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What happens if you go back to photos via the task switcher instead of home screen icon? (I don't use iOS so I can't check) Personally, I'd prefer that going b
by SifJar 7y ago
What happens if you go back to photos via the task switcher instead of home screen icon? (I don't use iOS so I can't check)
Personally, I'd prefer that going back via the task switcher maintains state but going back via home screen doesn't. i.e. task switcher is how you get back to what you were doing, home screen is starting fresh.
If I open the photos app on my phone, I don't necessarily want it to automatically bring up the last photo I was looking at 6 hours ago or whatever. At the very least, if it's going to resume from where I was, there should be some visual indicator IMO (e.g. on Windows taskbar, it's icons are highlighted to show that a window of that application is open & clicking will bring that up instead of a new instance - plus there's the option to middle click & bring up a new instance regardless)
- machello13 7y agoBehavior for home screen vs. task switcher is the same. But you do make a good point that state restoration isn't necessarily something that should always be implemented. The user may not necessarily want to go back to exactly where they were when they last used the app 2 days ago.