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Re: iPhones are hard to use

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Post by megaremote »

screye wrote: post #32

I have been an android-windows user for the longest time, and using Apple devices is among the most difficult things I've had to do. I have used windows phone, linux, chrome OS, Blackberry's palm-like UI over the years, but I have gotten the hang of each over a small period of time. Apple devices however, are simply counter intuitive for me. Apple seems to design UI for 2 types of people. 1. Old Apple users 2. The pe…

What a ridiculous response. Man used to using Android find iOS frustrating, predicts doom for Apple.

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Post by biofunsf »

nighthawk454 wrote: post #206
biofunsf wrote: post #160

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Personally, I use the "Request Desktop Mode" features lots! I also moved it so it's the very first option listed for quick access. But I wouldn't do that on my grandma's phone... While 'desktop mode' is super useful the HN crowd, I don't think most users would benefit from it. A non-technical user is probably only minimally aware that mobile and desktop sites might have different features at all. And even when you do…

> I also moved it so it's the very first option listed for quick access It took me a second to realize that "Request Desktop Site" is available in the Share Sheet. I use it by long-pressing the refresh button.

hah I only discovered that long-press option just a couple months ago!

Long pressing there also gives me a "request without ad blockers" button which I've found super useful as well. A bit weird this option isn't in the Share Sheet like desktop mode is...

also isn't it weird that this is called the "Share Sheet" but has lots of buttons for non-sharing related things?

Re: iPhones are hard to use

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Post by afterburner »

philliphaydon wrote: post #193
aetherson wrote: post #189

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Once you get used to one O/S, the other becomes harder, because instead of just not knowing any of the conventions, you've actively trained the wrong ones.

My mum went from Windows Phone to iPhone without issue. I didn't have to teach her anything about the iPhone. To me that suggests either Windows Phone / iOS are similar (they aren't) or intuitive.

But, as you say, she barely used the Windows phone features.

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Post by RandallBrown »

IggleSniggle wrote: post #97
nilkn wrote: post #91

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For what it’s worth, I use 3D Touch pretty much every day. The number one usage for me is moving the cursor around while editing text. I actually did it while writing this post; I decided I wanted to add a comma after “worth” at the beginning and did so easily with this feature.

That’s odd. On my iPhone, moving the cursor is activated with long touch, and 3D Touch does nothing...and yet I do have 3D Touch

The long touch cursor movement is different than the 3d touch cursor movement.

With a long touch, it brings up a loupe that magnifies the text. With 3d touch it lets you use the keyboard almost as a trackpad to move the cursor around.

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Post by akvadrako »

TomMarius wrote: post #82
ProfessorLayton wrote: post #15

There's a lot to unpack here, and a lot to disagree with, as I believe there's plenty of evidence Apple cares a lot about accessibility. Also harping on specific terminology like password vs passcode is not really productive in terms of improving the underlying UX, as the word gets translated into tons of languages which may or may not have the same level of nuance. While I don't necessarily agree with the premise, e…

I've read on a lot of sites that 3D touch is going away with the next flagship.

This is highly likely, since most people (off this site) don't seem to use it and one of the newest phones omits it.

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Post by saagarjha »

jodrellblank wrote: post #213
mixmastamyk wrote: post #115

My top 5 annoyances: - Too many features I'll never use, that mostly can't be removed. Less is more. i.e. I'll never use Siri or facial recognition. Never owned a bluetooth device. "Screen Mirroring" What? in the Control Center. Yet those and more always in the way, sometimes draining battery. - When radios are off to save energy, constantly nags about connection with modal dialogs that prevent use of the home button…

Can you even turn facial recognition off? Open the Photos app, search for "people", and it will pull up photos of people's faces. Tap on one to make a full screen picture, and swipe it up , it will show "Related" people and pictures. You can tap on someone to find more photos of them. Even if you never tagged them with names. (You can also search Photos for general terms, like "flower" or "snow" or "food", it's doing…

Just curious, why would you want to turn facial recognition off?

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Post by jehlakj »

philliphaydon wrote: post #193
aetherson wrote: post #189

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Once you get used to one O/S, the other becomes harder, because instead of just not knowing any of the conventions, you've actively trained the wrong ones.

My mum went from Windows Phone to iPhone without issue. I didn't have to teach her anything about the iPhone. To me that suggests either Windows Phone / iOS are similar (they aren't) or intuitive.

I’m the same way. I came from a nexus 5, but once I made the switch, it made basic features much easier to work with. Calling, contacts, text messaging, etc. the simple stuff was actually extremely simple on the iPhone.

While the author has mentioned a lot of things that I never knew existed or even care about, I don’t understand why Apple should have to make these things obvious for people who would never use them.

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Post by philliphaydon »

afterburner wrote: post #223
philliphaydon wrote: post #193

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My mum went from Windows Phone to iPhone without issue. I didn't have to teach her anything about the iPhone. To me that suggests either Windows Phone / iOS are similar (they aren't) or intuitive.

But, as you say, she barely used the Windows phone features.

Yeah I guess. She used Phone, Contacts, Text, Camera, Email, and Browser. On the iPhone she figured out all of the above, and then figured out the App Store / LINE and how to send photos to me.
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