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[-] madis@lemm.ee -1 points 1 year ago

Unpopular opinion, but phones these days don't really need more buttons, but less. We have a huge touch screen after all, let's take better advantage of it!

  • "Action button" - Android phones have had a long press of power button be the assistant button since Android 12, just set your "assistant" as whatever action you want (e.g. with Tasker).
  • Sleep/wake button - can be the power button for now, but also don't forget double-tap on the home screen/lock screen/status bar.
  • Power off/on - virtual button since Android 12, physical button for turning on. In case of emergency, I guess hold down for longer or do something like triple-tap.
  • Volume keys - every video app should use onscreen gestures, same could be applied for music. In other contexts, statusbar or side swiping gesture could suffice, plus a notification shade slider like some OEMs already provide.
[-] Lun0tic@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

Honestly on screen gesture controls suck ass. Also its pretty dumb for the solution to be "remap your power/volume button." An obvious problem that touch screens lack (for the moment) is tactile feel.

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