The list that knows you
A canteen screen has ten tiles. Each tile shows one food. The screen fills them from past orders.
- Ten tiles, shared by past orders. Samosa has 5.
- Six more samosa orders. Samosa now has 7.
- Then three fruit cup orders. Samosa drops to 6.
- The list follows what you tapped.
The rule
A list is built from what you tapped before. Many taps move it.
The screen counts every order. A food with more of the orders gets more tiles.
The screen starts with these orders. Samosa 5, idli 2, fruit cup 2, sandwich 1.
After six more samosa orders, samosa has 11 of the 16 orders. That is 11 ÷ 16 × 10, about 7 tiles. Idli, fruit cup and sandwich have 1 tile each.
Three fruit cup orders make 19 orders in all. Fruit cup has 5 of 19. It rises from 1 tile to 3. Samosa has 11 of 19. It drops to 6. Sandwich has 1 of 19. Sandwich drops to 0. Sandwich has the smallest share of orders.
One tap may change nothing. The first samosa order leaves samosa at 5 tiles.
| Taps | Samosa tiles |
|---|---|
| None yet | 5 |
| Six samosa orders | 7 |
| Then three fruit cup orders | 6 |
Apps use your taps to suggest more of the same. This can be helpful. The app can also keep showing you one kind of thing.
To see other things, tap them on purpose. It may take several taps.
Order food. Watch the tiles move.
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