iPhones are hard to use

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Post by mrzool » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:05 PM UTC

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Post by polalavik » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:47 PM UTC

And now dumber than ever. At least on my iPhone 6s with the latest update. Now you have to go through 2 screens to send a photo to someone in imessage, whereas before the most recent photos were easily accessible. And on facetime you have to pull up a menu [that covers the entire screen] to flip the camera around, and if you accidentally hit it a couple times theres no way to know which way your camera is facing without closing the menu.

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Post by gricardo99 » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:50 PM UTC

polalavik wrote: post #2

And now dumber than ever. At least on my iPhone 6s with the latest update. Now you have to go through 2 screens to send a photo to someone in imessage, whereas before the most recent photos were easily accessible. And on facetime you have to pull up a menu [that covers the entire screen] to flip the camera around, and if you accidentally hit it a couple times theres no way to know which way your camera is facing with…

I'm glad I'm not the only one. I was feeling old when I became confused by the facetime pull up menu and accidentally disconnected the call, unable to figure out if the camera was flipped, and how to get back to the call.

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#4

Post by starpilot » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:53 PM UTC

Are any of these issues handled better on Android phones?

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Post by na85 » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:55 PM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #4

Are any of these issues handled better on Android phones?

Some are (drag and drop, multi select) and others aren't (discoverability, some UI/UX choices)

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Post by jfaat » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:56 PM UTC

polalavik wrote: post #2

And now dumber than ever. At least on my iPhone 6s with the latest update. Now you have to go through 2 screens to send a photo to someone in imessage, whereas before the most recent photos were easily accessible. And on facetime you have to pull up a menu [that covers the entire screen] to flip the camera around, and if you accidentally hit it a couple times theres no way to know which way your camera is facing with…

If you let the app bar show above the keyboard, you should be able to select photos by tapping on the appropriate icon in that row, which will show your latest photos. I agree that it is a usability regression but this option was better than always having to tap twice to attach a photo.

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Post by fudged71 » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:56 PM UTC

Phones are computers now. We can't expect everyone to know AND USE all of the features. Many of the features are obscured on purpose.

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Post by fredgrott » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:57 PM UTC

starpilot wrote: post #4

Are any of these issues handled better on Android phones?

considering the market share in the US for android at above 80% what do you think the reason might be other than the one you just asked about?

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:58 PM UTC

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Post by [deleted] » Mon, Oct 22, 2018, 9:58 PM UTC

polalavik wrote: post #2

And now dumber than ever. At least on my iPhone 6s with the latest update. Now you have to go through 2 screens to send a photo to someone in imessage, whereas before the most recent photos were easily accessible. And on facetime you have to pull up a menu [that covers the entire screen] to flip the camera around, and if you accidentally hit it a couple times theres no way to know which way your camera is facing with…

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