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0 pointsctippett2mo ago0 comments

500+ comments and no one's mentioned the jack of all trades "share" button? I would really love to see the internal metrics around how many users press share because they're actually sharing something versus wanting to use any one of the myriad of other functions it hides.

Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet. Bonkers.

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mcslambley2mo ago

> Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet. Bonkers.

You can also long-press on the address bar to see a whole slew of even more hidden functionality

ctippettOP2mo ago

It's very hard to reply without making a snarky sarcastic comment at Apple's expense. Thanks for sharing that super intuitive interface trick, it's so obvious now I know it's there.

(seriously though, thanks).

merlindru2mo ago

I will never understand why adding a page to your homescreen in Safari goes like:

1. tap three dots

2. tap "Share"

3. tap "More"

4. scroll down

5. tap "Add page to home screen"

6. tap "Add to home screen"

other than that apple really doesn't want you to do this because they loathe PWAs and their entire services business model is built around the app store being the sole place of app distribution

strbean2mo ago

Is this specific to mobile?

Feels like this could be a riff on Android's 'Share' functionality, which is actually the user-friendly name for "send an Intent". And that means that any inter-app handling ends up stuffed into a "Share" menu that pretends only social media apps exist. So you do "Share -> Edit with Photoshop" or similar.

ctippettOP2mo ago

Sounds like Android's share button is exactly as ambiguous as the one on macOS/iOS... A dumping ground for all the misfit utilities and functions that couldn't find a home anywhere else on the system.

robocat2mo ago

> Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet

Or type your search in the address bar, scroll to the bottom to the "On this page Find ..." functionality.

A rare example of two different ways to do the same thing on iPhone

myguysi2mo ago

Yep also ran into this while trying to search the article. It’s maddening when the share action is now also hidden within a context menu.

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mcslambley2mo ago

> Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet. Bonkers.

You can also long-press on the address bar to see a whole slew of even more hidden functionality

ctippettOP2mo ago

It's very hard to reply without making a snarky sarcastic comment at Apple's expense. Thanks for sharing that super intuitive interface trick, it's so obvious now I know it's there.

(seriously though, thanks).

merlindru2mo ago

I will never understand why adding a page to your homescreen in Safari goes like:

1. tap three dots

2. tap "Share"

3. tap "More"

4. scroll down

5. tap "Add page to home screen"

6. tap "Add to home screen"

other than that apple really doesn't want you to do this because they loathe PWAs and their entire services business model is built around the app store being the sole place of app distribution

strbean2mo ago

Is this specific to mobile?

ctippettOP2mo ago

robocat2mo ago

> Exhibit A: In Safari I had to "share" this page to use the "Find on Page" feature to search whether anyone had mentioned the share button yet

Or type your search in the address bar, scroll to the bottom to the "On this page Find ..." functionality.

A rare example of two different ways to do the same thing on iPhone

myguysi2mo ago

Yep also ran into this while trying to search the article. It’s maddening when the share action is now also hidden within a context menu.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse