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Apple Community Envisions Better Ways to Activate Control Center on iPhone X
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This location change has removed the simplicity and ease-of-access to Control Center for many iPhone X users -- particularly those who are left handed
Considering "antenna gate" affecting left handed people more, and Steve Jobs infamously telling people to just hold the phone differently, it looks like Jobs' influence coming back from the grave. Surprising since Jony Ive is apparently left handed...The real question is how long do we have to wait for them to make a good decision?
Yeah. That's my only major gripe with the X and the software so far. It's really cumbersome compared to the old method. Once you have them up there in that small view, you should be able to just swipe upward like you did before to get rid of them.
What does swiping up from the middle of the screen currently do? (nothing)
swiping up from the bottom right corner would be the perfect method to evoke control center imo
I don’t mind where they put it but it goes against Apple’s spirit of discoverability. Nothing should be that hidden.
I’d put it in the multitasking card window like on iPad. Swipe up and to the right is a very quick way of app switching. Swipe up and to the left is open. Put the Control Centre there.
I’d put it in the multitasking card window like on iPad. Swipe up and to the right is a very quick way of app switching. Swipe up and to the left is open. Put the Control Centre there.
It is reenforcing the Apple concept that there is no need in normal use to close apps completely. They use very few resources and startup much faster when just ignored.
I haven't gotten one yet, (waiting for the SIM free model in the US) so I perhaps this is a bad idea in practice and I didn't read the entire thread to see if this was suggested already, but... I would prefer if they just did something closer to how it works on previous phones.
Why can't you just force touch the line at the bottom of the screen to go home? Other UI elements aren't allowed in that area anyway since it's not part of the "safe area", so it would essentially be replacing the home button and it would behave exactly how it did on the 7 and 8. I also think it's stupid that the bar rotates with the phone so it's always on the current orientation's bottom of screen. If the X doesn't support the home screen in landscape mode, why would I want to return to the home screen from landscape where everything is now sideways? Apps have less space in landscape than they did on the 7 and 8 because of the bar, so just keep it in the same place at all times. By using force touch to invoke it, then you can have the original swipe up for control center gesture back. And force touch on the left side of the screen for app switcher like 7 and 8 have.
I know there were some people not convinced by it, but I really liked the fake button feeling from force touch.
Why can't you just force touch the line at the bottom of the screen to go home? Other UI elements aren't allowed in that area anyway since it's not part of the "safe area", so it would essentially be replacing the home button and it would behave exactly how it did on the 7 and 8. I also think it's stupid that the bar rotates with the phone so it's always on the current orientation's bottom of screen. If the X doesn't support the home screen in landscape mode, why would I want to return to the home screen from landscape where everything is now sideways? Apps have less space in landscape than they did on the 7 and 8 because of the bar, so just keep it in the same place at all times. By using force touch to invoke it, then you can have the original swipe up for control center gesture back. And force touch on the left side of the screen for app switcher like 7 and 8 have.
I know there were some people not convinced by it, but I really liked the fake button feeling from force touch.
I went around using my iPhone left handed for a couple hours. I didn't find it difficult to access the right top corner swipe towards center one handed. but I usually hold my iPhone in my left hand while "operating it" with my right. So using it one handed was fun to learn too. I think this will pass once people get used to it. One possible solution would be to use both top corners, or select one in settings, to use for opening the control center.
Like the idea but that would take 2 clicks to get to CC.
I think a 3D touch anywhere to summon the CC would be better. Or swipe up from a corner like most ppl are saying.
Not all of us want to see notifications when we are trying to access our phones. That’s why this should be an option: a notification screen for those who need these, an option to skip this for those for whom this screen is useless.
I like the new 3D Touch camera and flashlight shortcuts in the lock screen.
It'll be 2070 and I'll still be explaining to my sister that force quitting Messages after every time she opens it to send one text is pointless and does more harm than good.
And she'll still do it.
I really hope the new UI in the X makes people realize this. I've already exhausted all explanations that I can think of and haven't gotten through to my family
Same issue with members of my family. For some reason, many people seem to incorrectly believe it’s up to them to control how their phone allocates memory, that they can do this better than Apple, and that all of the apps recently used must be actively using memory.
I hope Apple does this. Using control center as someone who is left handed is a pain and almost always requires me to re position my hand or use my other hand.
One of the biggest software changes on Apple's new iPhone X is the location of Control Center, the useful user interface that provides you with quick access to music playback controls, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi toggles, the flashlight, calculator, and much more thanks to iOS 11's customizable layout. On pre-iPhone X devices, the Control Center is awoken by swiping up from the bottom edge of the device. Because that action is now the default "go home" gesture on iPhone X, Apple has moved Control Center to the top right edge of the smartphone.
This location change has removed the simplicity and ease-of-access to Control Center for many iPhone X users -- particularly those who are left handed -- who have been posting about the iPhone X-specific issue in the MacRumors forums, Twitter, and on Reddit. Some of these users have also provided interesting alternative locations and invoking gestures that Apple could potentially implement in future iOS updates, but it should be reiterated that these are simply community ideas and not in any way an indication that we'll see them added to the iPhone X.
How to activate Control Center on iPhone X
Reddit has been the source of multiple ideas for new Control Center gestures on the iPhone X, with a few that replace existing gestures (so you'd have to choose between two options in Settings) and some that are new. One user theorized that the iPhone X's new Reachability gesture (swiping down on the Home indicator, which must be activated in Settings) could have an alternate option for invoking Control Center.
