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Have they fixed the back button? I had a wp7 phone for a while and this userflow breaks the back button: 1. Open IE and browse the web a little 2. Press the ho
by sil3ntmac 14y ago
Have they fixed the back button? I had a wp7 phone for a while and this userflow breaks the back button:
1. Open IE and browse the web a little
2. Press the home button, read your text messages or some bullshit
3. Press the home button again, open IE. Now try and browse back one page in your history (e.g., you're returning to hacker news after reading a story). The physical back button takes you back to the home page. There is no "soft" back button, so I have to pull up my history and use that.
Horrible!!!!!! Maybe Android is this way but it seems horrendously stupid to not even give me the option of a soft button.
- kenjackson 14y agoIt is fixed in WP8 with a new feature called fast app resume. Apps have to opt into it, but it does make the experience much better.
- paulbeattie 14y agothe back button issue in IE10 mobile has still not been solved in WP8. It's one of the first things I noticed is the lack of a back and forward button. The back button definitely does not behave in the manner described unless resumed by holding down the back button and then going into the app but that's just confusing.
- apetrovic 14y agoYes, the back button is broken because it forces the user to think how things work. In your example, if you left IE, instead of starting it again from the home screen you should hold the back button to enter task switcher and jump into running IE instance from there. After that the back button will work ok. Which is counter-intuitive - tapping tile on the start screen should either give you the same experience like jumping in the app from task switcher, or start new application instance.
- sil3ntmac 14y agoTHANK YOU! Can't believe I missed the task switcher. Edit: spelling