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#271
Originally Posted by MartinK View Post
Yeah, and the edge swipe & swipe notification might make some sense on a tablet (you might not be able to reach an edge sometimes) but makes much less sense on a small smartphone screen. The cost ? easy to use cover action gestures being replaced by tiny tiny buttons that are hard to click but easy to miss-click... Feels a bit like shoehorning tablet UI to a mobile phone.
Even on the tablet you have to use edge swipes to get back to the home screen from an app as there is no home button so a user that isn't used to edge swipes is going to get lost in apps or have to learn the difference between in-app and edge swipes.
 

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