Zhephree

Since the launch of incredible! is near, I thought I’d give an overview of the journey it’s taken from October 2010 to today:

As you probably know, incredible! started out as a Mojo app for webOS phones. It still exists as that and may one day be released, but for now, its DNA (duplicate detection algorithms, etc) live on in the Enyo app. Show here is how the main stream used to look.

This is what the Detail View of an item looked like. Many of the same ideas are still in the Enyo app, but obvious the look and feel has greatly changed.

Here’s the Publisher drop down. Because of the space theme, I wanted to take it further and call posts “Transmissions”. This was probably a bad idea.

Still maintaining the Space theme, but offering users an option of using two new themes: Wood and Grass. The bubbles around items changed to a speech bubble style and remained white at all times. Rules now outlined the bubbles instead of changing the entire background as in earlier versions.

Also visible is the Navigation Wheel. The wheel was a new style of navigation designed to let you use one hand to drive the entire app. Hold your thumb on the wheel, it slides out, slide your thumb to a button, lift up, and boom, action occurs.

Here’s a newer version of the detail panel. This acts very much like a sliding panel in webOS 3.0 where you can grab it and slide it off the screen. The design is almost identical to the Enyo version of the app.

Then I started to focus on the Enyo version of the app. Looks very true to the Mojo version, but looks a bit drab.

The app got a Welcome pane to get you started.

And here’s the Enyo version of the Publisher. A little prettier, but still about as functional (or not).

Here we are with a new stream Wood background, brighter colors on the the chrome, and an over-all cleaner look.

The Detail Pane looks much like the Mojo version, but much cleaner and sleeker.

Some networks’ items in the stream feature footers with extra information.

Instead of adding time stamps on every item, Time Flags appear every half hour or so in your timeline to give you an idea of when an item was posted. You can always see more exact time by viewing the item’s details.

And the publisher gets more useful: attach a link, photos, or your GPS position to the post. It also features a character counter (or two, if necessary).

And it gets even more useful! Built-in autocomplete for Twitter usernames. The Suggestion list moves with the cursor so it’s always where it’s easiest to access.

So that’s it so far, but more to come! My awesome Beta testers have been pushing me hard and I think we’ll have a release in a few days!