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.

  • @[email protected]
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    112 years ago

    I’m so used to gesture control now that I struggle to go back when I need to sort out my mum’s phone for her.

  • Ja'Crispy
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    152 years ago

    I still prefer the navigation buttons. I just can’t get used to gesture controls

  • EtzBetz
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    22 years ago

    I’m using the aosp/pixel gesture nav. Took a bit to get used to and I rarely have weird glitches (like using the fast swipe to previous app, but the app manager is yeeting to the last app or so; the nav bar/pill being visible in a video; the pill being on the wrong side of the display after having it rotated), but I like the look and feel. Also I’m still hoping that we will get to the point where it’s “embedded” like in iOS.

  • @[email protected]
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    132 years ago

    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.

    • @[email protected]
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      62 years ago

      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

  • LCP
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    22 years ago

    I prefer navigation bar, but I tolerate gesture controls due to the ease of swiping between apps.

  • @[email protected]
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    62 years ago

    I really dislike gestures as I’ll accidentally trigger them all the time. I just want physical buttons back. They’re far superior for me. Sadly it is not a common opinion so I’ll just have to deal with whatever is popular.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      When I got my P7P i had to switch back to the bar immediately and I was “navigating” out of games/apps with the gesture.

  • @[email protected]
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    42 years ago

    Once I got used to gesture controls in android 10 I never looked back. It was hard to adapt but now it’s muscle memory.

  • @[email protected]
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    152 years ago

    Gestures solely for the edge swipe to go back. It just makes sense and I can never go back. Plus one-handing big phones with the nav bar is tough