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[Omar B. <estelar57@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

in the uds they mentioned they want to give options for left handed users and also to the Arabic way of doing things

Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2013 22:15:04 +0200
From: matzipan@xxxxxxxxx
To: odamiean@xxxxxxxxx
CC: ubuntu-phone@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; clayton.spicer@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Ubuntu-phone] [Design] Why the left?



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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