RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
Hi Robin,

First of all, let’s just wait and see, I highly doubt Apple will totally drop 
Touch Id even if they have face recognition figured out. We’ll know next 
Tuesday.
As for how a blind person should do this, well, as Alex says, it’s not that 
difficult to point your phone towards your face from a foot or 2 away.
I would say it’s probably a lot easier than to make sure all 4 edges of  a page 
are visible when you want to perform OCR on a document and while KNFB Reader 
provides feedback, even that is not too hard with a bit of practice without 
voice guidance.
Apart from that, reports say that it will even work with the phone lying on a 
table pointing straight up and you sitting on a chair in front of the table, 
let’s not forget that cameras do see more than what is straight in front of 
them.
If you follow the rumours you find out that they are such that Apple is using a 
special type of camera which can distinguish between a live face and a photo, I 
think they are talking about infrared or something like that which obviously 
would then probably sense body heat and more. Rumours also are that using face 
recognition as Apple has implemented it will be much more secure than Touch Id 
and even faster.
One thing I wonder of course is how Apple might prevent a couple of guys 
grabbing somebody, taking their phone away from them and simply pointing it to 
their face which would then unlock it. Of course if any sort of violence or 
force was used it would also be possible to unlock with Touch Id even against 
somebody’s consent, if you were twisting and moving your hand so it wouldn’t 
read all the offenders would have to do is whack you on the head and knock you 
out, then they can use your fingers all they want and when it comes right down 
to it I bet most people would happily provide their unlock code if any pain was 
inflicted.
Apparently Apple is building one safeguard into iOS 11 and that is that if you 
press the home button (or maybe the power button if there is no more home 
button) I think 5 times quickly Touch Id and Face Recognition will be disabled 
and you will be required to enter your passcode. This of course can be done in 
about 2 seconds or so and it definitely is some protection if you think you are 
in any immediate danger to have your phone taken away.

Regards,
Sieghard

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alex.st...@gmail.com
Sent: Thursday, September 7, 2017 11:27 AM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com; viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Have you ever tried? It’s not that hard.

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On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 6:21 PM +0100, "Robin" 
mailto:robin-mel...@comcast.net>> wrote:

In MyHumble Opinion, the ONLY alternative  is to make The Device

respond to a Specific Person's Voice & Only their Voice because

Facial Recognition may Not be Secure in Terms of Privacy

Just Sayin

At 09:06 PM 9/6/2017, you wrote:

>they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they

>did not which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that

>accessible how?

>

>-Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel

>Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01

>To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>

>Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest

>change - CNET

>

>I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button

>that Apple will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.

>

>

>-Original Message-

>From: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com> 
>[mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On

>Behalf Of M. Taylor

>Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM

>To: viphone@googlegroups.com<mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com>

>Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest

>change - CNET

>

>Hello Larry,

>

>Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have

>not used a physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or

>on-screen) navigation buttons located on the bottom row of the

>display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these navigation buttons

>were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll off the display.

>

>Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a

>physical Home button on all of its Android devices.

>

>None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have

>physical Home buttons; so I am no stranger to the

>technology.  However, I strongly believe that because of its

>physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 6 more than

>the others.

>

>Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home

>button located in the center bottom row o

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Mr. Ed
Hi,
Why don't all of us just wait and see what exactly Apple does instead of going 
through all this guessing and worrying.
Mr. Ed
-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 1:41 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

as we are dealing with the face I thought the process would be somewhat less 
than strait forward.

-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:15
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front camera?


-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET

they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?

-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET

I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation
buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series,
however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say,
they did not scroll off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical
Home button on all of its Android devices.

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S
6 more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button
located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to
quickly return to his/her starting point.

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button?
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
homescreen navigat

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
as we are dealing with the face I thought the process would be somewhat less 
than strait forward.


-Original Message- 
From: Sieghard Weitzel

Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:15
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front 
camera?



-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?


-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation
buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series,
however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say,
they did not scroll off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical
Home button on all of its Android devices.

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S
6 more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button
located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to
quickly return to his/her starting point.

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button?
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how
the iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is
already gone. Inst

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread alex . stone







Have you ever tried? It’s not that hard.



Get Outlook for iOS





On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 6:21 PM +0100, "Robin"  wrote:










