Scrolling velocity modulation in a tactile interface for a social networking system
View Patent ↗A user interface includes a tactile interface on a client device that allows users to interact with social networking system content in a manner that is optimized for touch screens and mobile devices. The tactile interface allows users to efficiently navigate the social networking system data as well as to capture new content for upload to the social networking system. New content may be captured in a way that allows the user to preview the content in-context.
1. A method comprising:
displaying in an interface of a mobile device a listing of content items on a display of the mobile device, the listing of content items comprising one or more time boundaries displayed between groups of the content items;
receiving a user input within the listing of content items to scroll the listing of content items from a first content item on one side of a time boundary, of the one or more time boundaries, to a second content item on another side of the time boundary; and
responsive to the user input, the user input comprising a movement as an input velocity,
scrolling the displayed listing at a first velocity from the first content item to the boundary,
scrolling the displayed listing at a second velocity when the boundary is reached, wherein the second velocity relative to the input velocity is lower than the first velocity relative to the input velocity, and
scrolling the displayed listing at the first velocity from the boundary to the second content item.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the listing of content items comprises stories about a user of a social networking system, and the listing is displayed on a profile page for the user.
3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the stories are associated with a date.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display is a touch screen display, and the user input comprises a swipe on the touch screen display.
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing haptic feedback when the boundary is reached.
6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
providing audio feedback when the boundary is reached.
7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile device loads the content items within the boundary before the scrolling and loads the other content items once the boundary is reached.