A configurable gesture menu would be great but it could create an Apple Support nightmare. This phone is a brand new concept for Apple and has only been in the hands of the masses for 1 week. Why on earth are people bashing Apple for not getting it exactly right? This phone will evolve w/ software updates and if you aren't one who likes change, they made 2 other iPhones that are EXACTLY like last year's model. Stick to that and maybe jump on board next year. The X will not hit that happy medium for quite a while.
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Apple Community Envisions Better Ways to Activate Control Center on iPhone X
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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.
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some people like to be able to switch between a few apps instead of 20...
Why not add the ipad version of control center/multitasking/closing apps to ALL iphones?
Exactly. And maybe allow the user to choose the bottom right or bottom left, to accommodate lefties or righties. The Home Swipe doesn't need to occupy the entire width of the bottom of the screen. And it wouldn't take much more getting used to than the Home Swipe did. Just think of it as the Control Center having moved a bit to the right or to the left.
Anything an app can do when its running in the "background" it can still do after you force close that app and its no longer "running in the background" with the exception of using location services if the app is only set to get that when its open in the foreground.
The hardware has nothing it do with its how iOS is written, its very good at memory and resource management.
I see a lot of ticked off people about this and that with the new iPhone X, that’s the reason why I didn’t go the first GEN product
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Lol, Apple could have notches on all four sides and some people would still like it
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I completely agree, I never use 3D Touch
[doublepost=1510374634][/doublepost]Wish I could go back to the original iphones simplicity yet the current phones fastness ... seems like every other day they’re adding something “new“ that is completely unnecessary, Steve Jobs is rolling
they cant until all phones used today have it. Otherwise developers have to support two sets of actions.
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Why do you think it does more harm than good?
^ All I want Apple to do is to give me that toggle. Location and show me more than just four while also letting me get rid of airplane mode in the Control Center. I need mobile data, hotspot, and location services to be next to each other along with Wi-Fi and Bluetooth. This is for my work flow.
Location services is still found in the Settings app under Privacy. I even asked the Genius at the Apple Store and he told me I can't customize what I want to see.
Android gives me all the toggles I want with my lockscreen messages below it. I can swipe them each away without asking me to delete or view. If I can't find a toggle I need, I use Notification Toggle to add more toggles like brightness with set values and volume.
If Apple can listen and improve their notification system and make tethering more seamless, we're back in business! I even like Apple Maps because how clean the menu is compared to Google's. Points direction to where the house is on the street. But no GPS toggle in Control Center. What gives?
Until Apple improves their Control Center and notification system, Android will be my primary OS for work.
Why have the hard press? That is an extra step that is 100% pointless.
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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.
Then go buy an Android...and spend your time making that green instead of trolling
Because it uses more resources to open repeatedly than to just leave it open, leaving to worse battery life.
And apps that have Background App refresh enabled that are using a lot of resources? Do you go into settings and toggle off background refresh for them in those occasions when you don’t need it or simply quit them?
Because apparently, this vision "developed over the years" was never anticipated during these years - now resulting in a variety of gestures dispersed over iphone versions.
Which is how the UI becomes a complete mess.
The better approach would have been to offer home button alternatives in iOS versions over time - thereby streamlining a seamless, universal experience across all iPhones
There is an analogy with self-driving cars where a steering wheel gets more redundant instead of suddenly removed.
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It would be nice if is they left the Podcast app alone so I could start new podcasts from the bottom of the screen instead of now have to reach up to the top to start it playing.
This is why I can never use iOS as my work phone...
Dasher menu, check the bottom page
https://uimovement.com/userflows/product/doordash-dasher/
In fairness, both Dasher versions are crap. Both crash on me. Both freeze up. Crap apps to make crap money but very, very easy money. I was supposed to sign up for Grubhub and Caviar before DD. I might do so if DD doesn't give me orders. Android's Dasher app is more user-friendly. I like the red and white theme of the company colors. I know where the chat support option is. The menus are on the left side.
