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The Bottom Gray Bar - even WORSE than the Notch
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Because the keyboard was intentionally raised up so that it’s easier to type with the way you naturally hold your phone.
Talk about trying to find anything to bitch about. Once apps and the iOS is ironed out it’ll be perfect, in the meantime it’s not that bad.
From memory Chris Pirillo called it a 'permaturd', never heard that expression before, he wasn't keen on it at all.
Guys prepare for a lot of complaint threads today finding anything and everything to complain about
I regulalry type in two languages too, so I appreciate moving the keybaord option to somewhere easy to still get to but not actually on the kayboard itself. I never find myself needing to swap back and forth mid sentence lol
Think for a moment how an iPhone SE, 8, or 8+ keyboard sits in relation to your thumb.
The iPhone X presents the key board in the same way, only you are accustomed to seeing a home button there.
I'm happy about it. I'm forever accidentally hitting the globe or microphone when I type. This looks like it eliminates that issue.
Honestly it's not that bad. It looked ugly at first. But I'm finding it is actually easier to type. I'm sure later on Apple will add a option to remove it.
But honestly it's easier to type with.
It’s already been confirmed that this is intentional and for typing ergonomics. That’s why there’s no stink being kicked up. That or everyone else understands that it’s not that big of a deal.
From Gruber responding to Buzzfeed’s review:
It does look like a waste of space, but I wonder if testing showed that there needs to be some space under the keyboard to separate it from the virtual home button? If there weren’t a gap under the keyboard, you might hit the home button while trying to hit the space bar, and vice versa. UPDATE:I’ve heard from a little birdie that my speculation is correct; also: it’s about typing comfort.
Dude is a old angry has been, who is dark and bitter at the world because he's no longer a tv personality.
May be true, and his personality is that of a hyena in need of Adderall. However, many of his points in that video were pretty spot on.
LMAO... It's been mentioned. But why are you looking down there while you type???
OMG. Return that piece of crap immediately. Everybody is talking about that bar.
It really does take up some screen real estate with the default keyboard and that gray bottom bar.
I do feel like there will be plenty of wasted space all over the UI, but it is something Apple will improve on over time. Definitely not a huge deal though.
I actually wondered about this in a different thread discussing the usability of swiping up all the time. The way I hold my 7+ balanced on my pinkie, reaching to the bottom of the screen is not at all easy.
This is the first I’ve seen that they bumped the keyboard up on the X. To me, that seems like a pretty tacit acknowledgment that reaching all the way to the bottom of the screen is not that easy.
