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A hidden feature isn't communicated. I don't know why features are going to do something weird if I short click vs long click. There's simply no communication.
by cassowary 9y ago
A hidden feature isn't communicated. I don't know why features are going to do something weird if I short click vs long click. There's simply no communication. Maybe some shadow (3D) effect on something which you can 3D touch would make a huge difference. (It's probably ugly, but the feature itself is ugly, so you'd expect the UI should reflect that.) A right click menu was considered a hidden feature by Apple in the olden days, but at least you knew there was a right mouse button to click. Nowadays you don't know whether a feature exists or whether you just haven't clicked long enough.
I appreciate the feature is a nice one, that the wifi will turn back on sometimes. I've been caught out. But I can't know what hidden features exist and how to distinguish them.
Moreover, "Disconnected from WifiNetwork" only communicates what you say it does once you know what the feature does. Until then, you don't know. There's also nothing that says "the network has been disabled until you go home" or whenever it's going to turn back on.
Apple used to care about their products being useful to power uses and beginners alike. Now they care about their products being useful to beginners and capable of letting the elite know who they are — the power users who are not amongst the elite know that too. It's really not very nice.
I was really happy with it when I first got my iPhone. It was awesome. I'd never used one, and it kept telling me what to do next. If I guessed wrong, it was like "haha, no you've gotta do this instead". But it is not going to be replaced with another iPhone. I just can't stand it any more.
- kfriede 9y agoIt's more than a hidden feature though. Pressing the wifi button (where you would normally expect it to turn the radio off) literally brings up a text saying "Disconnected from {SSID}"
- rebuilder 9y agoAnd if I turned off wifi, I'd expect the device to disconnect from amy networks, so that messaage doesn't really tell me much if I don't already know its significance.
- function_seven 9y agoI'm sure many people would think that message confirms they turned off the WiFi.
- benliong78 9y agoThen maybe it should say "Disconnected from {wifi-name}, but we have not turned off wifi completely. This is done so that you can still airdrop and use hotspot and other features. If you want to completely disable wifi, 3D-press on the Wifi button and select {whatever that button is}" >,<
- zaroth 9y agoMy thought was the WiFi icon should turn into a progress indicator to show that its snoozing, maybe like how apps show they are installing by graying it out in a circular sweep.
- function_seven 9y agoThat would make me think it's trying to connect. I don't think motion would be appropriate for the intermediate state of a tri-state indicator. Maybe a lighter shade of blue? Or a white background with the icon colored vivid blue?
- KozmoNau7 9y agoGrey out the icon, and add a "zzz" indicator to it?
- MBCook 9y agoThey actually have a way to show this. If you play around with the other buttons and modes they seem to use colored for on/connected, grey for on/disconnected, and grey with a line through it for radio off.
- badwolf 9y agoIf you put your iPhone in "Airplane" mode, the wifi shows "OFF" (with a slash through it) vs toggling the wifi button just grays it out and shows "not connected" Seems fine for me /shrug