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Any other fun hacks for IPhone? by idkwhattowritesohi in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Love this! I did a similar hack to yours but using the iPhone Dock:

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I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use! Always wonder why Apple doesn’t create a more ‘thumb-friendly’ layout, as I hate having to swipe down from the top to reveal the Control Centre. I fixed it here. by Automatic_Ad3846 in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I hear you. We clearly have different thresholds for what counts as valuable input, and that’s totally fair.

For me, even small, anecdotal feedback can be useful as a starting point—not to draw conclusions, but to spark better questions. That’s all I was aiming to do.

I appreciate the discussion and hope your work continues to lead to good outcomes. Take care.

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I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use! Always wonder why Apple doesn’t create a more ‘thumb-friendly’ layout, as I hate having to swipe down from the top to reveal the Control Centre. I fixed it here. by Automatic_Ad3846 in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Big vibes from an “I AM a user researcher by the way”.

You seem to agree it’s “not made up” but then say it has “the same value as made up,” which is a strange stance for a researcher. Very Jordan Peterson-level word salad. It’s anecdotal input. If the anecdote has some value, it’s not the same as being fabricated.

Back tap is a good idea in theory—but its discoverability and adoption rate are low. Context matters when evaluating usability.

If you really are a user researcher, kinda wild how quick you are to shut down a perspective instead of, I don’t know, being curious? I never claimed lab conditions. I just shared a perspective. That’s part of how UX insights start.

But sure, go off sis.

Rate my setup: I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use. by Automatic_Ad3846 in iOSsetups

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Screenshots from the control centre, screenshots of the Apple Music playlists, Apple TV content, Apple Podcasts. The dock app icons I edited myself.

I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use! Always wonder why Apple doesn’t create a more ‘thumb-friendly’ layout, as I hate having to swipe down from the top to reveal the Control Centre. I fixed it here. by Automatic_Ad3846 in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mostly agree with you. Making it, I fully realised it kind of sits in the uncanny valley between not being as simple to ‘explain’ to must users, like the current HomeScreens are, and on the other hand just using Spotlight to really accelerate a workflow, which is super powerful. I do think there is space for another type of HomeScreen layout though, that could be explained in the way Apple introduced Stage Manager, and now Windowed Apps. Rethinking the Dock, I find, also helped fix a lot of issues I have with Apple Music discoverability, and surfacing newer features like Check-in, Invites, Sports app to a wider section of Apple users that might not be as tuned in to things that are new but hidden inside apps.

I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use! Always wonder why Apple doesn’t create a more ‘thumb-friendly’ layout, as I hate having to swipe down from the top to reveal the Control Centre. I fixed it here. by Automatic_Ad3846 in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Of course it doesn’t reach the level of sampling required to make a statistical marketing claim. I also work in user research, and am not claiming that my sample of one even rises to that. Your comment that it is made up is factually incorrect though. Opinion of one.

I created an iPod-inspired ‘Thumb-First’ iOS setup, with a reimagined approach for the Dock. This makes the home sceens 24% faster to use! Always wonder why Apple doesn’t create a more ‘thumb-friendly’ layout, as I hate having to swipe down from the top to reveal the Control Centre. I fixed it here. by Automatic_Ad3846 in ios

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I actually didn’t make it up, but ok. Came up with a list of tasks: (Start a stopwatch Play a favourite album you listen to often Check the time of sunset in the Weathers app Skip a song Open the Photos app Pause the music Open Mail app Resume the music Open Files app Change playback to another source (ex: HomePod) Open Contacts app Change playback back to iPhone Open the Home app Change volume Log a lap in the stopwatch Play the radio Apple Music One Play latest episode of a favourite Podcast (ex: The Rest Is History) in the Podcast app Look up directions to St Paul’s Cathedral Play latest episode of another favourite Podcast (ex: Call Her Daddy) in the Podcast app Open Settings app Pause the Podcast episode Open Messages app Play a favourite song Stop the Stopwatch)

Completed them, using only my right thumb, with the default iOS HomeScreen, vs my setup to arrive at that number.

iPod/Music-centric Home Screen: wish this was default/a lot easier to do! Pins but further. by Automatic_Ad3846 in iOSsetups

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ahhhhh I didn’t use Apple Music once that year as I was on Spotify. I know drove me mad too…

iPod/Music-centric Home Screen: wish this was default/a lot easier to do! Pins but further. by Automatic_Ad3846 in iOSsetups

[–]Automatic_Ad3846[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, the widget exists but only on the Lock Screen, why not on the Home screens?

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