Show HN: Pinch-to-zoom tree navigation (delopsu.com)

3 points by delopsu 13d ago ↗ HN

I got this idea recently when I had to browse files more than usual and felt the pain: why do I need to click through every level when I want to drill down to the bottom?

So I made a quick interactive prototype — it feels surprisingly natural.

Sharing it as a UX idea, not as a finished implementation. I’d like to see whether this interaction makes sense for apps that work with trees: file explorers, object inspectors, project browsers, and similar interfaces.

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aghilmort 13d ago ↗

interesting. tried it on iPhone SE. hard to do safari keeps thinking want to exit page. sliding one touch left right or u/d both might be good alt? certainly better than trad click exactly here on this little folder dart

gsvprharsha 13d ago ↗

hi I tried and I had difficulty in using it. As pointed out by the others, it is on iphone. On my laptop it was constantly zooming the page. And it was a little difficult to use.

Hope it is useful feedback. Interesting design though!