Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by vanderZwan on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @07:33AM
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> cryptic UI, teen-oriented
These things go hand-in-hand by the way. And that's not a complaint, it's just funny how "only teens bother to figure this out" can be an honest-to-goodness feature under specific circumstances. Especially if you (basically) need to be "introduced" to a program and all of its quirks through your friends.
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by occams_chainsaw on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:26AM
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I hated it at first, but I've come to really appreciate being able to swipe around through almost all the screens, vs. having to stretch across my phone to hit menus on the far corners in other apps
Re:Try quickly typing 1+ 2 + 3 into the iOS 11 Calculator
by TheKarateKid on Tuesday October 24, 2017 @09:41AM
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Agreed. They still need to put in more subtle cues to do things though. Most people don't know you can use multiple filters/stickers or touch a location to change it.
US-centric competitors would only support iOS and Android, whereas WhatsApp was running on the hundreds of millions of 2003-2010 vintage Nokia/Samsung featurephones that were in daily use in India, Indonesia, Nigeria, etc.
That is also part of UX. When it comes to messaging apps, Snapchat is one extreme of the spectrum -- iPhone-focused, cryptic UI, teen-oriented, majority of users in USA -- and WhatsApp is the very opposite. Both are successful examples of UX focus.