Yep, imagine how difficult it is for the blind. I had to explain that tapping and swiping this light brick in their hand could order pizza. Pretty much witchcraft.
Android does have that feature on some phones, it's called App Pinning.
Insisting on just one button for basic interactions and swipes for the rest was a mistake.
On top of that apps (looking at you, Instagram) are often simply buggy. You can have the same video play or not play depending on how the winds of load balancing blow. No graceful degradation or anything.
Re:We’re All Just Temporarily Abled
by Tempest1981 on Monday August 21, 2023 @03:21PM
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"Hidden affordances" on steroids
Swipe from the top? that brings the notifications
Swipe from the bottom? Brings up photo options. Press on one of those by accident and you end up in a nest of menus and features that can be hard to get out of.
Want to play a video? Tap once, the video controls fade in, you've then got to tap the play button in the middle of the screen within half a second or so, or it fades out again
Long press while scrolling through list of photos? Now you're in 'select mode' and every photo you press gets added to the selection rather than getting displayed. Can be very confusing.
Press the wrong button in IOS and you end up in very confusing picture-in-picture mode
One great thing about iOS is the 'guided access' feature, you can use it to lock the ipad into one app and even disable parts of the touchscreen so that a child can use the ipad without accidentally finding their way out of the app and into your email. I dont think Android has an equivalent.