Thanks, didn't use this before.
I'm not a big fan of so many similar gestures though. I already sometimes accidentally switch tabs in Safari by swiping. Using this app-switch gesture from safari seems like a nightmare when first trying. And generally pretty fiddly. Maybe it needs getting used to.
The swipe area is very small on the vertical axis and there's also some risk of hitting in-app buttons, especially if apps place buttons at the bottom — although I guess this is discouraged. It's especially annoying when using a phone cover. And I like mine - iPhone would be unusable for me without it because it's also much more fragile than all my previous budget Android phones.
Will try getting used to it though.
Re your "It's a mess" comment: I've never had a problem with the android back button, it always did exactly what I expected and it was easy to build an intuition for it.
The context-dependand behavior always seemed very well thought-out to me, because I never ever had to think about it.
The swipe area is very small on the vertical axis and there's also some risk of hitting in-app buttons, especially if apps place buttons at the bottom — although I guess this is discouraged. It's especially annoying when using a phone cover. And I like mine - iPhone would be unusable for me without it because it's also much more fragile than all my previous budget Android phones.
Will try getting used to it though.
Re your "It's a mess" comment: I've never had a problem with the android back button, it always did exactly what I expected and it was easy to build an intuition for it.
The context-dependand behavior always seemed very well thought-out to me, because I never ever had to think about it.