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> struggling to undo what I did to get back to the business You'll love this one: to undo (don't think it works for everything, but it does for typing), shake

by davedx 7y ago

> struggling to undo what I did to get back to the business You'll love this one: to undo (don't think it works for everything, but it does for typing), shake your device rapidly from side to side.

geerlingguy 7y ago
There’s a gesture for it now, too... but I have no idea what it is. Something like swiping three or four fingers down or across or diagonally. Definitely not discoverable.
- AgloeDreams 7y ago
  Three fingers left and right, theres also a three finger pinch for cut and paste. uh...they all make more sense on an iPad than the phone though lol.
Yhippa 7y ago
Are you serious?
- zulln 7y ago
  https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/user-interaction/undo-and-redo/ https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline... > Many apps allow people to shake the device to undo and redo certain operations, such as typing or deleting. When initiated in this manner, an alert asks the user to confirm or cancel the undo or redo operation.
- jborichevskiy 7y ago
  Yup, also Google Maps on iOS detects this as a "Send Feedback" command and shows a dialog for it. Slightly fitting, I suppose.
mortenjorck 7y ago
This was replaced in iOS 13 by a less comical, yet equally undiscoverable three-finger tap gesture. Considering that command-Z is not discoverable either, it’s not too bad, especially as there are undo/redo/clipboard buttons on the keyboard in most cases.
- ashonalla 7y ago
  >> Considering that command-Z is not discoverable Traditionally, the keyboard shortcut for undo has been listed next to undo on the edit menu. That's pretty discoverable...
  - Wowfunhappy 7y ago
    And it's brilliant. Ever time you manually click edit → undo, you'll see the shortcut. It’s not invasive—it’s not some big popup that takes over the screen, or even a neon-colored tooltip that commands your attention—it’s just there, in the background, in case you happen to notice it. Maybe you’re not sure what it means at first, but if you keep seeing it every day, you just might try hitting the sequence of keys at some point... The best UIs naturally help you progress from a basic user to an advanced user, without you even noticing it. I'm not saying the traditional desktop UI paradigm is the best that can ever possibly be done, but it has had 30 years of evolution at this point, and it's pretty darn strong.
    - int_19h 7y ago
      I really miss the consistency of CUA and its derivatives (the original Mac and Windows desktop UX). It may have not been the most ergonomic, but it was extremely discoverable thanks to the menus, and it was very consistent: you only had to learn a few simple principles, and then apply them everywhere - and it scaled nicely from Notepad to Excel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access

by davedx 7y ago

> struggling to undo what I did to get back to the business You'll love this one: to undo (don't think it works for everything, but it does for typing), shake your device rapidly from side to side.

geerlingguy 7y ago

There’s a gesture for it now, too... but I have no idea what it is. Something like swiping three or four fingers down or across or diagonally. Definitely not discoverable.

AgloeDreams 7y ago
Three fingers left and right, theres also a three finger pinch for cut and paste. uh...they all make more sense on an iPad than the phone though lol.

Yhippa 7y ago

Are you serious?

zulln 7y ago
https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guidelines/ios/user-interaction/undo-and-redo/ https://developer.apple.com/design/human-interface-guideline... > Many apps allow people to shake the device to undo and redo certain operations, such as typing or deleting. When initiated in this manner, an alert asks the user to confirm or cancel the undo or redo operation.
jborichevskiy 7y ago
Yup, also Google Maps on iOS detects this as a "Send Feedback" command and shows a dialog for it. Slightly fitting, I suppose.

mortenjorck 7y ago

This was replaced in iOS 13 by a less comical, yet equally undiscoverable three-finger tap gesture. Considering that command-Z is not discoverable either, it’s not too bad, especially as there are undo/redo/clipboard buttons on the keyboard in most cases.

ashonalla 7y ago
>> Considering that command-Z is not discoverable Traditionally, the keyboard shortcut for undo has been listed next to undo on the edit menu. That's pretty discoverable...
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago
  And it's brilliant. Ever time you manually click edit → undo, you'll see the shortcut. It’s not invasive—it’s not some big popup that takes over the screen, or even a neon-colored tooltip that commands your attention—it’s just there, in the background, in case you happen to notice it. Maybe you’re not sure what it means at first, but if you keep seeing it every day, you just might try hitting the sequence of keys at some point... The best UIs naturally help you progress from a basic user to an advanced user, without you even noticing it. I'm not saying the traditional desktop UI paradigm is the best that can ever possibly be done, but it has had 30 years of evolution at this point, and it's pretty darn strong.
  - int_19h 7y ago
    I really miss the consistency of CUA and its derivatives (the original Mac and Windows desktop UX). It may have not been the most ergonomic, but it was extremely discoverable thanks to the menus, and it was very consistent: you only had to learn a few simple principles, and then apply them everywhere - and it scaled nicely from Notepad to Excel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access