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Comment by bubblewand

5 hours ago

The physical home button is, no bullshit, one of the greatest pieces of UI ever. No, I am not kidding, I really think that. It’s crazy to me that they abandoned it, the gestures that replace its functionality are overall-worse and cluttering the gesture system with even more of them is bad for the overall UX.

Maybe you know this but it wasn't a physical button since i think iphone 7 - it was a haptic sensor.

  • The haptic sensor is almost as good as the physical button, and the trade off of not having to worry about it breaking (which was likely after a few years with the physical ones) is well worth it for me.

  • True, and in my opinion it was a worse experience than the previous physical one.