iPhone X - new swipings will be hard to remember?

[jumpingjackflash]

My prediction is that people are going to hate the new suggestion swipes from top corner, center, long swipe etc. They are not very intuitive and really hard to remember. For example longer swipe from bottom to center will fail so often that it is going to be frustrating. Swiping down from right top corner is also a nightmare.

Our fingers are made to only point, press and pinch/grab. Not to make some silly and difficult gestures that are difficult to remember and counter intuitive.

 

[Hustler1337]

I don't think it will be as bad as it looks. There will be teething problems and many people will hate it for the first few weeks, but after time you'll become a pro. You just need to get into the habit and it'll come naturally to you eventually.

The only issue I see is with drawing up the multitasking - it seems far from intuitive and requires more precision than you've got time for.

 

[AfroAbel]

you'll be using the phone for hours a day, eventually having a home button will seem weird compared to gestures.

 

[jumpingjackflash]

I don't think it will be as bad as it looks. There will be teething problems and many people will hate it for the first few weeks, but after time you'll become a pro. You just need to get into the habit and it'll come naturally to you eventually.

The only issue I see is with drawing up the multitasking - it seems far from intuitive and requires more precision than you've got time for.

How about older people for example with "not so stretchy thumbs", or small children? Will they also remember those gestures and be able to do them? How about disabled or injured person? Weren't Apple suppose to be a company that makes devices so easy to use that anyone could operate them and not just "Pros"?

In Apple products there used to be no learning curves whatsoever, but I guess iPhone X is changing all that...

 

[Hustler1337]

How about older people for example with "not so stretchy thumbs", or small children? Will they also remember those gestures and be able to do them? How about disabled or injured person? Weren't Apple suppose to be a company that makes devices so easy to use that anyone could operate them and not just "Pros"?

In Apple products there used to be no learning curves whatsoever, but I guess iPhone X is changing all that...

I doubt you'll be seeing older people and kids using the iPhone X (though these days I see 5 year olds rocking better phones than me ). But yeh, I get your point - the beauty of iOS is its simplicity and I'm not a fan of the left-side and right-side separation. The only other option for Apple would have been to include a dedicated button or an on-screen button like many Android devices but I don't see Apple doing that any time soon.

 

[KGB7]

People aren't as dumb as you think. And Android used swiping for a long time.

 

[Peanut207]

I'm looking forward to swiping up to go home and swiping up and holding to access app switcher (I always hated double clicking). Both seem like very easy movements to me and if that's what it takes to get rid of the huge top and bottom bezels I'm all for it!

 

[jumpingjackflash]

People aren't as dumb as you think. And Android used swiping for a long time.

Yea, that's all there is to say about it: Wanna have a Android experience? Then get the new iPhone X

 

[KGB7]

Yea, that's all there is to say about it: Wanna have a Android experience? Then get the new iPhone X

Everyone swipes in current and previous gen iPhones. Half the tasks involve swiping on daily basis.

So don't turn this in to something it's not.

 

[madgalaxy]

Reminds me of the Palm Pre (which I loved). Gestures are important when there is no more home button and should be an easy learning curve after a couple days.

 

[Cryates]

Yea, that's all there is to say about it: Wanna have a Android experience? Then get the new iPhone X

Lol iOS has included swiping gestures for years.

 

[martin2345uk]

I’ve never used an iPhone X and I remember all the gestures mentioned so far

 

[jumpingjackflash]

Everyone swipes in current and previous gen iPhones. Half the tasks involve swiping on daily basis.

So don't turn this in to something it's not.

For example, in my 6S Plus when im scrolling on browser and I wanna open control center it doesn't allways recoqnize it. Try this for example: keep the keyboard open and then try to open control center. It doesn't work!

Now on a iPhone X when your keyboard is open, does it allway go to home screen by swiping up? I bet it doesn't!

 

[KGB7]

For example, in my 6S Plus when im scrolling on browser and I wanna open control center it doesn't allways recoqnize it. Try this for example: keep the keyboard open and then try to open control center. It doesn't work!

start at the very edge of the screen, hold your finger on the screen as you swipe up until you reach number row. Works every time.
It's done by design. I figured out in less than a minute.

 

[jumpingjackflash]

start at the very edge of the screen, hold your finger on the screen as you swipe up until you reach number row. Works every time.
It's done by design. I figured out in less than a minute.

Yep it worked...at the third time! Seriously!

 

[Absrnd]

If you can't remember/learn 3 ways to swipe, then you won't even be able to use the IOS11 interface anyway

 

[jumpingjackflash]

If you can't remember/learn 3 ways to swipe, then you won't even be able to use the IOS11 interface anyway

It's really sad that someones trying to defend something that is clearly not going to work! Did you watch the Face ID Fail at the presentation? That's how bad those gestures are!!!

 

[Absrnd]

It's really sad that someones trying to defend something that is clearly not going to work! Did you watch the Face ID Fail at the presentation? That's how bad those gestures are!!!

And if you read about it a bit more you could have known it had nothing to do with swiping

 

[noobinator]

It's like anything else in life, do it enough and it becomes second nature.

 

[kilcher]

If you can't remember/learn 3 ways to swipe, then you won't even be able to use the IOS11 interface anyway

I kind of see it as a sign of getting older. It's like when I send a text, I just want to send a text, I don't want animated emoji, fireworks, apps, stickers, auto-play videos, money transfer, etc. To me it's just clutter, but apparently a lot of younger people want that stuff and know how to use it. It's bound to happen. We like our stuff the way it is, we want it to be simple, we want better NOT more. Then at some point our age group no longer represents the bulk of the dollars and someone else is the target market. Happens with tech.

In reality though most people will change their years long habits in a matter of hours. No biggie.

 

[PhoneI]

My prediction is that people are going to hate the new suggestion swipes from top corner, center, long swipe etc. They are not very intuitive and really hard to remember. For example longer swipe from bottom to center will fail so often that it is going to be frustrating. Swiping down from right top corner is also a nightmare.

Our fingers are made to only point, press and pinch/grab. Not to make some silly and difficult gestures that are difficult to remember and counter intuitive.

Swiping up for control center and down for notifications was new to people for awhile and some how we soldiered through.

 

[HEK]

Trained monkey can do it. Am sure you all will be fine.

 

[iEnvy]

It's literally just a couple of gestures.

 

[KGB7]

I kind of see it as a sign of getting older. It's like when I send a text, I just want to send a text, I don't want animated emoji, fireworks, apps, stickers, auto-play videos, money transfer, etc. To me it's just clutter, but apparently a lot of younger people want that stuff and know how to use it. It's bound to happen. We like our stuff the way it is, we want it to be simple, we want better NOT more. Then at some point our age group no longer represents the bulk of the dollars and someone else is the target market. Happens with tech.

In reality though most people will change their years long habits in a matter of hours. No biggie.

And that's why there are cell phones for senior citizens.

 

[Absrnd]

I kind of see it as a sign of getting older. It's like when I send a text, I just want to send a text, I don't want animated emoji, fireworks, apps, stickers, auto-play videos, money transfer, etc. To me it's just clutter, but apparently a lot of younger people want that stuff and know how to use it. It's bound to happen. We like our stuff the way it is, we want it to be simple, we want better NOT more. Then at some point our age group no longer represents the bulk of the dollars and someone else is the target market. Happens with tech.

In reality though most people will change their years long habits in a matter of hours. No biggie.

Yeah, I introduced the ipad to several family members, and it was easy at first, but with so many updates and changes, and sometimes too much settings, they sometimes have trouble to do a simple task,
they should give the old IOS1 as a skin option