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Hi guys! I have a problem with iOS. The freaking back gesture. It's not consistent. You often have to go to the upper part of the screen to go back and it makes you loose time and destroys the one-handed usability of the phone. It's a severe problem especially on the Max models. I also noticed that iOS freezes the input during some animations, resulting in a even slower experience. I find myself being way faster on Android for everyday tasks and it's a shame because iPhone has the most powerful SoC ever. Do you have any solutions? I love many things of iPhone but this problem is major, since it's about everyday usability at all times. How can Apple ignore such a basic thing? Thank you!

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yep it’s terrible. Try to swipe back a few times, realise the app doesn’t support it and then have to go 2 handed to reach the top left.

Really should be system wide as there’s no cue to say it’s going to work or not.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Problem is, iPhone and iOS never had a back button. That was always left to developers to put in their apps. Apple did have guidelines for app creation, which is why the back arrow is almost always in the top left of the screen, but that is nowhere near as intuitive as a system-wide back button (or gesture).

This is one of those “it’s always been done this way” things that Apple probably won’t ever change, unfortunately. It was also my biggest gripe when I switched from Android a few years ago, and may be a reason I go back to Android.