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When the watch is in the display mode where the digital crown is on the bottom left, typically worn on the right wrist, and the interface is the same as the "normal" left-wrist mode, there is a non-fatal but somewhat irritating design flaw with the new watch face picker: the Share and Edit buttons are effectively (but not literally) reversed from where they are "normally".

Think about it for a second:

When wearing the watch on the left wrist, the right hand passes over the Edit button before the Share button. This makes sense because Edit is the default action, or at least that is implied by Share being just 1/3 the size of Edit.

Reverse the scenario:

When wearing the watch on the right wrist, the left hand passes over the Share button before the Edit button. This is a design flaw, unless Share was meant to be the default action, which makes so sense, especially given that the Edit button is 3x the size of the Share button.
 
There are little spots all across watchOS that make it clear Apple designed it for people who wear their watch on their left wrist. The one that annoys me most is digital faces like Modular, Solar Graph, etc. all have the time (and sometimes the complications) aligned to the right side of the screen. That's great if you wear your watch on your left wrist since all the information is grouped at the edge of the watch closest to your hand. This allows you to quickly check the time while wearing a long sleeve shirt by just poking 1/3 of the watch out from under the cuff of the shirt if you wear your watch on your left wrist. But, if you are a right wrist wearer, you have to expose the entire watch to see the time, which is a more awkward and obvious gesture. This could be easily fixed if Apple would mirror the digital faces for right wrist wearers and put the time on the left. I have sent this to Apple as a suggestion several times and still no luck.
 
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The watch is 5 years and Apple has given very little attention for right-wrist users. So instead of being annoyed for probably the rest of your life, I’d recommend using it on your left wrist. I do and it’s awesome :)
 
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The watch is 5 years and Apple has given very little attention for right-wrist users. So instead of being annoyed for probably the rest of your life, I’d recommend using it on your left wrist. I do and it’s awesome :)

Alternative thought: people who have a fine motor skill issue in their right hand, like I do.
 
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When the watch is in the display mode where the digital crown is on the bottom left, typically worn on the right wrist, and the interface is the same as the "normal" left-wrist mode, there is a non-fatal but somewhat irritating design flaw with the new watch face picker: the Share and Edit buttons are effectively (but not literally) reversed from where they are "normally".

Think about it for a second:

When wearing the watch on the left wrist, the right hand passes over the Edit button before the Share button. This makes sense because Edit is the default action, or at least that is implied by Share being just 1/3 the size of Edit.

Reverse the scenario:

When wearing the watch on the right wrist, the left hand passes over the Share button before the Edit button. This is a design flaw, unless Share was meant to be the default action, which makes so sense, especially given that the Edit button is 3x the size of the Share button.

Usually i will use left wrist for normal watch. But for apple watch need to use right wrist.

The reason,
1. easy to read notification when drivin
** no reply walkie talkie or text . dangerous

2. ecg seem work better on right and left keep me inclusive

But ...

1. when typing , watch always hit the keyboard.
 
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