@Zebane - Well if a physical back button allows you to quickly go back to a previous screen, it can't be a bad thing. What's so bad about the back button on an Android that causes you to dislike it so much?
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Anonymous
August 4, 2018
The burden of proof is on you my friend, you stated they are the best globally, by doing so you provided 2 websites that did an American Survey only. Please provide a survey that covers most countries.
@Zebane - Well if a physical back button allows you to quickly go back to a previous screen, it can't be a bad thing. What's so bad about the back button on an Android that causes you to dislike it so much?
I'll tell you what I tell pretty much everyone who knows me IRL,
The Back Button has turned in to a Rewind button, "omg I'm lost. Where am I? I didn't mean to get here. Can I have a do-over? Let's rewind that. How do I go back?"
Software has advanced to the point that the "screen" you are looking at operates under the assumption than you are exactly where you intended to be. And if you are not meant to be here, there are proper actions you can take to remedy that.
The Back Button is the copout to "thinking."
It's like the Windows "reboot" solution.
"The server is locked up and all applications are offline, what happened Bob?"
"I dunno, did you try to reboot it yet, Jim?"
^^
A conversation between 2 System Admins.
The Back Button goes farther back than Web Browsers. It was invented during a time where the screen was a Dumb Terminal, and everything was just "pages." That's why the Back Button made sense when Web Browsers first launched. You were "browsing the World Wide Web's pages." It's like a Book, turning a page back and forth.
But this is the era of Rich User Interfaces built around Enhanced User Experiences where Client Software is just as powerful as Server-side applications. The Back Button needs to go bye-bye. There's a better way to get to where we're going than just button-mashing the Rewind button.
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btw, I've had an Android for over 5 years. I do not use its Back Button feature. It honestly never even occurs to me. Even when I screw up and hit the wrong options in an App. I just look for the corrective solution in the App itself.
Take YouTube's Music App. I'll search for a song and then click on the track I want to listen to, from a list of options. Sometimes I hit the wrong track. But it's too late, the screen changes and the wrong track is playing. I don't hit the back button. I hit the Search icon which has a memory of my last search. Then I click my selection again, and click the proper track.
The burden of proof is on you my friend, you stated they are the best globally, by doing so you provided 2 websites that did an American Survey only. Please provide a survey that covers most countries.
@Zenbane - I see what you are saying, but I still like the back button because it saves me time. When I recall using some apple apps I found I had to actually come out of the app and go back into it before I could get to were I was were before. This was some time ago though, so I don't know if it's still the case now.
I like the back button on an android though, because I find like some extra buttons on a mouse it saves me time. I like using extra buttons on a mouse to move back and fourth between web pages and using it's scroll wheel. I have got an android phone and tablet and they suit me just fine. They give me the option to what you do with the music track, but they also allow me to go back/undo, which gives me like two choices instead of just the one which the iphone/ipad has got..
Using the Back Button as an Event that is part of a strategically implemented design is perfectly okay. The main issue (imo) is that the Back Button has too long a history in computing of being the Go To action for, "oh crap, I screwed up, I need to rewind that."
I can't stand apple or the Iphone OS but I understand why they're so popular. People are lazy and want things to just work. I'm more of a tinkerer and I want control of my device which the apple overlords don't like. It's the same reason I prefer PC over Mac. The flexibility of PC is just better even though the usability of the mac gets a nod. (Not to mention the base software package for Mac is a lot better for the average user.) Gaming which is my main hobby is obviously no contest though and until that changes MAC's will always be a toy for me lol.
+1 but nail hit on the head, my ipads just "work" no fiddling or faffing, I can throw "Not literally" the iPad at my 20 month old boy and he knows his way around it better than me LoL but Android all the way for my Note 8 and Leonovo Tab 3 ;)
A PC with lots of gadgets inside and a thing to see in 3D that you put on your head.
Exactly. My son was using an iPad effectively when he was literally between 6 and 12 months old. He got better at it as he got older, and he can now use a MacBook at Age 3.
I see other kids at his Learning Center using either those Leap Frog pads, or iPads. Aint no youngens using Windows, Android, or Linux lol
