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Well, at least we can all agree that the menu button must die. The long press' iOS analogue is the left-to-right swipe on a list item, and you can use all apps
by spiffworks 16y ago
Well, at least we can all agree that the menu button must die. The long press' iOS analogue is the left-to-right swipe on a list item, and you can use all apps perfectly well without ever discovering that gesture. The problem with Android's gesture is that it forces you to think about whether you should long press or press the menu button, then perhaps choose 'more', and so on.
Contextual knowledge, that's the phrase. With the iPhone, what you see is what you get-for better or worse. In Android, you need to press the menu button to discover the actions you can perform.