[iOS/macOS] Widgets

MohamedHanyEl-Khouly

Is it added ??

RicardoPosada

I sorely miss the 1x1 quick entry widget from Journey. Please add it!

RicardoPosada

I just noticed there is an "approved" tag. GREAT!

What is the timeline to release the 1x1 quick entry widget?

timo

RicardoPosada This feature request is about iOS/macOS widgets. There is already a widget for Android and you can use the "quick access" action when long-pressing the app icon as 1x1 widget

RicardoPosada

timo Tried it and workes perfectly! Thank you.

EAPTCB

Plus 1

AvinashR

Yes please

Randommemee

@timo still thinking about this one?

timo

Randommemee I hope to deliver this feature with one of the next updates. Just a "On this day" widget for now that shows a (random) entry of the same day of previous years. I am not sure how it should look like design-wise, I am open to suggestions.

Are there any other widgets you'd like to see?

Jeroentb

Widgets are truly something that I’m looking forward to.

Widgets that would be great;

Visual picture widget (This day visual)
Tekst this day widget! Would be nice to have it on my homescreen. 🤩

Randommemee

Jeroentb hopefully @timo will listen to you!

Jeroentb

Randommemee think he already listened before my reply; I see that the request is planned 🥳

timo

I do want to add this feature, but I would appreciate any input on how this widget should look design & functionality-wise ("How should it look?", "What should happen when clicking on it?"). Unfortunately haven't received any such feedback yet.
Regarding your previous post: Unfortunately I don't know what you mean with "Visual picture widget (This day visual)" or "Tekst this day widget". Maybe you can explain in more detail?

Jeroentb

timo Hi Timo!

Thanks again for your reply! (gentle reminder: also check the other topic).

Bellow i tried to visualize it a bit (sorry: Word text fields … but it shows what I mean)

This is something that helps you?

Have a nice day!

Randommemee

Jeroentb the visual picture widget would be amazing

timo

Jeroentb Thanks for the mock-up - it gives us a good starting point for discussing the options.
As always, I want to keep things simple and take a minimalistic approach, so I want to implement the "most important" widget first (other widgets later, if there is enough demand from many users).
I want to add a "On this day" widget first, perhaps a "quick input" widget later. I currently don't have plans for "daily prompts".

A few questions:

Your topmost widget is labeled "visual picture widget" and the description reads as if it would display just any, random picture in the users database. But at the same time you also wrote "On this day" in both the widget and the second sentence. Which of the two options did you mean?
What entry does the second widget from top show? Also "on this day" entries or a random entry?
What text should be shown by default in the "On this day" widget? I think the date (incl. year) should always show. But apart from that only the picture? Also the heading? Also the text? Should the text "On this day" date also show on the widget (as in the topmost wdget)? I could make the widget configurable, but only a small percentage of users knows about that ability.
Not every user adds images to all of his entries. A widget that only shows an image doesn't work when there's no image in the entry to display. You write that as a replacement, the widget could use the color of the app. Do you mean the accent color that can be configured in the app settings? I am not sure if this would look appealing. I think a "normal" background color (white or grey) would be a better fit.
What is the expected behavior of the widget if the user protects the app using a password/PIN/FaceID? The only good option that comes to my mind is that the widget just shows an info, that it won't work as long as the protection is enabled

Jeroentb

timo Hi Timo!

Thanks for your comment! 🙂 Too bad about the "Daily prompt" -> I really think this is a very nice addition for anyone who journals. Think about it, maybe in the future. In the meantime i'll use Day One for the prompts... (Sorry)

About your points:

The first widget initially shows photos added on that day. If there are no photos, then perhaps random photos where the date adjusts to the date of the photo. This does not show a time in addition to the date of the photo that is displayed.
The second widget initially shows the text entered on the current day in recent years. If no dates are known, you could think of 6 months ago, otherwise 1 month ago, otherwise 1 week ago, otherwise yesterday... etc.?
Default text on the "on this day" widget should be: Year, date & content. So this is the TEXT variant. The first widget is the VISUAL variant.
When the visual photo widget is used and there are no photos, I would indeed display the accent color with perhaps a standard text (or photo) saying that this widget can be used when displaying photos from input in Diarium. If no photos are added, there is nothing to display.
When protecting the app with password/PIN/faceID, I would personally display what the widget would display. The reason is simple: it is apparently a conscious choice to display the widget.

Randommemee

timo Sad to say that the android widget s really "outdated" if you compare it with the ideas proposed here. It still used am "old" style of android widget thst has nothing to do with the new and pratical ios widgets that we are now seeing in android

Please consider implement these ideas also in android with an improved look🙂

Anyways just a suggestion.