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> “Indeed, in Apple’s latest release of its mobile Operating System, iOS 9, a number of the issues we have discussed have been addressed.” This is a strange li
by mch82 7y ago
> “Indeed, in Apple’s latest release of its mobile Operating System, iOS 9, a number of the issues we have discussed have been addressed.”
This is a strange line to find 90% into the article. It seems like a lead in rather than a late acknowledgement. iOS struggled to find its way back to usability after rejecting “skeuomorphic design” in favor of flat design (see the drop in emphasis on metaphors), but it’s doing better now.
> Discoverability
This does continue to be an issue. However, the subtle bars that indicate the availability of the swipe up from the bottom and swipe down from the top right are helping.
> Undo
This is a huge design flaw. I finally enabled shake-to-undo because I’ve started doing more work on iOS and needed undo, but I feel foolish shaking my phone. Photoshop introduced the history palette years ago and that’s a fantastic approach to undo/redo. Now the feature is common on desktop apps. iOS badly needs a “time machine” control as a universal access to undo/redo. The rewind/fast forward 2-finger gesture introduced in the Paper by 53 was a nice solution, but not widely implemented. An icon would be better.
> Feedback
The most satisfying feedback on iOS is the click vibration when the flashlight or camera app snap open after a long press on the lock screen.
- braythwayt 7y agoiOS badly needs a “time machine” control as a universal access to undo/redo. It's not like they don't know, they shipped watch complications with a time machine control, and of course OS X has time machine baked into its backup UX.
- mch82 7y agoI didn’t know about “Time Travel” on WatchOS... will check it out. I’m assuming it’s this: https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10631 https://discussions.apple.com/docs/DOC-10631
- DaiPlusPlus 7y agoOn iPad, the keyboard has a Undo/Redo buttons. Given the increased screen space reserved for the keyboard on the iPhone X/XS/XR I’m surprised Apple uses it for an emoji shortcut key and dictation button (and a lot of empty space) instead of Undo/Redo.
- snazz 7y agoWhile it exists, this feature isn’t exactly discoverable when you need it most. Who would think of going to the menu for inputting a number or symbol when they want to undo deleting a chunk of text?
- mch82 7y agoI do notice that on iPad, though it seems inconsistent & I’d forgotten about it. I also wish the X line of phones had the two-finger touch keyboard cursor control... It seems like iPad is innovating (maybe because the potential universe of pissed off users is less) & hopefully we’ll see some of those updates on iPhone in the future.
- eclipxe 7y agoThey have 3D Touch for keyboard cursor control. At least the X/XS