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This explains a tendency I've long had which I always assumed was just a look and feel thing. So back in 2021 I got myself a (relatively new) Blackberry. I love

This explains a tendency I've long had which I always assumed was just a look and feel thing. So back in 2021 I got myself a (relatively new) Blackberry. I loved it. Hardware buttons. Lots of them. I've had to upgrade to a newer Android for work reasons, and it has so many default settings I've had to turn off because they are infuriating. Pixel 7. Gestures. No standard bottom bar with the three buttons. Power button does something else. Why???? Even with all these turned off, the three button bar disappears if an app is full screen, and you have to do a gesture to get it back. Seems mad to me.

KronisLV 3y ago
> No standard bottom bar with the three buttons. This was very jarring at first, but over time I've actually gotten used to the gestures and they feel more consistent than various makers of phones having the software buttons in different positions. It's almost like muscle memory at this point. If you don't like gestures, however, you should be able to go to the system settings and enable the old style navigation. If they had removed it entirely, then I'd probably be more critical (a la Windows 11 vertical taskbar).
JohnFen 3y ago
> Hardware buttons. Lots of them. Losing those buttons was a pretty serious usability hit that has never been made up for with touch screens.