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IN this directory collected the most common gestures that are used on mobile devices.
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 in order to unlock the maximum potential of mobile devices with touch screens, we must study the way to 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, 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 other 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 gestures? operating system
- How will you teach new gestures to users?
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Distribution of mobile devices with touch display introduced another muddy wave of Anglicisms into our language.
What are all these “ flick», « stretch», « pen», « tap», « swipe», « touch", and how do they differ from each other?
We bring to your attention a short dictionary of jargon associated with touch screens.
Scrolling (scrolling, from scroll– scroll) – scrolling the screen in one way or another. The term appeared on desktops, where the mouse wheel was used for scrolling. In gadgets, this is done by vertically moving your finger across the display.
Screenshot (screenshot, screen- screen, shot– shot) – so-called screenshot where the current picture is saved in graphic file. To create screenshots, appropriate applications and cloud services are used.
Gestury , gestures (gestures) – certain movements on the pointer screen, in in this case– fingers or , allowing you to replace certain commands or their sequences. Significantly speed up and simplify work with mobile devices.
Touchscreen (touch screen, touch– touch) – a touch display that responds to touches. In addition to mobile devices, it is used in terminals and ATMs.
Tap And doubletap – (tap– press) – a short press on an element of the touch display interface, similar to a mouse click. Respectively, doubletap – double click.
Touch – a longer press than a tap, has no analogue on desktops.
Touch 'n' hold (touch and hold– touch and hold) – is clear from the translation: pressing and holding a finger or stylus for a long time.
Swipe , slide (swipe, slide– slide) – a prolonged sliding movement of a finger across the display, for example, when opening the camera shutter.
"Swipe" still has another meaning - special way typing without lifting your finger virtual keyboard, used in popular app Swipe Keyboard.
Flick (flick- light blow, click) - click on the display of a smartphone or tablet obliquely, after which the screen begins to move in the indicated direction.
Peng (pan- panning, and not at all a “frying pan” or “toilet bowl”, as some might think) - movement across the screen of an enlarged image, allowing you to see parts hidden behind the edge of the screen.
Pinch (pinch– pinch) and stretch (stretch– stretching) – “squeezing” and “stretching” movements of the fingers, allowing, respectively, to reduce or increase the scale of the picture.
Some may not like the dominance of such slang words in the modern lexicon.
Well, no one is forced to use them: just try to come up with a Russian equivalent for each of them and try to use it in everyday communication on the Internet.
Perhaps you will be able to pass for a so-called true Gramar Nazi, but, most likely, you will simply look like a noob in the eyes of your interlocutor, i.e., a stupid newbie.
What has happened is that when you long press on the product name, a card is displayed of this product. This long press is called long tap. We operate our touch screen devices mechanically and often have no idea what it is. double tap or swipe. Let's try to understand the terminology. What can you do with the object you see on the touch screen?
Tap is a single short touch on the screen. With its help, we, for example, launch applications and confirm actions. In essence, this action is comparable to pressing the left mouse button.
Long tap - touch with a delay of more than a second (before the result appears). This action is comparable to clicking the right mouse button. IN latest update Cloudshop:POS application, which was released last Friday, when you long press on the name of a product, its card is displayed.
Double tap - double tap with one finger with a short interval between touches. Most often used to open, zoom in and out - you need to click on the area that you want to view in detail.
Tap&drag - touch with movement. One-finger tap and immediately begin moving your finger across the screen. This way you can scroll through desktops, browser pages, and a list of products. This gesture also serves to move various controls - volume, brightness.
Swipe - swiping. The action is similar to the previous one, but does not require long movements across the screen and resembles a quick stroke of a brush on paper. In this case, the content of the screen continues to move with a gradual slowdown even after lifting your finger from the screen.
Pinch/spread (zoom). To perform this action, you must touch the screen with two fingers slightly apart and press them together. The technique is used to smoothly reduce the image scale on the screen. To zoom in, use the reverse gesture - you need to touch the screen with two connected fingers and spread them apart.
Rotate - rotation. This technique is used quite rarely to rotate the image on the screen. After touching the screen, two fingers each move along an arc of a circle in the same direction - clockwise or counterclockwise. Or one finger stands motionless at the center of rotation, and the other moves in an arc around this center.
These are the basic gestures for controlling a device with a touch screen. The only difficulty may lie in the fact that the same actions can be called completely differently in various sources— what action should you take if you are required to flick? Fortunately, the interface modern applications most often intuitive.
iPhone OS was intended to be a simple and obvious alternative Windows Mobile for ordinary users. But then it turned into iOS, acquired useful and not useful functions and became complex. Today we are simplifying.
1. Move calendar events with long press
To simply change the time of an event in the standard iOS 10 calendar, hold it in the day or week view menu and drag it to the desired location. It's easier than going in and changing it manually.
