HI, I bought my iPhone last Thursday. My initial observations are that it is perfectly usable after a short time. Yes, the method of text-input takes some getting used to (I'd say I'm only 60% as fast as I was on my old n82) but I can notice a speed improvement even after such a short time.
In terms of the navigation, there are several points. Firstly, those who suggest that good spatial awareness makes this device more usable are correct. It certainly helps to be able to know roughly on the screen where something resides. You might miss it by a centimetre (half an inch) but you'll hit the item you are looking for in no time. Secondly, one of the factors that has helped me, is the ability to rearrange the home screen to suit myself. If you put something down on a surface, you'll usually remember roughly where it is, (I know I do) and using these devices is no different. So one of the first things I did when I got mine was to place the icons in positions that suited me. As a consequence I developed a good working mental map of the screen layout. Another thing that has really helped me to become so quickly familiar with the iPhone is the fact that the same non-speech audio cues are incorporated into the interface as those found on Snow Leopard. I find that I don't have to listen to all the verbal descriptions of items provided from the synthesiser but use the other sounds emanating from the device rather a lot. Anyway, these are just the thoughts of an absolute novice with this device. There are plenty of people on this list who are far more expert in its use than I, so if they disagree with what I've said here, I'd take their view over mine on this one. Cheers Dónal -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of william lomas Sent: 08 December 2009 16:57 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Is the navigation of items on the IPhone as efficient and speedy as everyone says? no if you have spacial awareness you be fine On 8 Dec 2009, at 16:44, Jess wrote: > Hi all. > > I don't mean to be negative. Maybe I'm missing something, but having > played with the IPhone for a while at the store last Saturday, I have > to wonder if the voice over navigation methods for navigating the > touch screen are as speedy and efficient as typing on the qwerty? For > example, the sighted guy who was watching me navigate using voice over > observed that I had to cursor all over the screen to find something, > when he could just tap on it with the finger. For example, even if I > knew the notes application, or Safari was down at the bottom of the > screen, I'd have to flick all the way around the screen to find it. > Or, let's say I was writing an email. If I knew that I wanted to type > in an H, or a U, would I have to cursor all over the screen to find > it? To me, this just would be slow and tedious. A, S, D, F, G, H, > double tap. Q, W, E, double tap. j, k, l, double tap. l, double tap. > t, y, u, i, o, double tap. > All that just to write the word hello? Please tell me I'm missing > something! > > Jess > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en > . > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