In MyHumble Opinion, the ONLY alternative  is to make The Device 
respond to a Specific Person's Voice & Only their Voice because 
Facial Recognition may Not be Secure in Terms of Privacy
Just Sayin
At 09:06 PM 9/6/2017, you wrote:
>they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they 
>did not which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that 
>accessible how?
>
>-Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel
>Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
>To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
>change - CNET
>
>I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button 
>that Apple will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.
>
>
>-Original Message-
>From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>Behalf Of M. Taylor
>Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
>To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
>change - CNET
>
>Hello Larry,
>
>Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have 
>not used a physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or 
>on-screen) navigation buttons located on the bottom row of the 
>display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these navigation buttons 
>were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll off the display.
>
>Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a 
>physical Home button on all of its Android devices.
>
>None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have 
>physical Home buttons; so I am no stranger to the 
>technology.  However, I strongly believe that because of its 
>physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 6 more than 
>the others.
>
>Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home 
>button located in the center bottom row of the display.
>With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the 
>screen. This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when 
>one wishes to quickly return to his/her starting point.
>
>Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and 
>feasibility than its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.
>
>Mark
>
>-Original Message-----
>From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin
>Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
>To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
>change - CNET
>
>If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?
>
>
>-----Original Message-
>From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
>Behalf Of M. Taylor
>Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
>To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
>
>Hello Everyone,
>
>I hope you find the following article interesting.
>
>As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home 
>button, with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much 
>so, that I have reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.
>
>If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope 
>that it comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.
>
>Mark
>
>CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home 
>button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
>
>What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
>Sarah Tew/CNET
>When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely 
>expected to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the 
>home button. If the rumors are true, the all-screen design of the 
>so-called iPhone 8 means no room for a bottom bezel, and thus no 
>room for a physical home button (and its Touch ID fingerprint 
>sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone in 
>its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage 
>element that has existed on the phone since day one.
>
>A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
>MacRumors
>Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
>In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with 
>changes to homescreen navigation for the past several years. There 
>are already pieces in place to suggest the transition may not be as 

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Anthony Vece
Apple hasn't let us down before. And, I don't think they'll let us down this 
time either.


Sent from my Verizon iPhone 7!!!

> On Sep 6, 2017, at 6:25 PM, M. Taylor  wrote:
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I hope you find the following article interesting.
> 
> As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
> with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
> reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.  
> 
> If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
> comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.
> 
> Mark
> 
> CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM
> Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
> 
> What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
> answer.
> Sarah Tew/CNET 
> When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
> to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
> rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
> room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
> its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
> hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
> basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.
> 
> A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
> MacRumors 
> Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all. 
> In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
> homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces
> in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might
> expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
> The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how
> the iPhone 8 will work
> Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already gone. Instead of
> a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a solid-state panel
> that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It initially drew
> mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the haptic
> thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, too.
> It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the
> iPhone 8 display will work, too.
> Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch
> their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and
> later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or
> pressing in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably
> feel the same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The
> bigger problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint
> sensor -- or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.)
> Control Center is an app launcher away from being the home button
> replacement
> iPhones currently stick four apps at the bottom of the home screen, locking
> them in place as you swipe to additional pages: useful, but inefficient.
> Swiping up for the Control Center usually accomplishes more, getting to
> settings and even some app shortcuts fast. Control Center is getting
> expanded in iOS 11, where it now offers a single page of user-configurable
> widgets and switches. But if that same updated Control Center page had a
> mini dock at the bottom for those same apps -- and/or a virtual home button
> -- it would basically be a one-stop shortcut. The problem with exiling the
> home button to the dock, though, is that it turns a single action --
> pressing the handy home button that we have now -- into a two-step process:
> swiping first and then clicking the screen. 
> 3D Touch could be better utilized for home screen shortcuts
> It still feels like the variable pressure-sensitive 3D Touch technology that
> iPhones 6S and later use is way underutilized, to the point where it feels
> unnecessary. But what if pressing down on the home screen opened up
> sublayers, or app folders beneath? Maybe pressing down on the bottom of the
> screen could launch back to the home area, or Control Center. 3D Touch is
> there, and it's theoretically versatile... now Apple just needs to put it to
> better use.
> 
> One-screen access to everything: is this is the post-home-button home
> screen?
> Sarah Tew/CNET 
> iOS 11 on the iPad could be a preview of a no-home button iPhone
> The iPad has already started exploring new ways of navigation in iOS 11.
> (The beta has been out since June, and the final version will likely be
> available i

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Robin
Because Explain How a Totally & Completely Blind person can Perform 
the Task  of Aiming the Camera  at Their Face without Guidance (i.e., 
Verbal Prompts)

Plus
How is this Facial Recognition software supposed to Distinguish 
between An Actual Face as opposed to a Picture  of that Person's Face


Note:
Privacy & Security Concerns

Just Sayin
At 09:15 PM 9/6/2017, you wrote:

How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front camera?


-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
change - CNET


they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they 
did not which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that 
accessible how?


-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
change - CNET


I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button 
that Apple will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation
buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series,
however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say,
they did not scroll off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical
Home button on all of its Android devices.

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S
6 more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button
located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to
quickly return to his/her starting point.

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button?
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how
the iPhone 8 will work Her

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Robin
In MyHumble Opinion, the ONLY alternative  is to make The Device 
respond to a Specific Person's Voice & Only their Voice because 
Facial Recognition may Not be Secure in Terms of Privacy

Just Sayin
At 09:06 PM 9/6/2017, you wrote:
they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they 
did not which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that 
accessible how?


