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[Jelmer Prins <justcarakas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

While I like the idea I don’t think it is smart to do that.
That will take the option to use gestures in the app away from the devs

JustCarakas

> On 05 Nov 2015, at 00:13, Alexander Nilsen <nils1alex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Hello.
> I want to raise a suggestion for more consistency in Ubuntu Phone user
> interface.
> Particularly 2 UI elements: Back button and menu button.
> 
> Back button is located in left-upper corner, like here in Wi-Fi menu
> Stretching the thumb to that corner is not easy (regardless left- or
> right-hand usage).
> More natural will be using horisontal swipe from the middle of the screen,
> the same way as it's done for shuffling scopes back.
> 
> 
> I think it will work almost everywhere, making interface experience more
> streamlined.
> 
> The second one I want to talk about is Menu positioned in upper-right
> corner. Evenif it's a slightly easier to reach than Back-button,it's still
> far far away from my thumb (especially on Meizu MX4)
> We already have a nice option in form of swiping from the bottom.
> Can we move menu functionality to this gesture?
> Is it possible to distinguish between 1.swipe-right-up;
> 2.swipe-bottom-to-right (or left for left-handed usage)?
> Something like this:
> 
> 
> Curvature of the menu is based on how far average user thumb can reach.
> Again, it will increase usability and fits naturally to the rest of
> interface.
> 
> If I want to issue my suggestion as a design blueprint, how/where can I do
> it?
> 
> /nlsn
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