ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Michael Zanetti <michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wednesday 26 March 2014 08:34:02 Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> On 03/26/2014 06:58 AM, Oliver Grawert wrote:
> > hi, Am Mittwoch, den 26.03.2014, 02:57 -0700 schrieb Nathan Haines:
> >> On 03/26/2014 02:46 AM, Michael Zanetti wrote:
> >>> Note aside: The reason why the Launcher on the phone is inverted, is
> >>> because it was too hard to reach the home button in the top left
> >>> corner.
> >> 
> >> Which I'd assumed.  A bit of a shame as far as interface conventions go,
> >> but on the other hand I can count with no hands the number of times I've
> >> ever needed to use it.  :)
> > 
> > hmm, same here, I used it once to try out what happens though :) Might be
> > interesting to head if there was any user testing done if it is used much
> > at all ... one could possibly replace it with a back button if it is
> > actually used rarely ;)
> 
> How else do you find a launch applications?  I already find it hard, what
> with having to open the Launcher, hit the Unity button and get a random
> screen, repeat until eventually I get the Home screen, then swipe left to
> get the application screen and swipe up past the running apps (although
> sometimes that gesture switches back to the Home screen) to find the
> installed apps, then choose one to launch.  Once it's running I can lock it
> to the launcher (assuming I hold the phone right and use a finger, not my
> thumb).
> 
> Perhaps there's another way, but I just haven't discovered it yet.  I've
> only had the phone for a few weeks.  Other phones and tablets I have used
> have a button I can press to get back to a home screen.  I think it would
> be a bad design to never be able to get to a safe known location from
> anywhere.

Hmm... There seems to be something wrong here. Hitting the Home/Ubuntu button 
should *always* bring you to the home scope, doing the long swipe from the 
left edge should *always* bring you to the applications scope. If that doesn't 
happen for you, please report a bug with steps to reproduce the issue.

Br,
Michael