> > That's mainly because Unity looks that way on the desktop as well. The > launcher is on the left-hand side.
I wouldn't call that a reason. Simple question - why the app bar on the left? The answer is simple, in a (mostly) LTR world, we natively associate the left with a "start" or "input" action (see Windows start button, electronics diagrams, LTR text). Our eyes get used to looking for information on the left first (the way you look for information on a crowded webpage is, in fact, in the shape of an F). Making distinctions between left-handed and right-handed would start to get complicated really quickly, with touch interactions, because the UI needs to adapt to the interaction style. Zisu Andrei On 25 March 2013 11:18, Octavian Damiean <odami...@linux.com> wrote: > On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 7:30 AM, Clayton Spicer > <clayton.spi...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi all, >> Simple question - why the app bar on the left? It's the hardest part of >> the phone to reach when holding with the right hand. Also since you can go >> "back" by swiping at any vertical height on the screen, but selection of >> apps requires a wide range of specific heights to be touchable, surely it >> makes more sense to have it on the right, where the whole screen is easily >> reachable on all phones. It also means going backwards requires swiping >> towards the left which is usual for going back. So just wondering what the >> reasoning is behind putting the bar on the left? I'm really curious - I'm >> sure there must be reasons I've missed. >> > > That's mainly because Unity looks that way on the desktop as well. The > launcher is on the left-hand side. > > -- > Octavian Damiean > > Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~mainerror > Stack Overflow: > http://stackoverflow.com/u/418183<http://stackoverflow.com/users/418183> > > -- > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > Post to : ubuntu-phone@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-phone > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > >
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