Question about behavior while reading

[petrjahoda]

Hello to all users. I got a feedback from one user about behavior while reading.
The user sometimes unfortunately touches the screen and that settings panel appears.

Is this something others are experiencing?

The user has an idea:
- add an option for 'long touch' meaning you will need to leave the finger on the screen for longer for that panel to appear and disappear.
- and this option will be turned off as default.

Would you welcome this feature or do you think it will clutter the preferences more and more?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Hello to all users. I got a feedback from one user about behavior while reading.
The user sometimes unfortunately touches the screen and that settings panel appears.

Is this something others are experiencing?

The user has an idea:
- add an option for 'long touch' meaning you will need to leave the finger on the screen for longer for that panel to appear and disappear.
- and this option will be turned off as default.

Would you welcome this feature or do you think it will clutter the preferences more and more?

I prefer an option to change the tap zone for the preferences. I don't want to press and hold to get the preferences.

[petrjahoda]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I prefer an option to change the tap zone for the preferences. I don't want to press and hold to get the preferences.

Hello JSWolf, tap zone change can be done, I am just thinking about the space on iPhone. Because when user has enabled tap to change page, then the rest of the screen is for this tap zone, because of the space (not much space).

What is your idea around these tap zones?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Hello JSWolf, tap zone change can be done, I am just thinking about the space on iPhone. Because when user has enabled tap to change page, then the rest of the screen is for this tap zone, because of the space (not much space).

What is your idea around these tap zones?

On an iPhone with the dynamic Island, you could make it near that. I wonder if you could make tap zones on both sides of the dynamic island. That would work if possible.

[petrjahoda]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

On an iPhone with the dynamic Island, you could make it near that. I wonder if you could make tap zones on both sides of the dynamic island. That would work if possible.

You mean tapping on the name of the GSM provider, wifi signal, GSM signal and battery indicator?
Really there?
If so, this makes no sense for me, as I will never expect to have tap area in here. And if so I would never expect tapping here will show some panel on bottom. I also never saw an app with tapping in this area, maybe there is a reason for that? Also I don't know if it is not against the Apple HIG rules.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

You mean tapping on the name of the GSM provider, wifi signal, GSM signal and battery indicator?
Really there?
If so, this makes no sense for me, as I will never expect to have tap area in here. And if so I would never expect tapping here will show some panel on bottom. I also never saw an app with tapping in this area, maybe there is a reason for that? Also I don't know if it is not against the Apple HIG rules.

Actually, you can do it. When you are in the book, there will nothing next to the Dynamic Island. I just tested this in BookFusion and it works. You can tap next to the DI and you get the popup for settings/ToC. The chances of accidentality tapping there would be slim to none. I've never tapped there by accident.

[petrjahoda]

Hi JSWolf, I know I can do it, technically it is not a problem.

But I don't know if it is not against Apple HID rules (BookFusion is not made in swiftUI, so I think they do not bother with this).
Also for me and people I asked about it, this is something they would never expect even doing on iPhone (meaning touching left/right in top bar).
Also users can turn on displaying that top bar with battery, wifi, etc., and that will be totally weird to touch on wifi to show the bottom panel.

I would like to hear from others, because for me and people I asked around, touching left/right of dynamic island to expect any behavior in an app, is something totally strange and unexpected and never experienced.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Hi JSWolf, I know I can do it, technically it is not a problem.

But I don't know if it is not against Apple HID rules (BookFusion is not made in swiftUI, so I think they do not bother with this).
Also for me and people I asked about it, this is something they would never expect even doing on iPhone (meaning touching left/right in top bar).
Also users can turn on displaying that top bar with battery, wifi, etc., and that will be totally weird to touch on wifi to show the bottom panel.

I would like to hear from others, because for me and people I asked around, touching left/right of dynamic island to expect any behavior in an app, is something totally strange and unexpected and never experienced.

The thing is, if they've never tried it, then how do they know if they'll like it or not? I think you should rig a version to do this and see what people think.

[petrjahoda]

Hi, you are right, but as I try to follow Apple Human Interface Guidelines as much as possible, I will not be adding this feature, because that is HIG violation of three rules:
- do not put custom controls in status bar area (direct violation)
- do not override system gestures (direct violation)
- make interactive elements discoverable (because this is not native to Apple, people do not expect them here, so not discoverable)

Also I tried now all other apps (kindle, apple books, etc.) and all have center tap. So looks like this is some kind of standard for reading apps.

Maybe edge swipe from bottom to show the panel?

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by petrjahoda

Hi, you are right, but as I try to follow Apple Human Interface Guidelines as much as possible, I will not be adding this feature, because that is HIG violation of three rules:
- do not put custom controls in status bar area (direct violation)
- do not override system gestures (direct violation)
- make interactive elements discoverable (because this is not native to Apple, people do not expect them here, so not discoverable)

Also I tried now all other apps (kindle, apple books, etc.) and all have center tap. So looks like this is some kind of standard for reading apps.

Maybe edge swipe from bottom to show the panel?

Swiping is not a good idea. Either a center tap near the top or just a center tap on the entire screen is what works.