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It seems like UI navigation from the volume up/down buttons is not intuitive, is this on purpose?
by jijji 6y ago
It seems like UI navigation from the volume up/down buttons is not intuitive, is this on purpose?
- kennywinker 6y agoCapacitive touch screens are literally the most flexible and expressive interaction patterns invented to date. I can't for the life of me figure out why you would hamstring yourself by using the 2 or 3 hardware buttons as a primary input method
- csande17 6y agoOne reason might be accessibility: for some people, it's a lot easier to hit a hardware button than a tap-target on a touch screen. You can feel around for the edges of the button, you get clear force-feedback when it's pressed, and you don't have to worry about accidentally hitting something else nearby.
- zozbot234 6y agoIt would be quite easy to improve both the "accessibility" and the practical UX of capacitive touch screens by establishing a norm where every potentially-destructive action (anything that cannot be "undone" with ease) can be made to require a 'slide to confirm' gesture. This workflow is already used by community-made "recovery" environments for touch devices, but it would be nice if it was adopted more widely.
- j88439h84 6y agoSo you know what buttons you're pressing, Same reason people hate the apple touchbar.
- kennywinker 6y agoThat sounds like an argument for a button-centric device, not using the volume rocker on a touch-screen-centric device.
- amelius 6y agoYou can hold the phone AND use the buttons at the same time, with the same hand.
- kennywinker 6y agoI frequently use my phone one-handed. Easier with smaller phones, which is part of why I prefer them.
- MartijnBraam 6y agoI've tried this and after 30 minutes of use this actually is pretty natural. Pretty similar to learning the shortcuts for normal tiling window managers.