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>THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL BACK BUTTON! When you need to go back, you have to figure out how the current app wants you to go backwards I'm not mobile UI/UX guy but
by robswc 4y ago
>THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL BACK BUTTON! When you need to go back, you have to figure out how the current app wants you to go backwards
I'm not mobile UI/UX guy but it seems like this is just bad app design, no?
I have a android tablet and I'm trying to think if I've ever actually used the back button. In theory, its a great thing to have since it's "universal" but don't most modern apps have better ways to get around?
I'm no apple fan, I've just had iPhone since launch and I never do more than text/email.
- easrng 4y agoThink going back in a browser, going back to the list of contacts from a specific message thread in a messaging app, etc. Swiping from the left works in most apps, but not all of them. The back button works everywhere.
- robswc 4y agoI suppose there is definitely a benefit to having a universal back button. I just can't say I've used it much, even on my samsung tablet. There's always some sort of button to get "back" to where I was. Just tried on messenger, youtube and instagram. All the "back" buttons were in the top left. Guess I never really paid much attention to that.
- lozenge 4y agoHalf the apps on Android are more interested in keeping you in the app. If I follow a link from Messages to a Twitter post and press Back, I end up on my Twitter feed, even if I never use it. TikTok is most blatant, putting refresh on the back button, with two back presses actually quitting.