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IN this directory collected the most common gestures that are used on mobile devices Oh.
Gestures
Hands are an excellent tool for communicating with people and the environment.
With our hands we can create something beautiful, show your emotions (thumbs up), decide the fate of other people (thumbs down, in the Roman Empire) and even send people we don't like to hell (yes, that same gesture).
Some time ago, technology allowed us to manage information with our hands. And it's perfect new experience, and the capabilities that need to be developed.
The use of gestures to control mobile devices has become ubiquitous. Mobile devices without touchscreens are becoming a thing of the past. Now all the power of communication is in your two hands.
But to unlock the full potential of touchscreen mobile devices, we must explore the way we communicate with these devices. And it’s quite simple: gestures.
In this guide, we will look at all the main gestures that are used on mobile devices: Tap, Swipe, Long Press, Long Press and Drag, Pinch and Spread. , Double Tap (Double tap), Force Touch.
Tap
Tap is a click in the mobile world. Single short press on an element. Allows you to interact with any available objects on the screen.
This is the most common gesture in the mobile world. Allows you to launch applications, open pages, navigate within applications, etc.
Swipe
Swipe is the second most common gesture after tap. It is familiar to anyone who has ever accessed the Internet from a mobile device.
Its use is intuitive and quite limited: swipe to scroll the page up/down (scroll), or to move between screens ( main screen on iOS, swiping left/right allows you to move between Home screen pages).
Swiping also allows you to show and hide hidden panels (for example, the navigation menu), bring up notifications (swipe from top to bottom on iOS), bring up the control panel (swipe from top to bottom on Android), flip through photos and perform many other actions.
Swiping is sometimes used as a defensive design. When it is necessary to protect users from accidental clicks. For example, to unlock in iOS you need to swipe.
Long Press
A long press is the same as a right click. On most mobile platforms long press allows you to call context menus or additional actions associated with the clicked object.
On the operating system Windows long clicking works exactly the same as right clicking - it brings up the element's context menu.
For Android users, this gesture is very familiar. A long press on any list element brings up a context menu that allows you to perform mass manipulations with list elements (deleting, moving).
On iOS long pressing is used much less frequently than on others operating systems. So if you are designing for iOS devices, it is better to avoid using long press. Because only the most advanced users know about the purpose of this gesture.
Click and drag
This gesture is an analogue of the drag and drop function, which is familiar to everyone on desktop computers. Long pressing on the object being moved activates the ability to move it by dragging.
Occurs periodically on all platforms (for example, to change the location of an icon on the desktop, change the order and arrangement of elements, etc.).
Pinch and Spread
These gestures are mainly used to zoom in/out on images, zoom in/out on maps, and zoom in/out on web pages. It consists of moving and moving two fingers apart on the screen.
This gesture allows you to immediately see the result of interaction with an object.
Also in iOS data Gestures allow you to open/close photos and exit the album.
Double tap
Double-clicking allows you to zoom in and out (just like pinch and spread). Some applications allow you to perform additional manipulations using this gesture (selecting text, saving an entry to bookmarks).
Pressing hard
This technology is used in latest versions products Apple. Their screens allow you to differentiate the pressure applied and, depending on this, offer various options interaction with the object.
For example, pressing hard allows you to preview an object without opening an application, or call up a menu of additional actions.
Details this technology reviewed in .
Pros and cons of gestures
Gestures open up enormous possibilities for controlling mobile devices. You can create great amount different variations that will cause different actions. This allows you to get rid of extra buttons in the interface and add interactivity.
The main disadvantage of gestures is their unintuitiveness. You can expect people to be familiar with the 7 gestures listed above, but they will be completely unfamiliar with the rest of the gestures.
If you decide to add additional control gestures to your application, then users will have to be taught how to use new gesture. This will require the creation of a special training block or additional tips.
People don't like to learn new things, especially in apps. A lot of new information leads to misunderstanding and refusal of the application. So it makes sense introduce gestures into the interface gradually, one at a time.
There is also a high risk of misunderstanding how your app works if you hide the main action buttons and replace them with gestures.
Therefore, if you plan to add your own gestures to the application, you need to decide the following:
- How in demand are additional gestures for your users?
- Do they conflict with operating system gestures?
- How will you teach new gestures to users?
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I'm completely obsessed with books. Yes, I’m that same fossil who doesn’t have a TV, but has an electronic book reader, a mad desire to fill my one-room apartment with books, and on my computer in the list of frequently used programs is Ice Book Reader..
And yet I read most of the books with the “bespectacled letter A” on my phone. Why?
Because:
✔ you have your phone with you at all times and you can continue the book from the right place at a party, in the toilet (yes, I’m not ashamed to admit it 😋) or in line at the clinic;
✔ the design reminds me of Ice Book Reader, which I like to read on the computer;
✔ home wifi makes it easier to download books, unlike an e-reader;
✔ for the lazy there is auto-scrolling text.
For me, this program has only one drawback: the inability to read pdf files.
Very often I see in reviews how this reader is criticized for the inconvenience of operation. I believe this is not the case. And now I’ll explain why!
Tap zones and how to set them up?
This reader has nine short and nine long tap zones for user convenience:
In Russian, the tap zone is that area on the screen where, when you touch your finger, some specified action occurs (calling up a menu, turning pages, etc.) That is, in reading mode, without going to the program menu, you can change the font or increase the screen brightness, for example.
