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iPhone X Owners Complain About Keyboard's 'Wasted Space'
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Playing with an X in the store it kind of seemed the whole OS leaves that area blank. That seems necessary to avoid accidental home button interaction. However it also makes the huge screen seem less useful, except in special scenarios like using landscape mode.
And absolutely destroying earnings estimates despite being doomed for this minor stuff.
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Yes, Apple is doomed and the X is a flop bc the keyboard isn’t perfect on the 3rd day of release.
It’s a first gen iPhone - Face ID, no home button, and silly notch. I do not see any difference with any Apple first gen device, not quite good. However, I am glad with the beta testers and hope it may continue with next year until Apple perfects it. I am very grateful. At the same, I am quite annoyed that you encourage Apple to charge £1000 for that!
Wait, based on this screen shot ... are you able to use the dictation button with a 3rd party keyboard???
This. Everyone suddenly is a professional designer now and thinks they know better than Apple. For UI, just trust them. They're working it out, and they literally invented the device.
Same goes for the Home Indicator and those complaining that it should be removed. From the typical user on these forums' perspective of course it should, but not everyone is a power user and ready for that yet. It's there to transition every user, whether they're computer literate or not, to this new interface. Apple is undoubtedly on a similar path, but they're not going to remove it three days in. It'll marinate this UI change for a year and then maybe introduce the option to lose it, if they ever do.
Both the indicator and the keyboard space are there to enforce new interface paradigms for both users and developers: the space down there is sensitive. Use it with caution.
Apple knows what they're doing. They're not always perfect, but they know what they're doing in the long run.
I just got my X... awesome device, face ID works like a charme and the overall design is simply amazing abd so beautiful!
But who on earth was responsible for the software layout of the keyboard with this useless empty space underneath it in EVERY app???
One of the most integral parts of the OS looks like it was just such an afterthought...
If at least they would have used the space for more buttons for emojs and languages separately from each other, instead you still have to dial through it all with one button on the bottom left and the rest of the space is just dead.
I wish they had moved the whole keyboard lower, it feels SO odd.
Anybody else thinks that this is one of the weirdest parts of the iphone x? Hopefully they come up with ab better solution in IOS 12....
The one other thing that bothers me is the 3d touch for the flashlight on lockscreen and does anybody know if/how you can fullscreen youtube videos in the app? Pinch to zoom doesnt work for me.
But who on earth was responsible for the software layout of the keyboard with this useless empty space underneath it in EVERY app???
One of the most integral parts of the OS looks like it was just such an afterthought...
If at least they would have used the space for more buttons for emojs and languages separately from each other, instead you still have to dial through it all with one button on the bottom left and the rest of the space is just dead.
I wish they had moved the whole keyboard lower, it feels SO odd.
Anybody else thinks that this is one of the weirdest parts of the iphone x? Hopefully they come up with ab better solution in IOS 12....
The one other thing that bothers me is the 3d touch for the flashlight on lockscreen and does anybody know if/how you can fullscreen youtube videos in the app? Pinch to zoom doesnt work for me.
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Probably had a virtual home button there until Apple decided to have it removed.
I really hope they will change this in the future, this cant stand as the default design..I actually have for example zero problem with the notch, in fact I like how it looks. But this waste of space??
The space is there to make the keyboard comfortable to use.
Considering how much it annoys me to try to open the control center on my 6s while in any application that has a keyboard up, or otherwise has interactive elements all the way to the edge, I think Apple made the right call here.
Exactly this. Would be so difficult to type properly of the keyboard went all the way to the bottom.
Space is not wasted. Your thumbs actually fall naturally where the keyboard is now when holding it with both hands ready to type. If the keyboard was all the way at the bottom, I think typing would be more awkward. Maybe they could just make it an option so both sides can be pleased.
Yep agreed. I love the new keyboard and I'm glad things like emoji and dictation are easier to select now that they are on their own row. It's made a huge difference.