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by andrewmackenzie 5020 days ago
Comments appreciated!

> What were the reasons for making it a custom drag down menu?

It takes up so much valuable screen real estate! Though I haven't scaled it for the iPhone 5 screen yet. Path is a great example of skipping over system-provided controls.

> The tabs in UITabBar are always visible so that the user knows precisely where they are in the application at all times.

In TripIt's case, I disagree. I spend 90% of my time in the Trip section. Though if the Network section was more robust, there would also need to be some kind of notification in the top bar, too.