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I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying, but "you get used to it". Like sitting behind someone with a big hat in the movie theatre, after awhi

by dean 9y ago

I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying, but "you get used to it". Like sitting behind someone with a big hat in the movie theatre, after awhile, you don't even notice. Personally, I change seats in that scenario. I just find it hard square claims of "the future of the smartphone" with reviews like "you get used to it".

dilap 9y ago
I don't have the iPhone X yet, but I'm actually kind of excited about the notch and the round corners for a (perhaps) silly reason: it brings us deeper into the sci-fi age where screens are organic objects with shape, rather than just hard, rectangular squares. It feels more exciting, more human, somehow. (Also, all the various status bars will now finally have the same height; basically no software properly responds to the double-height status bar when something special is going on.)
- AndrewOMartin 9y ago
  "organic objects with shape, rather than just hard, rectangular squares" "all the various status bars will now finally have the same height" Pick one.
  - valine 9y ago
    Meaning the GPS and phone call background process status bars will no longer be taller than the standard status bar. This caused lots of issues with third party apps whose developers didn’t test the auto layout edge cases.
    - dilap 9y ago
      not even just third party apps, many of apple's as well!
pwython 9y ago
Then again... maybe you do get used to it? Like how our parents got "used to" prior technology's "annoyances"? I'm not saying this is a "get off my lawn" annoyance, but... I'm curious to see how phones evolve after this notch.
- ProAm 9y ago
  Everyone got used to OSK's but I'd still prefer a physical keyboard.
- untog 9y ago
  I think the point the OP is making is: what is the advantage to "getting used" to it? It's not immediately clear what this oddly shaped screen provides in terms of functionality.
CharlesW 9y ago
> I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying… If you think of it as a "notch", sure. Another way to think of it is that the screen has a little extra space in the form of "ears", used for instruments (time, signal strength) that would otherwise eat screen space used by apps.
- earenndil 9y ago
  This is why I think that screen space shouldn't be useable. It should be reserved by the OS to show the status, have a black background (which would work really well with the OLED), and from an app's perspective the screen is just a rectangle.

by dean 9y ago

dilap 9y ago

I don't have the iPhone X yet, but I'm actually kind of excited about the notch and the round corners for a (perhaps) silly reason: it brings us deeper into the sci-fi age where screens are organic objects with shape, rather than just hard, rectangular squares. It feels more exciting, more human, somehow. (Also, all the various status bars will now finally have the same height; basically no software properly responds to the double-height status bar when something special is going on.)

AndrewOMartin 9y ago
"organic objects with shape, rather than just hard, rectangular squares" "all the various status bars will now finally have the same height" Pick one.
- valine 9y ago
  Meaning the GPS and phone call background process status bars will no longer be taller than the standard status bar. This caused lots of issues with third party apps whose developers didn’t test the auto layout edge cases.
  - dilap 9y ago
    not even just third party apps, many of apple's as well!

pwython 9y ago

Then again... maybe you do get used to it? Like how our parents got "used to" prior technology's "annoyances"? I'm not saying this is a "get off my lawn" annoyance, but... I'm curious to see how phones evolve after this notch.

ProAm 9y ago
Everyone got used to OSK's but I'd still prefer a physical keyboard.
untog 9y ago
I think the point the OP is making is: what is the advantage to "getting used" to it? It's not immediately clear what this oddly shaped screen provides in terms of functionality.

CharlesW 9y ago

> I keep reading about how the "notch" is ugly and annoying… If you think of it as a "notch", sure. Another way to think of it is that the screen has a little extra space in the form of "ears", used for instruments (time, signal strength) that would otherwise eat screen space used by apps.

earenndil 9y ago
This is why I think that screen space shouldn't be useable. It should be reserved by the OS to show the status, have a black background (which would work really well with the OLED), and from an app's perspective the screen is just a rectangle.