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If anything, I think "fold to unlock" better expresses Apple's current visual style, which is that every element of the OS must exist in physical space somewher

If anything, I think "fold to unlock" better expresses Apple's current visual style, which is that every element of the OS must exist in physical space somewhere—i.e., the multitasking tray exists "below" the home screen, the notification center exists "above" it. The current lock screen doesn't really "exist" anywhere relative to the rest of the OS.

baddox 13y ago
Fun fact: if you swipe up from the lock screen to reveal the camera app, you can then swipe down from the top to bring the lock screen back down.
- joshuamerrill 13y ago
  Wow. Did not know that. Thanks.
rurounijones 13y ago
I would argue that the lock screen is a special case since it is totally divorced from the rest of the OS in terms of usage, it may be common to go from app to multi-tasking tray and back etc but I would argue that locking and unlocking a device is a special scenario. There is also that part of me that naturally thinks "If I can fold it using action then I can unfold it using the opposite action" which would not work in this case. Although seeing as how someone else commented that this is available on jailbroken iphones I think I am on shaky ground on this one.
- saurik 13y ago
  > Although seeing as how someone else commented that this is available on jailbroken iphones I think I am on shaky ground on this one. Just because some people like it, and even choose it, doesn't mean that it makes much sense. One minor issue is that if it were to fold in a way that felt physically realistic it would require going slightly above and below the screen, which it can't do (due to it being a screen), so there's something slightly unrealistic about watching it fold: some people don't notice, but some people will; the people who do notice may never be able to get past it. However, we actually can ignore the whole problem of squishy design arguments: how do you deal with the PIN code lock? If you have a PIN set, the actual implementation of Unfold seriously unfolds the lock screen to show... another lock screen (?!)... that has the PIN keypad (ok, I guess)... and when you type in your PIN it disappears using the original animation. That's just... weird, and almost looks like a bug it is such a kludge when you see it.

baddox 13y ago

Fun fact: if you swipe up from the lock screen to reveal the camera app, you can then swipe down from the top to bring the lock screen back down.

joshuamerrill 13y ago
Wow. Did not know that. Thanks.

rurounijones 13y ago

I would argue that the lock screen is a special case since it is totally divorced from the rest of the OS in terms of usage, it may be common to go from app to multi-tasking tray and back etc but I would argue that locking and unlocking a device is a special scenario. There is also that part of me that naturally thinks "If I can fold it using action then I can unfold it using the opposite action" which would not work in this case. Although seeing as how someone else commented that this is available on jailbroken iphones I think I am on shaky ground on this one.

saurik 13y ago
> Although seeing as how someone else commented that this is available on jailbroken iphones I think I am on shaky ground on this one. Just because some people like it, and even choose it, doesn't mean that it makes much sense. One minor issue is that if it were to fold in a way that felt physically realistic it would require going slightly above and below the screen, which it can't do (due to it being a screen), so there's something slightly unrealistic about watching it fold: some people don't notice, but some people will; the people who do notice may never be able to get past it. However, we actually can ignore the whole problem of squishy design arguments: how do you deal with the PIN code lock? If you have a PIN set, the actual implementation of Unfold seriously unfolds the lock screen to show... another lock screen (?!)... that has the PIN keypad (ok, I guess)... and when you type in your PIN it disappears using the original animation. That's just... weird, and almost looks like a bug it is such a kludge when you see it.