The iOS' Dasher app reminds me of their YouTube app which I dislike. The menus are on the bottom. Google's recent updates has made it look like iOS' which is why I went back to an older apk that came with my V20. I prefer the menu on top.
If Apple can work on notifications, more toggle customizations, and DoorDash developers can just copy the Android version of Dasher, I will gladly line up like an Apple zombie for the next iPhone. I was going to buy the X yesterday morning until I realized they were sold out before realizing Control Center is horrendous!
My most important toggles -
Mobile Data
Hotspot
Location
There is no location toggle in the Control Center. I have to go to Settings, find Privacy, and then turn it on or off. I need those toggles next to each other because if all of them are ON, it would drain the battery very, very quickly and generate so much heat. I usually turn off hotspot for location and vice-versa. It's why I use a third-wheel like the Moto E. Saves battery in case I forget to turn off hotspot and location on the iPhone.
Tethering with iOS is also very confusing. It wants Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on? My other phones will lose connection if my iPhone is gone for too long if I'm returning to my car. I have to go back to the iPhone to toggle it on again. Apple needs to work on iOS. Lack of customization is what limits in functions.
We can praise and praise the new gesture swipes. Fall in love with them and the cool, fluid animations. I understand. I wanted them years ago. But once you get back to the nitty-gritty of iOS' core features, its limitations will start to annoy you over time.
Dasher menu, check the bottom page
https://uimovement.com/userflows/product/doordash-dasher/
In fairness, both Dasher versions are crap. Both crash on me. Both freeze up. Crap apps to make crap money but very, very easy money. I was supposed to sign up for Grubhub and Caviar before DD. I might do so if DD doesn't give me orders. Android's Dasher app is more user-friendly. I like the red and white theme of the company colors. I know where the chat support option is. The menus are on the left side.
The iOS' Dasher app reminds me of their YouTube app which I dislike. The menus are on the bottom. Google's recent updates has made it look like iOS' which is why I went back to an older apk that came with my V20. I prefer the menu on top.
If Apple can work on notifications, more toggle customizations, and DoorDash developers can just copy the Android version of Dasher, I will gladly line up like an Apple zombie for the next iPhone. I was going to buy the X yesterday morning until I realized they were sold out before realizing Control Center is horrendous!
My most important toggles -
Mobile Data
Hotspot
Location
There is no location toggle in the Control Center. I have to go to Settings, find Privacy, and then turn it on or off. I need those toggles next to each other because if all of them are ON, it would drain the battery very, very quickly and generate so much heat. I usually turn off hotspot for location and vice-versa. It's why I use a third-wheel like the Moto E. Saves battery in case I forget to turn off hotspot and location on the iPhone.
Tethering with iOS is also very confusing. It wants Wi-Fi and Bluetooth on? My other phones will lose connection if my iPhone is gone for too long if I'm returning to my car. I have to go back to the iPhone to toggle it on again. Apple needs to work on iOS. Lack of customization is what limits in functions.
We can praise and praise the new gesture swipes. Fall in love with them and the cool, fluid animations. I understand. I wanted them years ago. But once you get back to the nitty-gritty of iOS' core features, its limitations will start to annoy you over time.
First thing I wish Apple would do is add a location toggle in Control Center. Data, Hotspot, and Location need to be next to each other for me during work.
I have a few flaws (Notification Center from the top being one of them) that have made me consider returning iPhone X. It's a great device, but after using it for a week it doesn't quite feel natural. The thing that kills me the most is FaceID, when it works, it works well. That being said, I wear a CPAP mask so I can't just wake up & unlock my phone with my finger & Touch ID... I have to be somewhat conscious to enter my passcode.
Don't get me started on the cold weather thing either..... happened to me the last two days.
Much like the initial LTE bugs with Series 3, this might be a return until it's the premium device it should be.
Don't get me started on the cold weather thing either..... happened to me the last two days.
Much like the initial LTE bugs with Series 3, this might be a return until it's the premium device it should be.