With the new Lockscreen doing away with the slider, I always want to slide to the left instead of to the right. It seems like it would make more sense since your basically sliding the screen away to access the next page. Am I the only one?
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With the new Lockscreen doing away with the slider, I always want to slide to the left instead of to the right. It seems like it would make more sense since your basically sliding the screen away to access the next page. Am I the only one?
It does in some countries I suppose like turning a page of a book but what if you live somewhere where it's the opposite way around? Lol
I'm actually really surprised at this. I've been using iPhones for 5 years and iPads since they first came out and with iOS 7 I still try swiping the wrong way the first few times. It makes more sense to me to swipe right to left since you are actually sliding the screen away.
I completely agree. I keep telling myself to swipe in the opposite direction, and after 5 years of iOS devices you think it would just be already programed, but nonetheless, I keep sliding the wrong way!
An arrow would certainly help, the control center and notification center arrows add way too much confusion to the lock screen.
The reason that I swipe to the wrong side now though is that the swipe moves the entire screen. Before when you had to slide the lock it made sense, but now that the entire screen slides it doesn't make a lot of sense to swipe the opposite direct that you would once you get to the home screen.
There is a clear indicator. Follow the light
It's so clear that not a single person that I've showed it to has noticed it.
Slide to left has been designated in iOS 7 to delete or remove so in a way it does make more sense to slide right to left since you are essentially removing the lock screen from view... similar to Safari windows/tabs.
But, for what it's worth, my 2 year old daughter picked up my iPhone 5 with Beta 3 installed and unlocked it correctly by sliding left to right. So maybe it is more intuitive and it's just our habits that are coming into play.
But, for what it's worth, my 2 year old daughter picked up my iPhone 5 with Beta 3 installed and unlocked it correctly by sliding left to right. So maybe it is more intuitive and it's just our habits that are coming into play.
Yes, I have had an iPhone since launch day for iPhone the first iPhone and it took me several tries. The light is an indicator but not nearly overt enough for my tastes. And there is a arrow near the prompt to slide, but it's the control panel arrow. It points up and ads to the confusion.
I would expect they either add an arrow or even better let you slide it either way.
I remembered at WWDC, many many live bloggers excitedly announced that "unlocking is now sliding upwards!"
There is a clear indicator. Follow the light
With so many people including myself doing it wrong on occasion. I would argue the indicator is in fact NOT clear.
At most someone might try swiping up or some other way once and when they quickly try it the typical way and see that it still works that way they won't really be trying to do any other way again in the future and won't even give it a second thought again. It's not exactly a problem that will keep in getting in the way for people or really impact them in any noticeable way.Unlock has been a swipe to the right for years and it still is. I don't understand how you guys can be confused.
Unlock has been a swipe to the right for years and it still is. I don't understand how you guys can be confused.
Because of the arrow for control center. I agree with C DM though. It should only take once for anyone making the mistake to learn that swiping to the right is still the way to unlock.
With the new Lockscreen doing away with the slider, I always want to slide to the left instead of to the right. It seems like it would make more sense since your basically sliding the screen away to access the next page. Am I the only one?
in B1 and B2, i was able to unlock my iphone by sliding to the left. it was a neat little trick that would cause the lock screen to snap back to the right so quickly that the phone would unlock.
with B3 however, this cool little trick (prob in some eyes a bug) was removed.