SCROLLING DIGITAL CONTENT WITH AUTO-ALIGNING

摘要

A solution is provided for presenting content items of a digital magazine to a user of a digital magazine server, where a slide operation is performed with auto-aligning feature that allows an edge of a content item to be aligned with a predetermined snap location. In one aspect, the auto-aligning feature is performed by determining friction that allows the slide operation to conclude with an edge of a content item aligned with the predetermined snap location, based on a prediction of a slide operation with default friction applied, and applying the determined friction to execute the slide operation. In another aspect, the auto-aligning feature is performed by executing the slide operation with the default friction and shifting the content items such that an edge of a content item is aligned with the snap position.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method for presenting a digital magazine on a client device, the method comprising:
receiving a slide operation with a velocity from a user of the client device to slide a content panel being displayed on the client device, the content panel including a plurality of content items and two spatially neighboring content items of the plurality of content items sharing an edge, the plurality of the content items being displaced according to a page layout; comparing the velocity of the slide operation with a velocity threshold; and responsive to the velocity of the slide operation exceeding the velocity threshold, aligning a target edge between two content items with a snap position by automatically applying friction to the slide operation, the snap position representing a predetermined position of the content panel after the slide operation.