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Just an opinion of a long time android user: I never really understood the need for multitouch in the browser: On Android, i just doubletap on a column with i
by buster 17y ago
Just an opinion of a long time android user:
I never really understood the need for multitouch in the browser:
On Android, i just doubletap on a column with interesting content and the browser zooms in, rearranges text to fit into the screen and it's easily readable. Best part: i can do this while using only one hand. It's probably because i am accustomed to that now, but i think most iphone users are just complaining because the don't know it can be just that simple and easy. It's really that good, imho. It's very rare for me to want to zoom deep into a picture, where i would understand the benefit of multitouch. (In that case +/- controls appear on the screen when you touch it, so it's not really inconvenient). Yet, as the iPhone is also using Webkit, does it support that doubletap? That'd be nice :)
BUT, i can see the benefit on google maps, as there are no predefined areas (text columns) to zoom in, so i'm looking forward to this update :)
Besides, if you didn't know, the european version of the Motorola Droid(Milestone here) has multitouch. I guess it was because of some legal uncertanity that it had never multitouch in the U.S.?
- brandon 17y agoYes, the iPhone supports double-tap to zoom, and it works reasonably well. I rarely have to pinch to zoom in or out in order to get a better view of the content.
- buster 17y agoAh ok. Glad to hear this, because i really like it. I really rarely zoom other than that, because in general i just want to read some article on a news page..
- swernli 17y agoI'm frequently suprised by how many people are only aware of one zoom method or the other. Even back when the iPhone was released, I remember a couple of reviews lamenting the lack of arbitrary zoom for the times when the double-tap auto-zoom didn't get close enough, and some others complaining about having to mainly zoom and asking for something automatic. It's as if knowledge of one feature makes you less likley to be aware of the other. Reminds me of the idea I've hear taught in programming: give users only one way to do something, and you dissappoint some people, but give them more than one way and you'll confuse everyone.
- GHFigs 17y agoIt's as if knowledge of one feature makes you less likley to be aware of the other. Indeed. I've seen people struggle with this in things like single vs. double-clicking, using scroll wheels vs. scroll bars, window edge-dragging, and keyboard shortcuts.
- jsz0 17y agoPinch-to-zoom is extremely useful on websites that use either small fonts or small graphics for links placed closely together or cases in which zooming to a column is still too wide for the screen (Hacker News for example)
- technomancy 17y agoYeah, I'm excited about this not so much because I think I'll make much use of the feature, but mostly because I hate the idea of patent trolls at Apple limiting what I can do on my own phone by threats of frivolous lawsuits. I'm just thrilled to see Google standing up to the bullying.