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This preliminary article has a link at the end to the “real” article, with concrete examples and suggestions: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-

by FabHK 7y ago

This preliminary article has a link at the end to the “real” article, with concrete examples and suggestions: http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-design-a-bad-name http://www.fastcodesign.com/3053406/how-apple-is-giving-desi...

scarface74 7y ago
Okay. Now let’s see where he is wrong What kind of design philosophy requires millions of its users to have to pretend they are disabled in order to be able to use the product? You both get the option to decide what size text and display you want when you start your phone for the first time and the option to change the zoom isn’t under “accessibility” in settings it’s under “Display and Brightness” as are they other settings he mentioned. Apple does provides a “back” arrow in some locations, but, unlike Google’s Android, where it is universally available, Apple’s undo and back buttons are at the option of the developer. Not everyone, including Apple, implements these features. The “back button” on Android was so badly implemented that Google got rid of it. But the back link is system controlled when you open an app from another app on iOS. It is not controlled by the app. Consistency is still listed in the guidelines–but it is not followed. The Magic Mouse works differently than the track pad, which is different than gestures on the iPhone or tablet. Why? Because these are all different devices with different means of interaction. Statistically, very few iPhone users are Mac users and even fewer of those are desktop users with a mouse. Consider the on-screen keyboard on the iPhone and iPad. The Apple keyboard shows the letters in upper case, no matter what is actually being typed. This hasn’t been the default behavior for at least two or three years. But after all no one bothered stating this article is four years old. He’s talking about iOS 9 - we are now up to iOS 13.
- FabHK 7y ago
  That article was published in 2015, and the HN submission ends with "(2015)". > But the back link is system controlled when you open an app from another app on iOS. It is not controlled by the app. That's the back link to switch to the previous app, but it does not let you navigate within an app. Having said that, yes, that criticism mostly applied to the "flat" iOS 7 (released in 2013), and some of the problems Apple has fixed in the intervening years, fortunately.
  - scarface74 7y ago
    Unless I am going crazy, the (2015) wasn’t there originally. The functionality of a universal back button was never consistent with Android. Besides, the entire tenant of the original iPhone and every smart phone thereafter was to get rid of buttons and let the UI decide what made sense in certain contexts.
    - FabHK 7y ago
      > Unless I am going crazy, the (2015) wasn’t there originally. Quite possibly, it's often added later.

by FabHK 7y ago

scarface74 7y ago

Okay. Now let’s see where he is wrong What kind of design philosophy requires millions of its users to have to pretend they are disabled in order to be able to use the product? You both get the option to decide what size text and display you want when you start your phone for the first time and the option to change the zoom isn’t under “accessibility” in settings it’s under “Display and Brightness” as are they other settings he mentioned. Apple does provides a “back” arrow in some locations, but, unlike Google’s Android, where it is universally available, Apple’s undo and back buttons are at the option of the developer. Not everyone, including Apple, implements these features. The “back button” on Android was so badly implemented that Google got rid of it. But the back link is system controlled when you open an app from another app on iOS. It is not controlled by the app. Consistency is still listed in the guidelines–but it is not followed. The Magic Mouse works differently than the track pad, which is different than gestures on the iPhone or tablet. Why? Because these are all different devices with different means of interaction. Statistically, very few iPhone users are Mac users and even fewer of those are desktop users with a mouse. Consider the on-screen keyboard on the iPhone and iPad. The Apple keyboard shows the letters in upper case, no matter what is actually being typed. This hasn’t been the default behavior for at least two or three years. But after all no one bothered stating this article is four years old. He’s talking about iOS 9 - we are now up to iOS 13.

FabHK 7y ago
That article was published in 2015, and the HN submission ends with "(2015)". > But the back link is system controlled when you open an app from another app on iOS. It is not controlled by the app. That's the back link to switch to the previous app, but it does not let you navigate within an app. Having said that, yes, that criticism mostly applied to the "flat" iOS 7 (released in 2013), and some of the problems Apple has fixed in the intervening years, fortunately.
- scarface74 7y ago
  Unless I am going crazy, the (2015) wasn’t there originally. The functionality of a universal back button was never consistent with Android. Besides, the entire tenant of the original iPhone and every smart phone thereafter was to get rid of buttons and let the UI decide what made sense in certain contexts.
  - FabHK 7y ago
    > Unless I am going crazy, the (2015) wasn’t there originally. Quite possibly, it's often added later.