? Exactly why I left even after having bought and regretted the lifetime purchase...

MZE

Instead of making it customizable I think that you could consider switching the current image on the header menu to something more minimalistic/neutral (eg. a simple image showing the icon design).

bducoffre

I'm sure if the option would exist, I'd spend some time choosing a picture, BUT to be honest, ... i quite like the coffee pic we have at the moment

GaryStuartWicks

bducoffre

bducoffre absolutely, it's a coffee, take the time to enjoy one then back to work

kora

i like the coffee picture as well, on windows you can't even see it, on android only if you choose the main menu, on ios i can't recall at the moment since i haven't used my ipad in a while... a minor cosmetic change really

Basil

Coffee pic is great, but if tapping on it would allow to choose different picture from phone drive, it would both allow to avoid interface overload (as exactly zero new buttons would be added), and allow those like me to have something else instead.
Of course, the app is yours, Timo - but the diary is mine 🙂 And in a classic notebook offline diary I would definitely put a polaroid of something I like, for example my cats, onto the cover. Only makes sense to have the same ability in a digital diary.

timo

Basil Setting the picture would add zero new buttons but how could the user remove the custom picture to go back to the default one?

Basil

timo If a user has a custom picture, then tapping on a picture could produce an alert with two options: "Pick another"/"Restore default". If the picture is default, then tap transfers user directly to "choose picture" scenario. Zero buttons in both scenarios, nice 😌

hamster

timo is this still expected to be implemented in the near future?

timo

I never said that this will be implemented. I think there are other things that are more important and which I will take are of first. @Basil suggestion on how to implement this in the UI is good, but I will need to think more about it once I have the time