Now it became a stereotype for a usual user. And developers are forced to follow that pattern too, because they have no choice. All the previous iOS versions, as well as the current one, accustomed us to use it. Have you noticed that the typical navigation bar position is in the red area starting from iPhone 5? That stumbling block of the whole system which consists of the most important actions (Send, Done, Save, Confirm, Back, Close, etc.) is there because of the pattern which has been implemented on the system level. According to ‘ How to design for thumbs in the Era of Huge Screens’ observation by Scott Hurff Here are three basic ways of how people are holding their phones:Ģ.1. And since we are not growing over the years (human body stops growing between the ages of 18 and 21 years of age), the behavioral patterns in iOS interface which were laid out in previous versions, do not work properly since iPhone 5. The resizing of the devices inevitably involves a change of how we hold our phones, how we use them and so on. But in general, yeah, they are still the same.Īnd what about your phone? Which one were you holding three years ago and which right now? I would even say they have become a little bit thinner because of the adaptation to a constant use of the iPhone. Did your thumbs, palm and the hand overall become bigger? No? Hmm, mine too (Okay, if you are a teenager they could really got bigger as you are! Good for you…). But did they take into consideration the inherent behavior patterns that originated with the previous iOS to be extremely uncomfortable and ergonomically incorrect for usage on the larger devices? I suppose, they did not. Thus, the load on the processor, network and so on… I think that’s indeed one of the main reasons why all those changes I’ve mentioned above were applied. Bigger screens will lead to a bigger size of every single system element. Therefore, another usage, another user’s behavior, etc.Īpple knew and clearly understood that the increase of the display size was inevitable. I’m just saying that if there is a bigger than iPhone 6+ display (5.5 in) then that will be absolutely different device. No, I am not stating there could not be the bigger size. The lineup of Apple’s iPhones is growing up in the dimensions and I think Apple have already reached the limit. And the reason of that - they instantly got familiar to the common UI elements: a navigation bar at the top, a tab bar at the bottom, a table view, etc. This allowed to transfer users to the new iOS7 almost seamlessly. Hence, the patterns of users behavior and usage of the devices were the same too. The dimensions of the display were the same. It could be seen from the very first iPhone and to the iPhone 4s. And that was fucking right and necessary move by Apple! User’s content got the highest priority.Īlmost everything according to Dieter Rams.What has changed in the system compared to its previous versions? Let’s travel back in time of the iOS7 release. The bigger the display is, the less easily-accessible zone is, the more necessary is the adaptation of design to improve the user experience.īefore I dive into details I should take a moment to explain a couple of things.
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