REVERT!! 10->9
- By Hadron
- VIP Lounge
- 16 Replies
Ok, I think I know what happened to that "drag the button and hold" gesture. I just tried experimenting with the new gesture navigation (briefly, as it only works with the pixel launcher) and I see that swiping left/right in the gesture area does the same as doing so with the bottom button does now. So I reckon that they've just kept that gesture the same between the two modes rather than preserving the behaviour of the android 9 two-button method. It would be very Google to just focus on their new thing anyway.
The real problem I have with their new navigation, apart from linking it tightly to their own launcher, is that getting to the recent apps list is slow by design: if you have to swipe up and hold to get the app switcher rather than the drawer that is an inherently slow method. So it removes both speed and fluidity from the gesture. And this isn't just a matter of adjustment, it is inherently slow and awkward. Yet there are so many other ways they could have done this that would not have produced this problem. It's just dumb.
The real problem I have with their new navigation, apart from linking it tightly to their own launcher, is that getting to the recent apps list is slow by design: if you have to swipe up and hold to get the app switcher rather than the drawer that is an inherently slow method. So it removes both speed and fluidity from the gesture. And this isn't just a matter of adjustment, it is inherently slow and awkward. Yet there are so many other ways they could have done this that would not have produced this problem. It's just dumb.