It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on an iPad

Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by delecti on Friday November 13, 2026 @04:18PM (#50489830)

Do you mean the iOS YT app? It's at most three, two if you allow a swipe. Swipe down on the video (moves it to a smaller view in the lower-right) > tap the X in the upper right of the video. Or tap the video (to bring up controls) > tap the down-arrow in the upper left (moves to the same smaller view) > tap the same X in the corner.

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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by e40 on Friday November 13, 2026 @06:39PM (#50491738)

Full screen:

1. touch screen to see controls

2. touch lower-right -><-

3. touch screen to see \/ in upper left

4. touch \/

5. touch X

If the video play to the end (1) and (2) are replaced with touch X, for a total of 4.

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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by delecti on Saturday November 14, 2026 @08:48AM (#50497013)

I just tried on an iPad, so it's possible it's a different experience, but it was only 3: swipe down (exit's fullscreen) > swipe down (same flow as before) > X in the corner.

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Re:It Takes 16 Clicks for a Student to Open a PowerPoint on ... by e40 on Saturday November 14, 2026 @05:04PM (#50501445)

It is a very different experience on the iPad. I don't use YT much there, but it's not as annoying, for sure.

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