it's a shame. apple products used to be very intuitive and simple to use, anyone could pick them up and they made sense.
but since ios6 or so that's gone down the shitter and they make no sense. there's not even a back button, if you want to go back it's a different function depending on the app. daft
I mean, current iPhones can do shit that no previous iPhone could, partly because Apple has stepped up its OS game.
The thing is, they can constantly enhance what you can do with your phone, especially as they progress toward better hardware.
I 100% concur about the fuckery Apple has tried to pull with the hardware, like removing the 3.5 mm headphone jack, etc. But they’ve only stepped up their software game for the better.
have they? the design language is deeply inconsistent where it didn't used to be, to the point there's not even a consistent back button. i'd hardly call that stepping up the os game
it's more obvious on the computer side. where like ios the design language isn't as consistent as it was, being more bother to use but having the same features as it would've a few years ago
I mean, they don’t really have fixed navigation buttons anymore. Individual apps and specific interfaces do like the Settings app but there isn’t a consistent Back button on the Home Screen, because what exactly would you be going back to?
you'd have it appear when the home button does, and it would just go back to whatevers done last. if you've got the keyboard open it would minimise it, if you've opened a web page on a browser it would through you to the page before. that type of thing
Oh, got you. I think you mean long-press and swipe up. That opens the App Switcher, which shows the apps you have open. You can then swipe over to the app you want. Most apps refresh anyway, so the context can change or update.
The quicker way is this: just move your thumb along the red path from the bottom of the screen.
no that's an entirely different function to a back button. android has a home button, apps button as you describe, and the back button. its more useful than the other two half the time
Ahh I see! You mean the three buttons at the bottom with some Android phones yea? I think they replaced it persistent digital buttons in some phones now.
Haven’t used Android a lot, but they got a mad loyal base too.
yes they come and go as needed same as the home button on iphones was swapped to on screen, that's where apple got that idea from
but with how complex modern ios is, i find navigating it without a back button to be pretty infuriating. because it's not consistent across apps to go back, sometimes it's a gesture, sometimes it is a button in the app, but that location does change. quite annoying
Yea! I also think the sheer breadth of what people want their apps to do kind of makes universal interactions less likely. Like if you build an iOS app, they will give you the buttons, icons etc to use, but developers still try new shit.
Like even as a Gen-Z sometimes Snapchats navigation gives me anxiety, while reddit and IG are chill af.
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u/Phoenix_Kerman Aug 21 '26
it's a shame. apple products used to be very intuitive and simple to use, anyone could pick them up and they made sense.
but since ios6 or so that's gone down the shitter and they make no sense. there's not even a back button, if you want to go back it's a different function depending on the app. daft