That's a good point. Apple's design philosophy does treat apps special making all apps appear the same on many different devices.
However, I am simply suggesting Apple innovate on what they started. Instead of just re-inventing the same device every year.
Like you mentioned tapping to open 'view' mode to zoom in. I've given further thought how it would work. Like placing a finger along the edge of the screen then pinch zooming with your other hand. Or using a new creative gesture. By holding your thumb at one point on the screen and using your index finger like your pinching a knob, moving your index finger on an arc, from left to right to zoom in, and right to left to zoom out.
Which reminds me of something I heard years ago. The future of hardware is software. It's only limited by our imaginations. I just hope eventually enough people will see this and agree, and come up with better ideas.
lol, I find zooming within apps extremely time consuming and annoying. If your father knows you can zoom on web sites and pictures in the gallery, ask his opinion with using the magnifying glass within apps. I'm curious if I'm the only one that would prefer pinch to zoom to work within apps.
I just don't like having to force enlarged text size everywhere. This forces me to scroll more everywhere, with less info displayed per screen. This is also not supported in all apps.
Needless to say when you get older you may be far sighted, or near sighted.
Unfortunately, for me I'm far sighted and have trouble reading small text up close (unless I hold my phone at arms distance). I also don't want to be forced to wear glasses every time I need to look at something on my phone.
This is why I think pinch zooming within apps would be a great option for all users. I even know where it belongs, under "Settings > Accessibility > Zoom > Enable Zoom within Apps".
I really think a lot of people would find this helpful in a "pinch". Wishful thinking I guess.
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Reply to comment by Variant-C137 in Worst thing about apps by Aeeeon
That's a good point. Apple's design philosophy does treat apps special making all apps appear the same on many different devices.
However, I am simply suggesting Apple innovate on what they started. Instead of just re-inventing the same device every year.
Like you mentioned tapping to open 'view' mode to zoom in. I've given further thought how it would work. Like placing a finger along the edge of the screen then pinch zooming with your other hand. Or using a new creative gesture. By holding your thumb at one point on the screen and using your index finger like your pinching a knob, moving your index finger on an arc, from left to right to zoom in, and right to left to zoom out.
Which reminds me of something I heard years ago. The future of hardware is software. It's only limited by our imaginations. I just hope eventually enough people will see this and agree, and come up with better ideas.