Re: [custom-layout] use case: Polar Layout

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> On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 7:36 AM, Michiel Sikma <mike@letsdeliver.com>
> wrote:
> > - Devices such as the LG G3 can switch between different device-radius
> values. Would there be an added value, in this case, in making it possible
> for items to transition from regular to non-polar coordinates?
>
> Can you elaborate on this? The G3 appears to be a (rectangular) phone,
> so what's the relevance of device-radius to it?
>

It's normally got a rectangular screen, but when you close the phone it
shows a round screen on the lid. It's shown as the first image on chapter 4
of the PDF.


>
> > Also, there might be some value in extending Flexbox for round layouts,
> maybe. For instance, being able to position menu elements like on the LG G3
> cover screen (see part 4 of the PDF), and then re-order them by changing
> the order attribute.
>
> One of the benefits of producing a custom layout spec is that authors
> will be able to write this kind of thing for themselves. ^_^
>
> ~TJ
>

Yeah. The PDF mentions these are 'minimal extensions needed to support a
round display'. Even just these few things (mostly flowing content and
border shaping) are going to be challenging to implement, though, and
there's going to be lots of other corollary issues to resolve.

Michiel