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Invictus0yesterday at 2:00 PM2 repliesview on HN

This is silly. "It matches a 70 year old's muscle memory" should not be the sole test of good design; if it were, then we would be plugging mouses and keyboards into our phones.


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pseudalopexyesterday at 7:34 PM

Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize.[1]

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

bombcaryesterday at 4:18 PM

As we more and more mandate smartphones to live, we need to take accessibility into account. Watching "the olds" (which we are all fated to become someday unless something intervenes) fight technology is eye-opening; especially when you realize that you are starting to fight it.

I never knew there was a virtual home button available in iOS; but apparently there is.