4 ms·
Why would you need bounce back at all? It's one of those things that gives iOS it's personallity, you could definately make a touch based user interface without
by adsr 14y ago
Why would you need bounce back at all? It's one of those things that gives iOS it's personallity, you could definately make a touch based user interface without bounce back.
- fpgeek 14y agoI wouldn't bee so confident about that. The jury also found that the Nexus S 4G infringed the scrolling patent even though it doesn't include "bounce back" and, instead, using stock Android's "overscroll glow" (which, in theory, was supposed to work around the Apple patent). I'd say the breadth of this particular patent is an unsettled question, at the very least.
- lowboy 14y agoBouncebacks and inertia scrolling help the user experience because they're closer to real world behaviour. On a subconscious level, people more easily interact with something that has a little weight and closer to real physics to it.
- adsr 14y agoIt solves some real world problems, but is it really closer to real world behavior? If I for example flip through a photo album and reach the last page, it wont bounce back. There are other cues to that, such as the thickness of the page or if I attempt to flip the last page I will instead see the back cover etc.