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[Zisu Andrei <matzipan@xxxxxxxxx>]

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> That's mainly because Unity looks that way on the desktop as well. The
> launcher is on the left-hand side.


I wouldn't call that a reason.

Simple question - why the app bar on the left?


The answer is simple, in a (mostly) LTR world, we natively associate the
left with a "start" or "input" action (see Windows start button,
electronics diagrams, LTR text). Our eyes get used to looking for
information on the left first (the way you look for information on a
crowded webpage is, in fact, in the shape of an F).

Making distinctions between left-handed and right-handed would start to get
complicated really quickly, with touch interactions, because the UI needs
to adapt to the interaction style.

Zisu Andrei


On 25 March 2013 11:18, Octavian Damiean <odamiean@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Clayton Spicer <clayton.spicer@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>> Simple question - why the app bar on the left? It's the hardest part of
>> the phone to reach when holding with the right hand.  Also since you can go
>> "back" by swiping at any vertical height on the screen, but selection of
>> apps requires a wide range of specific heights to be touchable, surely it
>> makes more sense to have it on the right, where the whole screen is easily
>> reachable on all phones. It also means going backwards requires swiping
>> towards the left which is usual for going back. So just wondering what the
>> reasoning is behind putting the bar on the left? I'm really curious - I'm
>> sure there must be reasons I've missed.
>>
>
> That's mainly because Unity looks that way on the desktop as well. The
> launcher is on the left-hand side.
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