Would be great if there were choices for button sizes. The default one is pretty large and a smaller one, for example equally sized as an LED widget would offer greater flexibility when screen space becomes limited.
Weād rather increase the real estate. Itās unlikely that button will become smaller.
Resizable - yes, but with min size like current one. Itās all about usability.
Well, i slightly disagrre with You, Pavel. I know Blynk is designed for smartphone, not for tablets, but yes, I tried to launch it on hi-res 10" tablet and the resulting size of EVERYTHING was just⦠ehmā¦letās just say āhugeā and ānot so niceā. While I could accept large 16x2 LCD display, I just CANāT accept a HUUUGE pushbutton taking soo much space⦠On 5" everything is very well balanced (and yes - the pushbutton size is just as it should be), but on larger screen⦠oh no!
As a note, I really miss the compatibility with larger screens. A kind of control-panel based on cheap android tablet, with large wokspace is my dreamā¦
Wel, tablet is a zoomed version of Blynk. We never even optimized it for big screens. So itās a whole different story
Hi Pavel,
Just wondering if you have reconsidered offering smaller buttons?
The reason I ask is everyone that everyone that uses my project for the first time tries to āpressā the LED widgets to toggle them on and off. I have to explain to them that the LED is a display only widget and not an input. It would be great if they could also be an input device like a button.
The other option would be to have Buttons the size of the LED widgets.
Regards
Nick Murray
Thanks for your feedback, @NickMurray.
Accordingly to multiple usability researches there is a minimum recommended touch square size. So Iām not planning to make buttons smaller. Only bigger
Re the LED, thatās interesting. I think that primary reason for this is cultural. We, makers and engineers consider LED a common thing, a great statis indicator, however in real products they take different shape. And putting LED on a screen can be confusing. Maybe then itās better to use Value Display as a textual indicator?
Also, since button widget can be controlled from hardware, you can use it as an input and as an indicator?
Thanks for your reply, @Pavel
Its your product so your choice on button sizes.
Thanks for your idea for using a value display as a textual indicator, this could work better for me as users will be less likely to try and use that as an input.
Yes, I already do this but because of the large size of the button I canāt fit enough of them on the dashboard for the projects needs. The ideal solution for me would be smaller buttons but, If that is not going to happen I will work around it.
I must say that i support the request for smaller buttons , on the size of a led.
With an ipad , it will be much nicer.
I would definitely support a tablet version with more space, but I agree with @Pavel here that the buttons are pretty much at there minimum size. Especially with big claws like mine, lol. I bought the biggest phone my money could buy just to avoid small touch areaās.
Blynk wasnāt designed for iPad and tablets.
Some day when Blynk will be a huge company )