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[Alberto Mardegan <alberto.mardegan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 03/26/2014 08:15 PM, Jouni Helminen wrote:
> speaking of Android, their back button is pretty much in the exact same
> place - top left. Same with iOS
> 
> Agreed there could be a "back" gesture, but what would it be? one finger
> horizontal swipes are usually reserved for something else

My suggestion would be to use a one finger horizontal swipe from the
right edge towards left, on the lower part of the screen. The whole
right edge is currently used to switch between applications; we could
use the lower third of the screen for the back gesture (and indeed we
should leave the back button on the top left, since the gesture won't be
easily discoverable).

Ciao,
  Alberto