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Apple's accessibility features even useful as workarounds for hardware failure. If one of the buttons fails, turning on the accessibility features to: on/off, s

by nxzero 10y ago

Apple's accessibility features even useful as workarounds for hardware failure. If one of the buttons fails, turning on the accessibility features to: on/off, screen-lock, volume, etc.

stephenr 10y ago
The assistive touch widget on my iPhone has meant I can wait a little before replacing it (failed home button). It gets more extreme here in Thailand though - my sister in law and mother in law, (and I am led to believe, a lot of other people) use the assistive touch widget exclusively, instead of using the working home button, as they don't want the hardware button to break/wear out. I don't quite understand the logic myself, but its definitely a thing.
- gurkendoktor 10y ago
  Same in Taiwan, everyone seems to use Assistive Touch there. I guess it's a bit like force-killing all apps before putting your phone away. It feels good to invest some effort into taking care of your expensive device.
- kalleboo 10y ago
  It's the iOS equivalent of never removing the protective film from the factory. Keeps your device looking pristine, too bad you never get to actually see it.
  - stephenr 10y ago
    I've seen people here with 5+ year old TV's with the promotional stickers still on them, obscuring part of the screen.
jscholes 10y ago
Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this. I'm a VoiceOver user (totally blind), but when my lock/power button broke on my iPhone it took me a while to figure out that I could just use assistive touch to avoid having to buy a new phone.
cooper12 10y ago
Yep, sometimes my trackpad would get stuck or glitchy so I enabled an option that let me use the keyboard instead. (It lets you move in 9 directions, centered around the 'I' key) There are also other useful options like one that lets you zoom in with ctrl+scroll which helped me tons of times to examine individual pixels or magnify small text.

by nxzero 10y ago

Apple's accessibility features even useful as workarounds for hardware failure. If one of the buttons fails, turning on the accessibility features to: on/off, screen-lock, volume, etc.

stephenr 10y ago

The assistive touch widget on my iPhone has meant I can wait a little before replacing it (failed home button). It gets more extreme here in Thailand though - my sister in law and mother in law, (and I am led to believe, a lot of other people) use the assistive touch widget exclusively, instead of using the working home button, as they don't want the hardware button to break/wear out. I don't quite understand the logic myself, but its definitely a thing.

gurkendoktor 10y ago
Same in Taiwan, everyone seems to use Assistive Touch there. I guess it's a bit like force-killing all apps before putting your phone away. It feels good to invest some effort into taking care of your expensive device.
kalleboo 10y ago
It's the iOS equivalent of never removing the protective film from the factory. Keeps your device looking pristine, too bad you never get to actually see it.
- stephenr 10y ago
  I've seen people here with 5+ year old TV's with the promotional stickers still on them, obscuring part of the screen.

jscholes 10y ago

Glad I'm not the only one who thought of this. I'm a VoiceOver user (totally blind), but when my lock/power button broke on my iPhone it took me a while to figure out that I could just use assistive touch to avoid having to buy a new phone.

cooper12 10y ago

Yep, sometimes my trackpad would get stuck or glitchy so I enabled an option that let me use the keyboard instead. (It lets you move in 9 directions, centered around the 'I' key) There are also other useful options like one that lets you zoom in with ctrl+scroll which helped me tons of times to examine individual pixels or magnify small text.