Preview of objects arranged in a series

摘要

Particular embodiments display a first object in a series of objects in its entirety on a screen of an electronic device; and in response to a user interacting with the first object by moving the first object towards a first side of the screen for a distance less than a predetermined threshold distance, gradually move the first object towards the first side of the screen until a portion of the first object is displayed within a first portion of the screen on the first side of the screen; gradually move a second object onto the screen towards the first side of the screen until a portion of a second object is displayed within a second portion of the screen on a second side of the screen for the user to preview the second object; and display shading around the portion of the second object.

主权项

1. A computer-implemented method comprising:
arranging a plurality of pages of a digital book in a sequence; displaying a first page in the plurality of pages of the digital book in the sequence in its entirety on a screen of an electronic device, the first page in its entirety occupying the entire screen; and in response to a user interacting with the first page by moving the first page, using one or more fingers, toward a first side of the screen in a scroll direction for a distance less than a predetermined threshold distance,
gradually moving the first page towards the first side of the screen until a portion of the first page is displayed within a first portion of the screen on the first side of the screen;gradually moving a second page of the plurality of pages of the digital book onto the screen towards the first side of the screen until a portion of a second page is displayed within a second portion of the screen on a second side of the screen for the user to preview the second page, the second side being opposite to the first side, the second page being positioned to the second side of the first page in the sequence; andwhen the user removes the one or more fingers from the first page on the screen,
gradually moving the second page off the screen toward the second side of the screen until the second page is moved off the screen, andgradually moving the first page toward the second side until the first page is displayed in its entirety on the screen; and in response to the user interacting with the first page by moving the first page, using the one or more fingers, towards the first side of the screen for a distance greater than or equal to the predetermined threshold distance,
displaying an increase in a size of the second page in a direction perpendicular to the scroll direction as the second page is gradually moved toward the first side of the screen after going beyond the predetermined threshold distance, andwhen a user removes the one or more fingers from the first page on the screen,
gradually moving the first page off the screen toward the first side of the screen until the first page is moved off the screen, andgradually moving the second page toward the first side until the second page is displayed in its entirety occupying the entire screen.