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There are some downright neat things in the iOS accessibility options. Example: you can set it so that a triple tap on the rear of the phone turns the flashligh
by smitelli 2y ago
There are some downright neat things in the iOS accessibility options. Example: you can set it so that a triple tap on the rear of the phone turns the flashlight on/off. People think it’s witchcraft how fast I can pull the phone out and switch it on without looking down.
- crazygringo 2y agoYup, I use the triple-tap for smart invert. That way when a website blinds me at night because they didn't implement dark mode, I do a quick triple-tap and magic-presto, poor man's dark mode! And after I close it, another triple-tap to go back to normal. I'm really just waiting for the OS and browser to do "fake dark mode" whenever it detects something with a white/light background. Seems like it's about time.
- least 2y agoDarkReader works pretty well for my needs. It has an iOS Safari Extension. [1] https://darkreader.org/ https://darkreader.org/
- notatoad 2y agoi turned that on because it sounded cool, but it ended up making my flashlight turn on all the time.
- dmix 2y agoHow does the tapping happen by accident?
- mhh__ 2y agoEither fidgeting or it just being too sensitive. I love weird right-brained UX but the problem is that I drum with my fingers all the time (the two aren't unrelated).=
- mmh0000 2y agoHa. I had the exact same experience. Thought wow cool! Quick flashlight! Instead the flashlight would frequently turn itself on while in my pocket. And on the flip side; when I wanted the flashlight to come on the phone frequently wouldn’t recognize my tapping. It just ended up being quicker and more convenient to turn on the flashlight from the lock screen.
- amelius 2y agoIt's always fun to tap on someone's phone 3x when it's in their pocket.
- idbehold 2y agoThe physical switch on my old iPhone to toggle silent mode stopped working and sometimes it will toggle itself. I had to setup the triple tap to toggle silent mode because the alternative is like 20 clicks deep in settings.
- stavros 2y agoOn Android I get the flashlight by double pressing the "lock" button. It's my single most useful shortcut, my flashlight is on literally before my phone is out of my pocket.
- rkagerer 2y agoI'm on Android and just wish I had a simple button (or switch) dedicated to the flashlight. Back when I ran LineageOS it was easy to commandeer a physical button and repurpose it for this. It is still difficult to do so under stock OS? (Note I'm already using double tap of the power button to activate the camera) Eg. It was frustrating how for the longest time Samsung wouldn't let you repurpose the Bixby button.