Modern iOS Navigation Patterns

Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by ho_schi on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:10AM (#38625641)

The Share Menu is the worst. How a human being should figure that out?

If offers:

    * Contacts
    * Applications
    * Vertically
    * Horizontally
    * Other items below.
    * But only after you’ve figured out, that it needs pulled up.
    * It is always placed in a different locations of an app and the icon has nothing to do with “Share” or “Copy/Paste”.

People grown up with smartphones can handle it, as usual you can adapt as long as you weren’t older than 40/50 upon introduction. Most of modern stuff is horribly designed and often unreliable (Hello AppleTV. Can we speak today about changing a WiFi-Password? Why you don’t reboot when I press the ON/OFF-Button? It is needed to workaround bugs).

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by dgellow on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:19AM (#38625718)

I have the perfect example. In safari iOS, “Share” is where the “Search in the page” feature is located! Just, why?!

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by ho_schi on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:11AM (#38626813)

Oh. I’ve always used the URL/search bar. Only your post made me aware that there is also a “Search” hidden in the share-menu.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by walteweiss on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:21AM (#38626315)

Oh, thank you! Twelve years iPhone user here. Never knew it’s there.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by lotsofpulp on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:25AM (#38626354)

It is also in the URL/search bar, type whatever you want to find on the page instead of a website address and the bottom option will be “On this page”.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by walteweiss on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @07:43AM (#38626519)

I used this option just a couple of times when I desperately needed to find something on the page. Most of the time I’m not sure where that option is, so usually I just google it right before using.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by dgellow on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:27AM (#38629693)

Oh wow, that’s also pretty hidden, I never noticed it

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by arrrg on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @10:11AM (#38628479)

It‘s redundant placement. You can also just use the url box to search the page. Seems like a good pragmatic approach to me.

Could they also introduce some kind of page action menu? Maybe.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by dgellow on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @11:26AM (#38629677)

How do you search the page via the url box? I don’t see the option

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by alexdbird on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @02:05PM (#38632533)

Type a search term, results from the page will appear below the $search_engine suggestions.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by pohuing on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @06:22AM (#38625740)

You can see that it's draggable because there's a drag indicator at the top. That's what the small elongated oval is supposed to indicate.

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by ho_schi on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:16AM (#38626850)

Hm? I don’t recognize/see a drag indicator. There is a tiny elongated black oval at bottom (like always).

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Re:Modern iOS Navigation Patterns by pohuing on Wednesday December 13, 2023 @08:48AM (#38627282)

No you're right, I misremembered. It is android that has a drag indicator for bottom sheets

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