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More and more gestures you don't know about as a normal user. Where is the "all the gestures" instruction manual from Apple?

whatch 5y ago
Demos in trackpad settings were quite informative for me. Also, aren't there notifications with change notes when you upgrade? Maybe something changed in Big Sur, I only used old MacBook Air up to Catalina.
- reaperducer 5y ago
  There's the Tips app for iOS and iPadOS devices.
jws 5y ago
Where is the "all the gestures" instruction manual from Apple? They would be in the users' wastebaskets with all the other paper shipped with the product. There were interactive onboarding tutorials during install or upgrade, but pretty much everyone clicked spastically at them until they went away without reading them. No one reads manuals. I have shipped a (admittedly low volume) game where I have never detected a user reading the help pages I slaved over. The prominent help icon never gets touched. I made an introductory tutorial which animatedly draws prettily curved highlighter arrows and circles on the screen to explain the important user interface elements… click click click… the new users do everything they can to close it and get it off the screen without reading it. Search: "ipad gestures site:apple.com" Search: "macos gestures site:apple.com" The top hits for both of your questions, as translated into google-ese, are the documents you want, with the exception of iPad multitasking, but that's a deliberate decision by Apple. Should be resolved in iOS 15 when they finally expect regular people to maybe use multitasking.
- reaperducer 5y ago
  They would be in the users' wastebaskets with all the other paper shipped with the product Apple products ship with almost no paper these days, and haven't for a good number of years. Usually it's just regulatory certificates and a quick setup leaflet with a link printed on it for the full manual, which nobody ever reads, with predictable results.
  - toxik 5y ago
    I think that’s exactly the point the GP was making.
  - DonHopkins 5y ago
    They're IN the computer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_o_O7v1ews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_o_O7v1ews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj5HdGjvXcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj5HdGjvXcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0
zepto 5y ago
> More and more gestures you don't know about as a normal user. I see this complaint quite a bit, but it doesn’t make sense to me. Of course there are more and more features, and of course most people don’t know about most of them because there are so many. > Where is the "all the gestures" instruction manual from Apple? If you want to know about the new gestures, Apple demonstrates them during keynotes whose sole purpose is to announce them. They are covered internationally by pretty much all of the technology press. As others have pointed out, there are in fact many places where Apple documents them too.
- FireBeyond 5y ago
  > If you want to know about the new gestures, Apple demonstrates them during keynotes whose sole purpose is to announce them. I get your next point about documentation, but if you think saying I have to watch a 90 minute marketing presentation to learn about gestures is some kind of obvious or reasonable expectation? No thanks.
  - zepto 5y ago
    > saying I have to watch a 90 minute marketing presentation It is literally nothing but an explanation and demonstration of new features. It’s obvious that if you want new features to be demonstrated to you, you are going to need to watch a demonstration. If you don’t, then you can read the documentation or ask your friends. The complaint that nobody is telling normal users about these features makes no sense.
nxc18 5y ago
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895 They’re also good about giving a “what’s new in Big Sur” notifications after upgrade and as part of the OOBE iirc. Can’t be restarted from what I can find, unfortunately. Tips app is great for iOS.
bengale 5y ago
Go to the trackpad page in settings and it will show you with little animations.

whatch 5y ago

Demos in trackpad settings were quite informative for me. Also, aren't there notifications with change notes when you upgrade? Maybe something changed in Big Sur, I only used old MacBook Air up to Catalina.

reaperducer 5y ago
There's the Tips app for iOS and iPadOS devices.

jws 5y ago

Where is the "all the gestures" instruction manual from Apple? They would be in the users' wastebaskets with all the other paper shipped with the product. There were interactive onboarding tutorials during install or upgrade, but pretty much everyone clicked spastically at them until they went away without reading them. No one reads manuals. I have shipped a (admittedly low volume) game where I have never detected a user reading the help pages I slaved over. The prominent help icon never gets touched. I made an introductory tutorial which animatedly draws prettily curved highlighter arrows and circles on the screen to explain the important user interface elements… click click click… the new users do everything they can to close it and get it off the screen without reading it. Search: "ipad gestures site:apple.com" Search: "macos gestures site:apple.com" The top hits for both of your questions, as translated into google-ese, are the documents you want, with the exception of iPad multitasking, but that's a deliberate decision by Apple. Should be resolved in iOS 15 when they finally expect regular people to maybe use multitasking.

reaperducer 5y ago
They would be in the users' wastebaskets with all the other paper shipped with the product Apple products ship with almost no paper these days, and haven't for a good number of years. Usually it's just regulatory certificates and a quick setup leaflet with a link printed on it for the full manual, which nobody ever reads, with predictable results.
- toxik 5y ago
  I think that’s exactly the point the GP was making.
- DonHopkins 5y ago
  They're IN the computer! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_o_O7v1ews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_o_O7v1ews https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj5HdGjvXcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj5HdGjvXcE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2uHBhKTSe0

zepto 5y ago

> More and more gestures you don't know about as a normal user. I see this complaint quite a bit, but it doesn’t make sense to me. Of course there are more and more features, and of course most people don’t know about most of them because there are so many. > Where is the "all the gestures" instruction manual from Apple? If you want to know about the new gestures, Apple demonstrates them during keynotes whose sole purpose is to announce them. They are covered internationally by pretty much all of the technology press. As others have pointed out, there are in fact many places where Apple documents them too.

FireBeyond 5y ago
> If you want to know about the new gestures, Apple demonstrates them during keynotes whose sole purpose is to announce them. I get your next point about documentation, but if you think saying I have to watch a 90 minute marketing presentation to learn about gestures is some kind of obvious or reasonable expectation? No thanks.
- zepto 5y ago
  > saying I have to watch a 90 minute marketing presentation It is literally nothing but an explanation and demonstration of new features. It’s obvious that if you want new features to be demonstrated to you, you are going to need to watch a demonstration. If you don’t, then you can read the documentation or ask your friends. The complaint that nobody is telling normal users about these features makes no sense.

nxc18 5y ago

https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895 https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204895 They’re also good about giving a “what’s new in Big Sur” notifications after upgrade and as part of the OOBE iirc. Can’t be restarted from what I can find, unfortunately. Tips app is great for iOS.

bengale 5y ago

Go to the trackpad page in settings and it will show you with little animations.