2. Close the image with a short swipe from top to bottom
Close a specific image and go to the general album list in standard gallery iOS 10 can be done by simply swiping from top to bottom. The same works in some third-party applications.
3. Bring back Safari's bottom menu when swiping
When scrolling through the site top panel standard iOS browser 10 is compressed and the bottom one is retracted to give the user more space to view information. The second panel is restored with a single tap from below.
4. Open recently closed Safari tabs with one tap
To open recently closed tabs standard browser iOS platforms 10, do it long tap to the plus icon in the menu open tabs. This is convenient if you closed a specific one by accident.
5. Open the multitasking menu with a gesture via 3D Touch
Open the iOS 10 ambiguity menu double click to the Home button. But it’s more convenient to swipe from the left edge of the screen to the right with force. Then the section will open using 3D Touch technology.
6. Switch to the previous iOS app with a gesture
And to return to the previous open application, make a forceful gesture from the left edge of the screen to the right. So you will return to the program you used before. And it's more convenient than through multitasking.
7. Remove calculator numbers by swiping from left to right
In pursuit of minimalism, iOS designers never added a key to undo the last character entered in standard calculator OS. But you can achieve this by swiping from left to right across the input field.
8. Go to the beginning or end of the list of photos by tapping
To go to the beginning of the list of photos in the standard gallery, click on status line. At the end - to the active one this moment icon in the bottom bar of the application. And it’s much faster than flipping back and forth.
9. Rate notification apps in your 3D Touch folder
If the folder contains two or three or more apps with notifications, and it shows an icon with total number entries, you can view each individual one with a strong tap on the directory icon.
10. Disable ads in toys without in-app purchases
If the new one is interesting free game frustrating intrusive advertising, which they suggest disabling through in-app purchases, turn off the Internet or put your phone in airplane mode. And the advertising will disappear.
Google, as you know, is planning to present a special surprise to Android users in the near future, which some knowledgeable citizens have already managed to call “the most innovative mobile feature” in the last few years. Moreover, they say that Microsoft, having learned about this sensational new product at the stage of its development, tried to release something similar, but earlier, and they even succeeded, but earlier does not mean better. In general, almost a detective story...
As you probably already guessed, we're talking about O new feature Now on Tap, which will become, figuratively speaking, one of the highlights next version Google's mobile operating system Android systems 6.0 Marshmallow. In short, with Now on Tap, literally with one click of a button, the user receives detailed information about any person, organization, institution, any place and any thing that is displayed on the screen of his smartphone or tablet.
Works with Now on Tap voice assistant, so you won’t have to press anything, but simply voice a question about something on the screen after the standard “OK Google”. And what’s most interesting is that the Now on Tap function will be built into any application (speaking of applications, look at market-download.com/).
You can already try Now on Tap in test mode, but only , which as of now is also available in the form test build on mobile devices of the Nexus family. But, according to rumors, a “sample” of Android 6.0 is literally about to be opened for flagship Samsung Galaxy, HTC One series and LG G series, and then Now on Tap, again, according to those who are already familiar with this feature, will simply blow up the mobile world.
How does Now on Tap work?
Well, about "incredibly simple and intuitive clear interface“- this goes without saying, but it’s better to evaluate it live than by ear. Therefore, let’s just say that launching Now on Tap is really simple - with one click on the Home button of your smartphone or tablet (provided it has Android version 6.0 and higher and the corresponding freshness Google apps, of course) and then - to the “start” button, after the system clarifies whether it should be turned on Now service on Tap.
But then it will be interesting. Google will examine the content on the device screen to see if it contains keywords and then it will display a selection of data from its famous Knowledge Graph database, plus a list of similar topics key queries, full Google search option, as well as the so-called Quick links to relevant pages in other popular online services like Twitter, YouTube, etc. This, so to speak, is the first benefit, that is, the first fundamental element of Now on Tap.
The second benefit of Now on Tap, as we said, is the ability to enable context-sensitive functionality voice search. Simply put, we give the “OK Google” assistant access to all screens and get the opportunity to interact with a smartphone and/or tablet without any buttons at all. Say the usual “OK Google” and you can ask about everything that is currently displayed on the screen. Moreover, you don’t even need to clarify anything, since the system itself already sees the “keys”.
For example, having received Viber message from friends with an invitation to join some get-togethers in a cafe, we formulate something like “OK Google, how to get there?” and immediately we teach the exact route, and the smartphone automatically switches to navigation mode.
So, in Android 6.0 innovation (in the proper, not the marketing sense of the word) actually takes place. The idea is good, especially when you consider that to implement something similar, the “owners” of competitive mobile operating systems simply do not have the resources that Google, the largest search system in the world.
