iPhones are hard to use

Re:iPhones are hard to use by SOLAR_FIELDS on Monday October 22, 2018 @08:17PM (#18279783)

Theres a lot of armchair design going on here. Obviously there is some sort of balance between showing the user too many options or not enough and making the important stuff obvious without cluttering the UI. I imagine if Apple had gone too far in the other direction (which they would never do IMO) that people would complain there are too many options.

There is definitely room for improvement though. There are some regressions that are too obvious. The recent regression that comes to mind is forcing the end user to go through extra taps to switch the camera between front and back during a FaceTime call when previously it was a one-button click

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Re:iPhones are hard to use by TheOtherHobbes on Tuesday October 23, 2018 @04:16AM (#18281648)

That change is infuriating. Showing something/someone else on a FT call may be a minority pastime, but it's not exactly a super-obscure use-case.

I seriously doubt there was a groundswell of users complaining they could swap cameras with a single tap.

The other annoying change was putting the End Call button in a panel the bottom right. Regular users have muscle memory, and suddenly they have to relearn one of the main features.

Changes like these are superficial tinkering and make work for the sake of appearances rather than considered, focused development.

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