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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by egypturnash on Saturday September 24, 2022 @06:16PM (#32967033)
I’ve been using iOS devices for years and getting what I want when I swipe down is a constant roll of the dice. Did I do it in the ambiguous zone for the control center or did I do it where I’ll get recent notifications? Oh wait if I’m on my phone instead of my tablet I need to swipe up for the control center. Why it needs to be different on the tablets I’ve never really known, it used to be from the bottom and it was really nice for it to be consistent. Maddening.
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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by dagmx on Saturday September 24, 2022 @07:17PM (#32967470)
What are you talking about? iPad uses the same activation area as iPhone. https://support.apple.com/en-gb/HT210974

It is consistent.

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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by dan-robertson on Saturday September 24, 2022 @08:35PM (#32967905)
Phones with home buttons have the control centre in the same place it always was, at the bottom. Only the newer notch-style phones have it on the top-right.
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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by hackmiester on Saturday September 24, 2022 @09:23PM (#32968139)
I have always thought this was weird, but for what it’s worth, it works the same way on the tablets (if it has a home button, swipe from the bottom, otherwise, swipe from the top right).
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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by egypturnash on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:45AM (#32983803)
Nope. The iPad Air 2 I’m typing this on has a home button but makes me swipe from the top right for the control panel. And yes it is fairly up to date, it’s on 15.6.1.

It’ll probably change in a few years again. Except it won’t for some devices.

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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by hackmiester on Tuesday September 27, 2022 @12:23PM (#32997510)
what!??!!??! Well there goes that theory.
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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by sbuk on Sunday September 25, 2022 @04:37AM (#32969838)
They actually denied this when the X was released. It make total sense in the context of not having a hardware button. It reduces false triggers.
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Re:iPhones and action discoverability by egypturnash on Monday September 26, 2022 @10:48AM (#32983856)
It is not. My iPad Air 2 and iPhone 6s are both running 15.6.1. I have to swipe down for the control center on the tablet, and up for the phone.

Some are saying they see a pattern of “if it has a home button you swipe up, otherwise down” but both of these iThings have a home button.

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