And if they are annoying, you just need to remove unnecessary zones in the settings and you will get the most best ereader, customized specifically for you!
To do this, you need to take the time to follow the chain:
Menu➡Settings➡Advanced (tap zones, gestures and buttons).
And leave, for example, a long press on the screen on the left to call up the menu, and short taps on the right and left to scroll through the text.
And in all other tap zones set to no action:
I didn’t discover these settings right away and have long since gotten used to using all the action zones. And I like it! I don't think anything on this list is superfluous.
Bookmarks and quotes
For those who like to take notes while reading, the program has the ability to highlight quotes with a colored marker. But I think it’s more convenient to make bookmarks for this purpose. Moreover, they are made approximately the same way:
✏ select the desired piece of text and click on the quote symbol (square with red lines) at the bottom right side of the page:
✏ in the menu that opens, you need to select the action “Add quote” or “Add bookmark”:
Why do I say that bookmarking is more convenient? Because I haven’t found a list of quotes anywhere, but we can easily bookmark them.
To do this, you need to call the main menu and follow the chain: Menu➡Go➡ Bookmarks:
Now we poke at the right one and voila - we are at the place in the book where we need to copy the quote!
Copying and editing
There is no doubt that the reader will not compete with Word. But if somewhere in an amateur translation an error hurts the eye, it can be corrected.
Search and percentage/page mode
I rarely use both. If I'm reading a book, I usually hold it in background or make bookmarks.
But if you need to find something specific in a book, then the “magnifying glass” tool is also on the menu quick selection, in the same place as the bookmarks:
And for those who like to look at the end of the book, on the subject: “isn’t the gardener the murderer?” there is a page transition (function call - lower central tap zone):
Reading modes and brightness
For the convenience of users, there are two reading modes: day (left) and night (right):
To me night mode I absolutely didn't like it. I am for a way out of the darkness! It hurts my eyes and I can't concentrate on what I'm reading. Therefore, I simply increase the brightness of the text during the day and reduce it at night. Like that:
The right edge of the screen is responsible for this: if you drag it up, you’ll increase it, if you pull it down, you’ll decrease it, if you pull it straight, you’ll lose your horse..
I really love this function in Ice Book Reader, but here things haven’t worked out for us... I’m bothered by the implementation option chosen by the developer:
New page here it unwinds like wallpaper on top of the old one.
About the font and other settings
To be honest, there are so many settings in this application that sometimes it is not clear why they are needed at all? But everything is quickly mastered by scientific poking.
I highlighted two more convenient things for myself:
✔ the application allows you to rotate the screen;
✔ you can change the font with the same gesture as you change the size of the photo.
If you read to the end, thank you! A blanket for your feet, cocoa in your mug and the most best books on the phone!💞
The vast majority of modern mobile devices have touch screen, with which you can control the gadget. Those. Instead of pressing mechanical buttons, the user controls his smartphone or tablet with gestures and touches on the screen. For a novice user of the Android operating system, which runs a large number of touch mobile devices, at first this way of interacting with his gadget will be unusual. However, mastering gestures occurs almost immediately and does not cause any difficulties in the future.
What gestures are used to control an Android smartphone/tablet?
Touch or tap
Touch has a second name - tap. This is the most common action used in touch control. By tapping you can enable any functions, launch programs, select menu items, activate a parameter, etc. Touching is like clicking a mouse on a computer. If in relation to a computer they say “click the mouse,” then in Android you can hear “tap or double-tap.”
Performing this action, as you guessed, is very simple. You need to touch the right place on the screen with your fingertip. For example, to launch an application, just tap on its icon. If you need to enter text, just touch in the input field to appear, where you can type text by touching the characters.
Double tap or double tap
Here again there is an analogy with double click mouse on the computer. True, unlike a computer, where a double click launches a program, in android devices double tap used to enable or disable provided functions in programs and change the scale. For example, to zoom in on a website page when viewing it in a browser, quickly tap the screen twice. To return to the previous scale, you need to double tap again.
Touch and hold or long tap
A touch and hold or a long tap is a kind of analogue of a right-click on the mouse, where this action is used to call up a context menu with a selection of options. A long tap also opens additional actions in cases where they are provided by the application or the Android operating system itself.
To perform touch and hold, you need to touch the screen where you want and hold your finger for a while. As a result, a menu will appear with a choice of actions provided by the application or operating system.
Swipe, flick or swipe
Flipping or swiping is used to turn pages, scroll through desktops on the screen, move through lists, menus, etc. Swipe can be either horizontal or vertical. To perform page turning when required by a program or operating system Android system, then you need to touch the screen with your finger and, without releasing it, move it in the desired direction provided for by the circumstances (from left to right, from right to left, from bottom to top, from top to bottom or diagonally).
Touch with Move
Touch and move in Android OS is analogous to dragging an object with the mouse while holding down the left button. As with computer operating systems, touch devices under mobile OS, drag and drop allows you to move objects (folders, files, icons, etc.) from one place to another.
To perform this action, tap the desired object on the screen and do not release your finger. When an object is highlighted, you can drag it to the desired location.
Pinch/spread out or zoom
You can also hear the name of this action like a pinch. It really resembles a finger pinch, because... To perform it, you need to touch the gadget screen with two fingers and, without releasing them, bring them together or apart. As a result of these actions, the image scale on the screen will be changed, if provided by the application.
All gestures in Android are intuitive and not complicated. After a little training, you will confidently control your smartphone or tablet without even thinking about your actions.
