Hi, I'm new to this forum. I'm dearly seeking help with my iPhone, hoping there's a way I can form a positive relationship with it. I'm a very experienced smartphone user.
There's two or three basic things that I find excruciatingly difficult.
First of all, unlocking the phone constantly. Every time the screen turns off, you have to unlock the phone either using face recognition or passcode. Face recognition is not perfect, and I find myself in class as a teacher distracted by trying to get my phone unlocked. I have a slight accessibility delay set on the timing of the typing due to Tremors in my hands, which is great for my typing, but makes typing the passcode every time I unlock the phone an unreasonable solution.
Apple seems to require its own way of doing things: six digit passcode, and no way to set the phone so it doesn't lock.
What if locking and security is not my top priority? What if I live alone? Why should Apple decide what my priorities are?
The second frustration I have is the size of the text send button. When I write a text message, the send button is a tiny little circle in the middle on the right. I would expect a UI designer to make the button the biggest thing on the screen, cuz it's the one thing you're going to have to touch for sure. For someone with tremors, designing a tiny little button for the most important function sucks.
Thirdly, I'll also mention that I find Siri not only frustrating but harmful to use. Over the past few years I've developed a speech impediment, which makes using Siri quite difficult. Siri requires me to form a complete sentence within a very short stretch of time, and if I stop talking Siri assumes I'm done and performs whatever task it thinks I wanted to do. I rarely find it works in the first try, have to try over and over to get the sentence right. Using Siri adds to my speech challenges by making me Rush my sentences in order to be heard.
What I find mind-blowing is that all of these things are design choices by Apple. Maybe I'm the only one with these needs?
There's two or three basic things that I find excruciatingly difficult.
First of all, unlocking the phone constantly. Every time the screen turns off, you have to unlock the phone either using face recognition or passcode. Face recognition is not perfect, and I find myself in class as a teacher distracted by trying to get my phone unlocked. I have a slight accessibility delay set on the timing of the typing due to Tremors in my hands, which is great for my typing, but makes typing the passcode every time I unlock the phone an unreasonable solution.
Apple seems to require its own way of doing things: six digit passcode, and no way to set the phone so it doesn't lock.
What if locking and security is not my top priority? What if I live alone? Why should Apple decide what my priorities are?
The second frustration I have is the size of the text send button. When I write a text message, the send button is a tiny little circle in the middle on the right. I would expect a UI designer to make the button the biggest thing on the screen, cuz it's the one thing you're going to have to touch for sure. For someone with tremors, designing a tiny little button for the most important function sucks.
Thirdly, I'll also mention that I find Siri not only frustrating but harmful to use. Over the past few years I've developed a speech impediment, which makes using Siri quite difficult. Siri requires me to form a complete sentence within a very short stretch of time, and if I stop talking Siri assumes I'm done and performs whatever task it thinks I wanted to do. I rarely find it works in the first try, have to try over and over to get the sentence right. Using Siri adds to my speech challenges by making me Rush my sentences in order to be heard.
What I find mind-blowing is that all of these things are design choices by Apple. Maybe I'm the only one with these needs?
