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[Scott May <scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yeah I'm a "me too" on the concern that the "back" button is too hidden 
given it's frequent use.  Perhaps we won't need "back" so much in this 
new environment?

In any case, with gestures we need to be very mindful of how apps are 
going to operate.  We don't want to offer a gesture that might look 
anything like something you might do in reasonable use of some app that 
doesn't exist on this platform yet.  Think about about what you do on 
the screen when say, using a map, drawing a picture, moving a piece in a 
game etc, etc.  I think gestures coming in from the edge are fairly 
safe, but the main screen area is for the app...

Having said that, I'd like a back button|gesture|mind control interface 
somewhere.  The title bar can get crowded, and needs that clean style, 
but so far that seems like fair game.

Now that I think about it, the Android apps "OMG Ubuntu!" and "Feedly" 
both use a nice tight little "<" like symbol in the top left title bar 
to navigate back.  It's small but visually clean, consistent and works.  
Yeah, that's my preference.

Till later,
Scott.
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On 12/06/13 21:15, Josh Leverette wrote:
> let's stick with pinch zooming our way back out if we absolutely must. 
> I'd recommend just redesigning the title bar element to have a back 
> button.
>
> Sincerely,
> Josh
>
> On Jun 12, 2013 6:12 AM, "Josh Leverette" <coder543@xxxxxxxxx 
> <mailto:coder543@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>     I would like there to be such a gesture, I'm just not convinced
>     there's an appropriate one since the left edge of the screen is
>     occupied. My suggestion is we consider that swiping from left to
>     right anywhere not on the screen edge could act as a back gesture
>     in most applications.
>
>     I caution strongly against all of these actions though. there are
>     too many gestures coming about. if we give up one of the left edge
>     gestures, we could comfortably do this, but there is no other
>     reasonable way I can think of.
>
>     Sincerely,
>     Josh
>
>     On Jun 12, 2013 5:25 AM, "Simon" <oct4v14n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     <mailto:oct4v14n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
>
>         We could also think about using shaking for going back.
>         This would be doable with just one hand,
>         and wouldn't conflict with other (and future) gestures which are
>         touch-based.
>
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