Further threads provided variations on this idea: 3D Touch on the Home indicator for Reachability and pulling down on the indicator for Control Center, or keeping Reachability as it is and using 3D Touch on the Home indicator for Control Center. The 3D Touch solution has been put forward by multiple people over the last few days and appears to be a favorite, particularly because Reachability's new swipe-down gesture on the Home indicator can be difficult to execute and could potentially be an even more frustrating location for Control Center.
Other ideas have been shared on the MacRumors forums, including one that could be an additional option for the swipe-down gesture that enacts Search anywhere on the Home Screen, but that would make Control Center impossible to call up within apps. iOS developer Guilherme Rambo posted his own idea on Twitter this week, suggesting that a 3D Touch edge swipe could house Control Center. Currently, this is used as an app switching gesture, which Apple at first removed from iOS 11 and then brought back in a later update, so it's another idea where you'd have to pick one setting over another.
While Rambo's idea appears to be focused on Control Center replacing an app switcher gesture, a few users have also had ideas where Control Center is added into the app switcher. In these, you'd swipe up and hold to access other apps as normal, and Control Center would potentially be the first app you see instead of the last-used app. Or, Apple could place it on the right side of the app switcher, as one Redditor posited. Another mockup by Twitter user @jwangARK placed buttons under the app switcher for easy access to both Notifications and Control Center.
Another iOS developer, Riley Testut, theorized a simple solution that would place Control Center at the bottom right edge of the iPhone X display instead of the top right edge, while swiping up from the center would still go Home. A few iPhone X users have also pointed towards Assistive Touch in Accessibility as a workaround for easier Control Center activation, but that comes with a permanent, virtual Home Button on your iPhone screen, which will be a hard trade-off for some iPhone X owners.
With the iPhone X out in the wild for one full week as of today, November 10, the location of Control Center is one of a few gripes that early adopters have had with Apple's newest smartphone. Another notable point of contention focused on the iPhone X keyboard's "wasted space", with users presenting a few potential solutions to that as well, including placing recently used emoji or punctuation in the empty field below the space bar.
Make sure to check out our iPhone X Roundup for more details on the smartphone's new features.
Article Link: Apple Community Envisions Better Ways to Activate Control Center on iPhone X
7 pages of swiping looks to me like Apple has some work to do to get the X series ironed out..... my guess is that there will be a lot of confused users out there.
looks to me like Apple has some work to do to get the X series ironed out..... my guess is that there will be a lot of confused users out there.
Dude... global warming is happening. Polar bears all over the world are sad because of it. It's real. Stop denying it.
Here's an even better idea. Apple should just purchase "Activator" from Ryan Petrich and integrate it into iOS. Problem solved. The sheep can talk about how perfect everything is that Apple does and to just get used to it. The individual can customize the user experience to what best suits them. Everybody wins. Thanks in advance Apple!
So far, for me,"touch screen, swipe left" as a camera shortcut is one of my favorite new things. I was tired of habitually touching the home button to get the camera fast only to have Touch ID take me to the home screen because, unlike Face ID, Touch ID was almost instantaneous. Additionally, although I don't like it in any other circumstances, having to swipe up to open the phone keeps me from accidentally bypassing fast camera access. I can do this without looking (unlike the new camera icon)
Google has shamelessly ripped off Xiaomi with Doze and permissions since Marshmallow. Apple has ripped off Cydia developers. Spotlight? I saw that as far back as 2009. I used SBSettings which emulated Control Center but had toggle switches from swiping from the top.
Apple needs to copy Android's superior notification system which Apple has gotten wrong for 10 years. Keep messages underneath the toggles. iOS11's Control Center is a complete mess. It has more of a learning curve to remember for me than gesture swipes.
Messages on the lockscreen should be swiped away or tap into the full message. Not prompting us to delete it or view. Location services is still located in privacy under the Settings. Can't use it as a toggle. Very limited toggle switches to view. Can't rid of airplane mode for something like personal hotspot.
Wished iOS also had an Android app like Notification Toggle. I prefer having a brightness and volume toggle. For brightness, I set values like 30%, 50%, 75%, 100% or whatever value feels right when I'm outside or inside a room.
I don't like auto-brightness because it misses the mark sometimes and kills more battery life with a sensor turned on going in and out of lighting conditions. And volume control is good because I prefer my media volume lower than my ringtone and notifications.
I think iPhone X is very polished with hardware but iOS is weak with settings customizations, notifications, tethering, and toggles.
Apple needs to copy Android's superior notification system which Apple has gotten wrong for 10 years. Keep messages underneath the toggles. iOS11's Control Center is a complete mess. It has more of a learning curve to remember for me than gesture swipes.
Messages on the lockscreen should be swiped away or tap into the full message. Not prompting us to delete it or view. Location services is still located in privacy under the Settings. Can't use it as a toggle. Very limited toggle switches to view. Can't rid of airplane mode for something like personal hotspot.
Wished iOS also had an Android app like Notification Toggle. I prefer having a brightness and volume toggle. For brightness, I set values like 30%, 50%, 75%, 100% or whatever value feels right when I'm outside or inside a room.
I don't like auto-brightness because it misses the mark sometimes and kills more battery life with a sensor turned on going in and out of lighting conditions. And volume control is good because I prefer my media volume lower than my ringtone and notifications.
I think iPhone X is very polished with hardware but iOS is weak with settings customizations, notifications, tethering, and toggles.
This! ...and there's even been reports/tests done that show it takes more battery to force close and open apps, rather than just leave them alone. The phone will manage "usage" just fine. Most of the time it's only a basic screenshot of the app in background anyways.