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I find the notch on my iPhone to be _incredibly_ annoying. It's by far the worst when in YouTube, where it covers a huge chunk of the video and UI elements when

I find the notch on my iPhone to be _incredibly_ annoying. It's by far the worst when in YouTube, where it covers a huge chunk of the video and UI elements when not full screened.

plandis 5y ago
I don’t get this? I was just watching YouTube on my iPhone and the notch never covers any of the UI elements in either portrait or landscape? In portrait mode it’s got the clock and wifi elements on either side of the notch and when watching videos in landscape both sides of the phone are just black bars including the notch. Edit: Even zooming in on the video doesn’t hide UI elements only whatever portion of the video overlaps the notch.
- dcormier 5y ago
  https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28949093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28949093
carnitine 5y ago
I just tested it, I can find no UI action in the YouTube app where the video or UI elements are obscured by the notch. It just has the time and wifi/battery status on either side.
- dcormier 5y ago
  If I have a video up in portrait, and tap on or pause the video to expose the UI elements that overlay the video (Chromecast, closed caption, and overflow buttons), they're all at the top of the phone. The Chromecast button is obscured by the notch and I cannot get the visible part to respond to taps. The corner of the closed caption button is covered, and it's partially overlapping the radio signal indictators. There seems to be only a very small portion of the bottom edge of the button that responds to taps. It's very hard to tap successfully. The overflow button is not obscured by the notch, but is partially overlapping the battery indicator. Like the closed caption button, there seems to be only a small portion of the bottom edge of it that will respond to taps. It's so frustrating. Here's a screenshot showing it, except for the notch which Apple doesn't include in screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/0KDIWEB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0KDIWEB.jpg The notch covers the top half of the Chromecast button, and just touches the top-left corner of the closed caption button (the notch is curving back up, at that point).

I find the notch on my iPhone to be _incredibly_ annoying. It's by far the worst when in YouTube, where it covers a huge chunk of the video and UI elements when not full screened.

plandis 5y ago

I don’t get this? I was just watching YouTube on my iPhone and the notch never covers any of the UI elements in either portrait or landscape? In portrait mode it’s got the clock and wifi elements on either side of the notch and when watching videos in landscape both sides of the phone are just black bars including the notch. Edit: Even zooming in on the video doesn’t hide UI elements only whatever portion of the video overlaps the notch.

dcormier 5y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28949093 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28949093

carnitine 5y ago

I just tested it, I can find no UI action in the YouTube app where the video or UI elements are obscured by the notch. It just has the time and wifi/battery status on either side.

dcormier 5y ago
If I have a video up in portrait, and tap on or pause the video to expose the UI elements that overlay the video (Chromecast, closed caption, and overflow buttons), they're all at the top of the phone. The Chromecast button is obscured by the notch and I cannot get the visible part to respond to taps. The corner of the closed caption button is covered, and it's partially overlapping the radio signal indictators. There seems to be only a very small portion of the bottom edge of the button that responds to taps. It's very hard to tap successfully. The overflow button is not obscured by the notch, but is partially overlapping the battery indicator. Like the closed caption button, there seems to be only a small portion of the bottom edge of it that will respond to taps. It's so frustrating. Here's a screenshot showing it, except for the notch which Apple doesn't include in screenshots: https://i.imgur.com/0KDIWEB.jpg https://i.imgur.com/0KDIWEB.jpg The notch covers the top half of the Chromecast button, and just touches the top-left corner of the closed caption button (the notch is curving back up, at that point).