Basic question for fancy phone users

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Fred Bloggs replied

28 August 2010, 07:41
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

You won't want my Battery Killer App then?

Think it came pre-installed thanks.
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xoggoth replied

27 August 2010, 18:43
You won't want my Battery Killer App then?
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Fred Bloggs replied

27 August 2010, 16:34
Just bought an all singing all dancing 16Gb Samsung Android phone, very nice screen etc... But I must admit some of the actions are not entirely intuitive to me, a steep learning curve. Best feature for me seems to be the Google Maps GPS system, kills the battery though.
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NickFitz replied

27 August 2010, 15:03
I always just use the back button in Safari on the iPhone.
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doodab replied

27 August 2010, 13:50
Yep, the physical button with the back arrow on my desire.
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xoggoth replied

27 August 2010, 13:16
Cheers for reply. You do mean the general back button not one in the app?
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doodab replied

27 August 2010, 13:12
Originally posted by xoggoth View Post

Got the hang of this Android thing now but my question is really about newer touchscreen phones with apps in general as I haven't got one.

I have a small number of views and the user may need to return to a previous view to make a different selection. At the moment I have buttons with "Back to ..." but are they necessary or would it be more natural for the phone user just to use the built in back/return facility? What do other apps do?

Cheers for any input.

Most of them seem to use the back button. Also for hierarchical menus, closing context menu and so on.
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xoggoth started a topic Basic question for fancy phone users

27 August 2010, 13:10
Basic question for fancy phone users

Got the hang of this Android thing now but my question is really about newer touchscreen phones with apps in general as I haven't got one.

I have a small number of views and the user may need to return to a previous view to make a different selection. At the moment I have buttons with "Back to ..." but are they necessary or would it be more natural for the phone user just to use the built in back/return facility? What do other apps do?

Cheers for any input.
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