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Anyone else hate having all the search bars at the bottom?

robfoll said:
When I pick up my phone, my eyes automatically go to the top of the screen (where historically all the search bars were visible or available to pull down). Now it seems most of them are moving to the bottom, where to my mind it's much harder to move the eye down and not in a natural place.

Be interested in feedback from other users.
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I guess you will get used to it. There’s no other choice. With smartphones being bigger each year, it’s impossible to use them if all controls aren’t within the reach of your thumb.

With iPhone 5 and earlier you were able to reach the top of the screen with your thumb, and even with the iPhone 6/7/8/SE2/SE3 form factor it’s kinda possible if you have a good balance with your hand, but it’s much more comfortable to have it all in the bottom.

Now, with the huge 6,3” and 6,9” that the iPhone Pro have, and the regular base model increasing from 6,1” to a minimum of 6,3” in a year or so, it’s literally impossible to use a smartphone if all tools aren’t at reach at the bottom. Even the Control Center, which drops from the top right corner, is possible to be triggered by a double tap at the rear of the phone.

It is that, or using all your hands to hold the smartphone while not being able to do anything else. I need my iPhone on the go, holding bags with one hand, holding myself in the city bus, or any other situation. I can’t afford myself to stop, sit, and hold the smartphone with both hands because that’s not what a mobile phone is for. Tablets and laptops ARE for that. And that’s why I’m still using an iPhone SE 3. And will continue as long as I can.

So, while society keeps demanding bigger and bigger things, Apple will gladly satisfy those customers because it allows them to spend less in R&D about how to cram smaller componentes while keeping the same battery life.

And while smartphones keep growing, there’s no other way than to have all search bars at the bottom.
 
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I don't mind them at the bottom, I don't have long fingers. However, I do mind not being able to clearly read what's on them.

Who needs to be able to clearly read the text anyway?

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robfoll said:
When I pick up my phone, my eyes automatically go to the top of the screen (where historically all the search bars were visible or available to pull down). Now it seems most of them are moving to the bottom, where to my mind it's much harder to move the eye down and not in a natural place.

Be interested in feedback from other users.
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I'm the opposite. I'm happy they're finally all at the bottom, much easier for one handed typing😊
 
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lemimouth said:
In Files the search bar is at the top. I feel that in every Apple application, the search icon/bar is placed differently…
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This is the issue. Its inconsistent.

The other issue is that I don't always need a search bar but it is omnipresent for example in Settings.

The Files search is silly, it should behave much more like the Photos app which has a magnifying glass in the bottom right corner.

The Calendar and Reminder App is equally muddled with the magnifying glass being shoved near the top and search not being omni present.

Also their icons are confusing. If I want to create a new Note, I have a stylus.rectangle.rounded icon, if I want a new reminder or calendar I have a plus.circle.fill icon.
New thing means new thing surely? Just give me a + sign.
 
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Ctrlos said:
Id put money on a good percentage of phone droppages being caused by people trying to over-reach to the top of their phone screen with a thumb and taking a knock.
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I'll take that bet! 😀

I'd put my money on phones often being dropped because of people trying to use most any recent iPhone (oversized slabs) *one-handed* rather two-handed for any operation, not just the proverbial thumb reach! 🙈 (Can't even imagine trying to do that and thinking that fingers behind could ever hold the phone tightly enough.)

Many of us, even with small phones, hold it securely in one hand — and tap, select, and type with the other. Quite easy, quite comfortable.

Anyone who doesn't do that is asking for a drop!

P.S. I'll also wager that two-handed users have far fewer drops!
 
Saturn007 said:
I'll take that bet! 😀

I'd put my money on phones often being dropped because of people trying to use most any recent iPhone (oversized slabs) *one-handed* rather two-handed for any operation, not just the proverbial thumb reach! 🙈 (Can't even imagine trying to do that and thinking that fingers behind could ever hold the phone tightly enough.)

