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Yep, my parents are both Android users and have to ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone.

by bigyabai 11mo ago

mceachen 11mo ago
Followed by “where is the back button.” Answer: sometimes apps let you swipe right from the left margin, sometimes there may be a left arrow in the upper left, but it may not be visible unless you enable tinted Liquid Glass, but also look in the bottom left, there may be a less-than sign, and some times you have to force-quit the app and restart (like with Libby books borrowed via Kindle…)
- tempest_ 11mo ago
  Does apply still sometimes put the back button in the top left? That used to drive me nuts especially as they grew the phone to size 5+ inches
- phantasmish 11mo ago
  You mean the “roulette-wheel do-something-vaguely-backish” button?
- nozzlegear 11mo ago
  I can't remember the last time I've encountered an app that didn't let you swipe to go back. That's practically built into iOS at this point.
Groxx 11mo ago
iOS UX-affordance has done an incredible reversal from "one of the best" to "unambiguously the worst" over the years :| it's stunningly unapproachable nowadays, and Android seems excited to follow them
loloquwowndueo 11mo ago
> ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone. This is actually hilarious because Android had all-screen phones with only virtual buttons long before iPhones did :)
- bigyabai 11mo ago
  Sure, but neither my Pixel nor Samsung handset defaults to gesture navigation. I consider myself pretty tech savvy but just never use Apple's multitasking provisions on iOS and iPadOS.
  - phantasmish 11mo ago
    I’ve been using iOS since 2013 or so, and even spent five or so years off-and-on developing for the platform. I never use the multitasking stuff. Too confusing. I regard the loss of the single physical home button as a tragedy. One of the best UI elements ever created. Not joking. So simple, imposible to confuse because there’s just one, basically nothing about it that requires training, and it acted as the perfect “oh shit, get me back to something normal!” button for the tech-unsavvy, which is one of the things they most-need in a UI. So good.
  - klooney 11mo ago
    Pixels do now

Yep, my parents are both Android users and have to ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone.

Followed by “where is the back button.” Answer: sometimes apps let you swipe right from the left margin, sometimes there may be a left arrow in the upper left, but it may not be visible unless you enable tinted Liquid Glass, but also look in the bottom left, there may be a less-than sign, and some times you have to force-quit the app and restart (like with Libby books borrowed via Kindle…)

tempest_ 11mo ago
Does apply still sometimes put the back button in the top left? That used to drive me nuts especially as they grew the phone to size 5+ inches
phantasmish 11mo ago
You mean the “roulette-wheel do-something-vaguely-backish” button?
nozzlegear 11mo ago
I can't remember the last time I've encountered an app that didn't let you swipe to go back. That's practically built into iOS at this point.

Groxx 11mo ago

iOS UX-affordance has done an incredible reversal from "one of the best" to "unambiguously the worst" over the years :| it's stunningly unapproachable nowadays, and Android seems excited to follow them

loloquwowndueo 11mo ago

> ask "where is the home button" when someone passes them an iPhone. This is actually hilarious because Android had all-screen phones with only virtual buttons long before iPhones did :)

bigyabai 11mo ago
Sure, but neither my Pixel nor Samsung handset defaults to gesture navigation. I consider myself pretty tech savvy but just never use Apple's multitasking provisions on iOS and iPadOS.
- phantasmish 11mo ago
  I’ve been using iOS since 2013 or so, and even spent five or so years off-and-on developing for the platform. I never use the multitasking stuff. Too confusing. I regard the loss of the single physical home button as a tragedy. One of the best UI elements ever created. Not joking. So simple, imposible to confuse because there’s just one, basically nothing about it that requires training, and it acted as the perfect “oh shit, get me back to something normal!” button for the tech-unsavvy, which is one of the things they most-need in a UI. So good.
- klooney 11mo ago
  Pixels do now