Feature request: optional single tap to launch on touch devices

[retrogamecorner]

First, thanks for the app. I've been playing with it on the new Retro Pocket Nova, as I wanted to feature it in my review video. I do think this is a great project, looks fantastic and was the easiest setup I've had with a front-end for a while.

One interaction detail I keep running into. On a handheld with both a touchscreen and physical controls, scrolling the grid with a finger is faster than stepping through with the D pad, so that is what I end up doing... But once I have found the item I want, confirming it means moving my hand across to the A button. The selection gesture and the confirmation gesture happen on two different 'devices'.

It costs about a fraction of a second, but the effect is wildly out of proportion to the size. The reason it stays irritating is that it never becomes automatic. Things you repeat normally get bundled into one habit and stop costing you anything. A sequence that jumps from the touchscreen to the buttons cannot bundle, because the second half depends on where your hand happens to be. So it stays deliberate every single time.

I can see why you built it as focus then confirm. On a carousel where the layout shifts as the selection moves, tap to launch would cause mistakes. So I am not suggesting you change the default.

What I would ask for is a setting, off by default, that allows a tap on the already focused item to launch it. That keeps the safe behaviour for everyone who wants it and removes the modality switch for those of us who navigate by touch.

[androosio]

Mr Stephen! We genuinely are not worthy. Thanks for reaching out on this; we're discussing it now. I had planned to contact you soon re: some of the features we're working on in the hopes of a shout out in a future vid :)

[androosio]

Mr Stephen! Just to let you know that we've implemented the 'one tap to select', then 'another tap to enter/play' in the next release. Thanks for the heads up and great Nova video 🎉
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[retrogamecorner]

Sorry for the late reply; as you can imagine, I've been quite busy over the last few days.

Looking forward to the next release, and it was a pleasure to feature you in the Nova video.