[Trainer-Talk] iPhone with no home button

[Andrews, David B (DEED)]

I would add that it takes time to get good at that gesture, as I recall, two or three weeks. In the interim I considered throwing the iPhone against the wall!

Dave



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Raul Gallegos wrote, in part: " I always recommend trying the natural gestures as they were designed so that you don't change things right off the bat."

All I can say is, "Seconded!"  I used to be the "customizer from hell"
until I began seeing how this left my clients standing there like deer in the headlights if handed a new device or someone else's device and they just could not use it because too many things had been tweaked.

One common mistake made with the virtual home button is starting the up swipe action "off screen."  That is, the finger hits the bottom of the screen moving because you've started the up swipe action early.  While this is really handy for both typical flicks and swipes, which can start and end anywhere on the screen, it's the kiss of death for the virtual home button.  And straight line up swipe is not required.

If you make sure your finger is on the bottom edge of the screen, preferably centered or very nearly so, but the width of the virtual home button is wide, then start your up swipe, paying attention to the haptics you get as you go (you want 2 for the home screen itself) and not lifting your finger from the screen when the first haptic occurs during the course of the up swipe, success is almost guaranteed.

All of the above is presuming typical fine motor control.

I've been teaching this particular gesture quite a bit recently.

Brian
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