Bring Back the SE

Re:Bring Back the SE by noisem4ker on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:22PM (#20932399)

>there are no compact Android phones either

On Samsung Galaxy S6 and later models, one can tap the home button three times to shrink the screen so that everything can be reached with one thumb. It's called "one-handed mode". I can't say I've used it very often, but when I need it, it's there.

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Re:Bring Back the SE by dijit on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:25PM (#20932442)

iPhone has this too if you lightly tap on the home button.

For the iPhone X it's also there: https://mashable.com/2017/10/31/how-to-use-iphone-x-reachabi...

Not exactly convenient though.

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Re:Bring Back the SE by swiley on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @03:25PM (#20932443)

At this point why not just give people a real overlapping window manager?

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Re:Bring Back the SE by jpindar on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @08:44PM (#20935479)

My LG G7 has a two window mode (you can slide the division between the two windows up and down). Also there are now many apps that can run in small floating windows, most notably video players.

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Re:Bring Back the SE by CDSlice on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:28PM (#20933309)

Samsung does, at least on my S8

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Re:Bring Back the SE by noisem4ker on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:39PM (#20933441)

S7 too. Maybe earlier models.

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Re:Bring Back the SE by saagarjha on Tuesday September 10, 2019 @04:06PM (#20933052)

It wouldn't make much sense on a screen that small.

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