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[Riccardo Padovani <rpadovani@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:46 AM, Michael Zanetti
<michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hmm, I don't think the hardware button is that much required. I've been using
> phones without hardware back button for many years now and never really missed
> it. I do agree with Oli tho, that I miss the back button in a reachable place
> now.
>

Agree.

> What I'm not sure about (and thats purely my opinion) is if it was a good idea
> to give the bottom edge to app developers. As the proposal says, its the most
> important and easily reachable edge. Imo it should be consistent across the
> phone experience and be the place where the most important controls for the
> current context are placed (e.g. the back button). What we'll get now is a
> random surprise whenever you use the bottom edge.

Totally agree, imo consistence is one of most important thing in user
experience.
I dislike Android because this: every app is different, seems like
there is a common base and then a big soup with every idea every
developer has.

> I personally hoped we'd keep the panel as it was, but lock it to be always
> visible, and if the OSK is visible, move the panel on top of the OSK, instead
> of hiding it behind it. I think that would have solved the discoverability
> issue too without being that disruptive for the overall phone experience.

Totally disagree.
Back button in bottom toolbar is awesome, but it has not be always visible.
I have a 4.2 screen and I want to use every single pixel for something
useful, I don't want to have some commands always visible.
If we need to have back button always visible is better to have
hardware buttons.

I really love the bottom toolbar, but I understand can be frustrating
for a new user. I don't have any idea on how to fix that, but please,
please, don't lose 30 pixel on bottom to have commands always visible
and if possible keep back button in an accesible position :-)

My 2 cents,
Riccardo