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Navigation bar or gesture controls?

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Wanted to see how everyone in the community felt about the using the android navigation bar buttons vs using gesture control.

I’ve used the navigation buttons since they released on android and just recently started trying to use the gesture based navigation. It’s been a little difficult for me to adapt to it so far, but curious what others experience has been.

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oranki@sopuli.xyz
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I started using gestures, and haven’t been able to transition away since.

Both have their pros and cons.

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odaat1998@kbin.social
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It’s especially hilarious when, as a Pixel owner, I try to help my spouse with their iPhone, and I immediately get confused/frustrated when swiping on her phone does nothing.

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L3s@lemmy.worldM
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Same here! My wife gets annoyed, scrolling on my phone and accidentally hitting the “back” gesture. So I guess it goes both ways

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Ja'Crispy@lemm.ee
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I still prefer the navigation buttons. I just can’t get used to gesture controls

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KingJalopy @lemm.ee
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I use edge gestures for gesturing but I keep the 3 button on the screen just in case. I like both.

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9up999@lemmy.ml
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I just use gestures.

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samus7070@programming.dev
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The back gesture is fine until it takes me out of an app. I hate that. Sometimes I trigger it unintentionally because I’m trying to swipe in an app but the system picks it up instead.

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yhvr@lemm.ee
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This stopped happening for me once I lowered the back gesture sensitivity all the way. It was a little tedious at first trying to grab the very edge of my screen, but I got used to it pretty quickly

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