Many of us, even with small phones, hold it securely in one hand — and tap, select, and type with the other. Quite easy, quite comfortable.

Anyone who doesn't do that is asking for a drop!

P.S. I'll also wager that two-handed users have far fewer drops!
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For UX designers it cannot be a given that the user even has two hands. The spare is often holding the hand of a small child/groceries/public transport/a burrito and some people only have one hand, period.

A 95th percentile user should be able to use most of the core functions with one hand. They made phones bigger but stretched the OS to fit rather than redesigning it for larger screens.
 
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Ctrlos said:
For UX designers it cannot be a given that the user even has two hands. The spare is often holding the hand of a small child/groceries/public transport/a burrito and some people only have one hand, period.

A 95th percentile user should be able to use most of the core functions with one hand. They made phones bigger but stretched the OS to fit rather than redesigning it for larger screens.
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Interesting, I've never used my phone one-handed, I always hold it in my left hand and work it with my right. Tried using it one-handed just now and almost dropped it. 😆
 
Arctic Moose said:
I say "finally!"

This change should have been implemented a long time ago. It has been near-impossible to use an iPhone one-handed since the iPhone 5.
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I'm with you 100% on this dude it make no sense whatsoever having a search bar on the top. It's super annoying to have to stretch your fingers to the top or adjust your hands to type.
 
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Saturn007 said:
I'll take that bet! 😀

I'd put my money on phones often being dropped because of people trying to use most any recent iPhone (oversized slabs) *one-handed* rather two-handed for any operation, not just the proverbial thumb reach! 🙈 (Can't even imagine trying to do that and thinking that fingers behind could ever hold the phone tightly enough.)

Many of us, even with small phones, hold it securely in one hand — and tap, select, and type with the other. Quite easy, quite comfortable.

Anyone who doesn't do that is asking for a drop!

P.S. I'll also wager that two-handed users have far fewer drops!
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I don't know what it's like in the US, but here in the UK I'd say almost 90% of people love to have their face in their screen 90% of the time, even when walking down the street. They will not look up, even when crossing the street. My wife scared the proverbial out of a school kid who just walked out without looking. She jumped a mile in the air out of fright. But it was done to teach her a lesson as next time she wouldn't be so lucky. And it's these kinds idiots who love to walk with phone in one hand and no doubt are the ones you see with broken screens.

I'm a one handed user most of the time. But definitely. It one of those numptys who walk down the street. Up stairs. In toilets. When making **** who have to have thir phones with them.
 
robfoll said:
Interesting, I've never used my phone one-handed, I always hold it in my left hand and work it with my right. Tried using it one-handed just now and almost dropped it. 😆
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Considering your post signature states you were a mac user from before I was born, I'm not too surprised 😆😁
 
lemimouth said:
In Files the search bar is at the top. I feel that in every Apple application, the search icon/bar is placed differently…
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I like the search bar or icon at the bottom. It is much easier to activate the search now one-handed. Files having the bar at the top is now out of place. I feel like they could just mimic what Apple Music does and have the search button at the bottom right.
 
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To be honest, I was not very happy about the change and even let Apple know about it in the developer feedback channel. Fast-forward a day later, I’m actually starting to get used to it. That being said, it would be nice to have an option to put **** back to where it was before, but so be it.
 
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MDTyKe said:
I don't mind them at the bottom, I don't have long fingers. However, I do mind not being able to clearly read what's on them.

Who needs to be able to clearly read the text anyway?

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They improved it with the latest betas. The glass becomes more frosty/milky in such a situation but at the end of the day as nice as the new design looks, there are definitely some trade offs in terms of readability in some situations.
 
There are still times when I go to the top of the screen for the search bar but its to be expected after being used to the same layout for 16+ years, soon enough it will become natural and we won't be thinking about it. Only app I really keep doing it in is Music but its also the app I use first everyday when still half asleep so I don't care that much.
 
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