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> No offense at the 'big' thing here, I'm 190cm. But amusingly, I have grey hair, which means I am, by the laws of the universe, no longer allowed to wear jean
by peoplefromibiza 4y ago
> No offense at the 'big' thing here, I'm 190cm. But amusingly, I have grey hair, which means I am, by the laws of the universe, no longer allowed to wear jeans.
ehehe I have grey hair and grey beard too.
I still wear jeans when nobody watches, but in all honesty when I wear classic suit pants to go to the office, the pockets are even smaller than the jeans ones, so my phone stays in the pocket of my (suit) jacket.
My issue with swiping is that when phones fitted entirely in one hand, for example the Samsung Galaxy SII or the iPhone 4, swiping made sense, everything was close enough and you never lost grip.
Now that they are so big, there's a lot of lateral movement to cover and it's becoming to be nonsensical. I usually drop my phone 2/3 times a day because of needing to swipe, it never happened so often before.
I have also started to suffer from joint pain on my right thumb due to phone gestures.
I've watched my parents trying to do it with both hands - with one hand they keep the phone, with the other hand they try to swipe-up to answer using their index finger - and the movement 90% of the time falls too short and the swipe fails.
It's painful to watch, I think we should rethink gestures or phones' dimensions.
- b112 4y agoWell, the swipe width thing is a different conversation. I bet it is far worse for children, which makes me think... For kids, a kid sized phone would seemingly work better. 1/3 the size, weight, and theoretically with a smaller font and display.