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[Josh Leverette <coder543@xxxxxxxxx>]

I agree, I didn't want to be the only one who keeps dissenting, so I
waited, but the right edge swipe should not behave like Android's.
Furthermore, it would be highly unintuitive for it to go back pages in the
app and then suddenly switch to going to previous apps. Once it reaches the
first most previous app, it would then have to go backwards through all
pages of that app before we could proceed to the next app. That behavior
would do nothing for users. The other thing to consider is that if we're
going back page by page, that would be destroying each page instance. Does
going back once more destroy the whole app instance? The metaphor would be
broken and shattered on the ground.

Sincerely,
Josh
On Jun 15, 2013 8:29 PM, "Robert Park" <robert.park@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Sat, Jun 15, 2013 at 5:17 AM, Rasmus Eneman <Rasmus@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> Personally I have been thinking about how it would be to rework the right
>> edge swipe. If it first backed out to the topp level and then start
>> circulating apps, a bit like Androids back button. For me that's the most
>> natural behavior I think.
>>
> Personally I think the Android back button is a bit of a disaster. What if
> I've been surfing the web for half an hour? I have to go back-back-back
> through a thousand pages before I can back out of the app?
>
> It has other issues too -- in the SMS app, I can never seem to correctly
> identify when the back button will take me back to the list of contacts, or
> back out of the app -- it never seems to do what I expect and it's often
> frustrating.
>
> We definitely need a way to distinguish between "back within this app" and
> "back to the previous app". A solution to that problem would put us ahead
> of Android in terms of usability.
>
>
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