Who else loves the gestures? on the X

[Type4O]

I am used to the gestures now, so I don't even think about them, for the most part. Two changes I would like are:

• After going into App Switcher, you should be able, whilst your finger is still on the most recent app, force press to switch into close mode so you can then continue the motion of swiping up to close;
• Have a setting that, if there are notifications on the lock screen, immediately open so you do not have to swipe up.

Reachability is a little awkward, but I am getting used to it.

 

[AdonisSMU]

Coming from a 6+ I had jailbroken and having very similar swipe gestures this was one main feature I was looking forward to on the X.
Going home is super fast as well as multitasking either up to the right for fast normal multitasking or swiping left or right on the bottom(sometimes in a n pattern cause its fun.
I really think the gestures improved speed In everything I do with this phone. Its blazing fast compared to a home Button. Also its pretty easy to use reachability even with one hand after some time with it.

One of my favorite things about the XPhone is the gestures.

 

[x-evil-x]

I am used to the gestures now, so I don't even think about them, for the most part. Two changes I would like are:

• After going into App Switcher, you should be able, whilst your finger is still on the most recent app, force press to switch into close mode so you can then continue the motion of swiping up to close;
• Have a setting that, if there are NO notifications on the lock screen, immediately open so you do not have to swipe up.

Reachability is a little awkward, but I am getting used to it.

corrected the second one for ya. But yea the app switcher to force touch would make things better. I just think apple doesn't want us closing down amps much is the reason they had that extra step.

 

[Vundu]

I also miss the 3D touch to multitask, but I'm sure I'll get used to it.

Swiping along the bottom is quicker and easier. No 3D Touch needed to activate it.

 

[Shaarujon567]

I use the iPad Pro a lot and I learned some of the gestures from it. I really like the iPhone X gestures I feel as if it’s really cool and feels awesome to not use a home button. It feels like the future to me

 

[NovemberWhiskey]

Gestures are awesome. Only complaint is that they should have kept the ability to swipe cards away in multitasking.

 

[Breezygirl]

They are fine, reminds me of the Blackberry Z10 that came out probably 5 years ago.

 

[x-evil-x]

I love the gestures! As far as 3D Touch, having a 6 plus for so long this is my first iPhone capable. I don’t even knows if I used any yet lol

I played with my moms 6+ and she updated to ios11. Was that phone always that slow? I had it for two years but dont remember it being that bad. ITs pretty damn slow and laggy.

 

[Ralfi]

Re: Reachability (on all IOS devices, not just the X), why does it revert back to full screen automatically!? Why can't it remain shrunken until the user wants it to revert!?

 

[D.T.]

Gestures are awesome. Only complaint is that they should have kept the ability to swipe cards away in multitasking.

FYI, once you activate the “close mode”, the old swipe away gesture still works (i.e., you don’t have to tap the little red close indicator)

Using the straight, diagonal gesture to open multitasking, you can simply lift your finger at the end of the move, then tap and hold an app, you get close mode then without releasing just slide it away.

 

[iapplelove]

I played with my moms 6+ and she updated to ios11. Was that phone always that slow? I had it for two years but dont remember it being that bad. ITs pretty damn slow and laggy.

For me it didn’t get brutally slow until 11.1. Then it turned into a slow crawl. The iPhone X just makes it look even slower.

 

[wpalomine]

I played with my moms 6+ and she updated to ios11. Was that phone always that slow? I had it for two years but dont remember it being that bad. ITs pretty damn slow and laggy.

iOS 11 was fine in my 6s and Air 2, but now feels sluggish and stuttery after using the iPhone X for a few days. If I didn't get the X as a point of reference, they would haven just fine on iOS11.

As for gesture, overall it's great UX -- much better than the old interface. With the exception of quitting applications and reachability of one handed use. The lower far corners from your thumb is impossible to reach without effort. I need to grow my thumb longer

 

[Type4O]

corrected the second one for ya. But yea the app switcher to force touch would make things better. I just think apple doesn't want us closing down amps much is the reason they had that extra step.

Ah, thanks.
I suppose Apple has their reasons for the way they make things work.

 

[blue rocket]

not to be a total fanboy, but honestly the X nails pretty much everything you could want in a smartphone right now. The new gestures are so simple and straight forward that using a home button almost feels like a chore. I hate going back to my work iPhone or iPad... so clumsy to use now.

 

[D.T.]

FYI, once you activate the “close mode”, the old swipe away gesture still works (i.e., you don’t have to tap the little red close indicator)

Using the straight, diagonal gesture to open multitasking, you can simply lift your finger at the end of the move, then tap and hold an app, you get close mode then without releasing just slide it away.

Here's a quick video - so the setup: in Chrome, you want to quit/shutdown, when the video starts, I'm holding the phone in my left hand (like usual), I swipe from the bottom right to middle left, when it taps I let go, and as soon as the app cars slide out I tap and hold on Chrome and slide it into the ether per the old gesture (I also quit DropBox for hoots ) No editing, time compression or anything, just recorded directly from my iPX using Screen Recorder.

 

[jft94]

I wish iPhone x had similar 3D Touch multitasking like iPhone 7 , swipe from left corner.

While I love 3D Touch features, I never understood the appeal to that particular feature. It always seemed faster to just double click the home button to me and now how the swipe left or right gesture works on the X for multitasking, it’s amazing.