Thursday, April 21, 2011

Continued with Rockmelt, the mobile version







RockMelt Mobile, The Demo Video by TechCrunch


Although I was not satisfied with Rockmelt desktop version because of the cluttered UI and following disturbance. Rockmelt iPhone version might change that experience into something different.


One thought here is that within the tiny display of a mobile phone, applications are not treated as "windows" as they were usually treated on the desktop computer. These mobile apps' UIs usually occupy the whole visible area and there were little efforts done for switching between "windows" (there might be also little space for any improvement). Therefore, the jumble functions of Rockmelt could be well utilized when only a application window can be served at once.


However, Rockmelt might face even more fierce competitions on mobile platforms since there are many uprising stars already such as Flipboard, Pulse, and Feedly.