ubuntu-phone team mailing list archive

[Sergio Schvezov <sergio.schvezov@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Michael Zanetti
<michael.zanetti@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

They are the same thing now though, right? (home scope/lens is no more
and everything goes to applications)