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0 pointskevinsundar5mo ago0 comments

You can actually swipe up from the search field at the bottom and that will show all tabs. (If anyone is reading this from apple, that animation should be sped up).

However, this doesn't work if you've scrolled down already and the bar is minimized. It literally flashes as if to acknowledge your swipe and does nothing.

Also if you miss by moving your thumb just slightly lower, you'll close the app haha.

They thought about it a bit, but definitely not enough.

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operator-name5mo ago

As a long time Android user, I find these magical gestures frustrating difficult to discover. How on earth is someone supposed to guess such a gesture exists, and how am I supposed to guess the rules for when certain gestures work and certain gestures don’t?

Even long time friends who are iOS fanatics, and who have used iOS since the beginning are often surprised when I show them a new gesture I’ve learnt. Am I missing something? I’m really grateful to learn this now but I can’t imagine the “Apple way” is to stumble upon these by forum comments?

nomel5mo ago

You can also swipe left and right to switch tabs, in any state.

But, as you suggest, you have to tap the url to "bring it up" so it can be safely dragged upward, which is annoying. If they polish this a bit, I think it will be very nice.

heywoods5mo ago

So many changes over the years and some of them might actually be decent but I wouldn’t have known about this had I not read this comment or accidentally triggered it in the future. Has Apple experimented with “micro” tutorials that can pop up if they detect the user is performing an action in an inefficient/deprecated pattern? I.e. if in Safari I navigate to all tabs by tapping at the bottom —> hamburger icon —> all tabs a one time modal pops up showing the ux pattern they recommend

Taek5mo ago

I hate micro tutorials so much, I really don't like when things have an invisible language that you have to just know to be able to use them.

If you have to have an invisible language, put it in a man page somewhere or something. I really don't like having my train of thought interrupted by "HEY, learn something new RIGHT NOW"

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jjfoooo45mo ago

Just because it took me a second to figure out: swiping left or right works when done on the search bar, not anywhere on the screen

hamburglar5mo ago

Swiping left or right on the screen is the special “please misinterpret my attempt to scroll as a ‘forward’ or ‘back’ command, eliciting a curse” gesture. I have searched for a way to disable this many times.

archagon5mo ago

That swipe sucks because it’s almost identical to the “swipe up from bottom” home screen swipe. You have to be precise, and the initial UI feedback looks very similar between the two.

sorahn5mo ago

I gave up on the swipe for the same reason, but if you double tap the triple dot menu it hits the 'all tabs' thing.

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