Comment by _wire_

This is all normalization to iOS horseshit.

A list ordering is the most primitive and least memorable layout because lists sort arbitrarily and alphabetical listing of capabilities are not intuitive.

But the weirdness only grows from here:

For example, Photos shows library recents bottom to top, but pick-photo from library shows recents top to bottom

Portrait orientation puts "Done" on one end, landscape puts it on the other.

"Done" can be implied by a return tap or involve a "done" tap.

Some controls tap, some slide and some do both.

Release to release, the formats move around.

Format varies between apps & modes.

Mystery meat abounds

Holding the device a certain way causes spastic mode changes, which vary release to release.

Almost any way you touch the device instigates an action or mode change and some controls have 3+ levels of function:

WTF does the "power" button do?

- stand-by - camera shutter - emergency SOS vs shutdown - arbitrary mode change depending on accessibility setting

Bugs and features overlap.

The UI is never baked, ever more modal...

exhausting