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I had long thought that Apple was about to have a big shift in native UI components, because for years they have been shipping first party apps that have card b
by oflannabhra 7y ago
I had long thought that Apple was about to have a big shift in native UI components, because for years they have been shipping first party apps that have card based interfaces that progressively disclose complexity as the card is pulled up from the bottom. Maps and Music are the most obvious examples of this paradigm, but ever since iPhone 6 Plus, a back button in the top left has been a bad paradigm (although the system wide swipe-from-left-edge has helped).
I've been pretty disappointed that Apple has not pushed harder in this area, has kept this first party by not updating native components, and has not updated their HIG. We've had to move to third party libraries. It has been at least 3 years since they started using this paradigm.
- thosakwe 7y agoFor anyone else who was wondering, HIG = Human interface guidelines.
- elldoubleyew 7y agoI don't know if its still the case or not, but a lack of a system wide swipe-from-left-edge to go back was the primary reason I couldn't use Android a couple of years ago. Having to move my thumb down to the back button just always felt so unnatural and clunky. I really hope this is fixed now in newer versions of Android.
- bochoh 7y agoI use Android 9 on a Samsung Note 8 and I still don't have that feature. It is one of the few IOS features I miss from my iPhone days.
- sprobertson 7y agoNot sure about other models but the Pixel 4 has done away with that bottom button bar entirely in favor of gestures. Swipe from the left to go back, from the bottom to go home.
- askafriend 7y agoI never use the back button at the top left. I just use it as a visual indicator that you can go back. Since almost every app on iOS supports swipe to go back, I use that. It's crazy to me that people don't use this...