-Original Message- From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
change - CNET


I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button 
that Apple will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
Behalf Of M. Taylor

Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
change - CNET


Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have 
not used a physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or 
on-screen) navigation buttons located on the bottom row of the 
display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these navigation buttons 
were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll off the display.


Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a 
physical Home button on all of its Android devices.


None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have 
physical Home buttons; so I am no stranger to the 
technology.  However, I strongly believe that because of its 
physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 6 more than 
the others.


Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home 
button located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the 
screen. This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when 
one wishes to quickly return to his/her starting point.


Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and 
feasibility than its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.


Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
Behalf Of Larry Lumpkin

Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest 
change - CNET


If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On 
Behalf Of M. Taylor

Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home 
button, with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much 
so, that I have reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.


If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope 
that it comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.


Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home 
button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET


What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely 
expected to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the 
home button. If the rumors are true, the all-screen design of the 
so-called iPhone 8 means no room for a bottom bezel, and thus no 
room for a physical home button (and its Touch ID fingerprint 
sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone in 
its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage 
element that has existed on the phone since day one.


A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with 
changes to homescreen navigation for the past several years. There 
are already pieces in place to suggest the transition may not be as 
wild and weird as you might expect. Android phones have already done 
it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels 
for how the iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's 
home button is already gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's 
iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a solid-state panel that used subtle 
vibration to simulate a button press. It initially drew mixed 
opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the haptic 
thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Devin Prater
3D touch, y'all. tripple press near the bottom of the screen to turn on 
Voiceover. Or, they may make the power button longer and make the lower half a 
home button.   

Sent from my iPhone

> On Sep 7, 2017, at 9:05 AM, lenron brown  wrote:
> 
> I don't like the idea of touch Id going away. It's nice to be able to
> just place my finger there and my phone unlocks or I log in an app. I
> don't want to have to rely on having to point the camera at my face to
> do all that.
> 
>> On 9/7/17, Mr. Ed  wrote:
>> You have to have an accessible face for that to work. LOL
>> Mr. Ed
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:15 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
>> CNET
>> 
>> How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front
>> camera?
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
>> CNET
>> 
>> they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not
>> which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Sieghard Weitzel
>> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
>> CNET
>> 
>> I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple
>> will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of M. Taylor
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
>> CNET
>> 
>> Hello Larry,
>> 
>> Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a
>> physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation
>> buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series,
>> however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say,
>> they did not scroll off the display.
>> 
>> Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical
>> Home button on all of its Android devices.
>> 
>> None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home
>> buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe
>> that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my
>> S
>> 6 more than the others.
>> 
>> Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button
>> located in the center bottom row of the display.
>> With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.
>> This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to
>> quickly return to his/her starting point.
>> 
>> Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than
>> its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.
>> 
>> Mark
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of Larry Lumpkin
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
>> CNET
>> 
>> If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?
>> 
>> 
>> -Original Message-
>> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
>> Of M. Taylor
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
>> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
>> Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
>> 
>> Hello Everyone,
>> 
>> I hope you find the following article interesting.
>> 
>> As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
>> with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
>> reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.
>> 
>> If Apple does remove 

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread ליאל בן סימון
Because that VoiceOver cant read this. There is no building ocr in ios.

נשלח מה-iPhone שלי

‫ב-7 בספט׳ 2017, בשעה 16:28, ‏‏Mr. Ed ‏ כתב/ה:‬

> You have to have an accessible face for that to work. LOL
> Mr. Ed
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:15 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
> CNET
> 
> How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front camera?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
> CNET
> 
> they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
> which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
> CNET
> 
> I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
> will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> M. Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
> CNET
> 
> Hello Larry,
> 
> Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
> physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation 
> buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, 
> however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, 
> they did not scroll off the display.
> 
> Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
> Home button on all of its Android devices.
> 
> None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
> buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
> that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S
> 6 more than the others.
> 
> Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button 
> located in the center bottom row of the display.
> With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen. 
> This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to 
> quickly return to his/her starting point.
> 
> Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
> its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.
> 
> Mark
> 
> -----Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> Larry Lumpkin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
> CNET
> 
> If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
> M. Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> I hope you find the following article interesting.
> 
> As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, with 
> integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
> reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.
> 
> If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it 
> comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.
> 
> Mark
> 
> CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? 
> Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
> 
> What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
> Sarah Tew/CNET
> When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected 
> to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
> rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no 
> room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its 
> Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the 
>

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread lenron brown
I don't like the idea of touch Id going away. It's nice to be able to
just place my finger there and my phone unlocks or I log in an app. I
don't want to have to rely on having to point the camera at my face to
do all that.

On 9/7/17, Mr. Ed  wrote:
> You have to have an accessible face for that to work. LOL
> Mr. Ed
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:15 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
> CNET
>
> How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front
> camera?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
> CNET
>
> they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not
> which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Sieghard Weitzel
> Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
> CNET
>
> I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple
> will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of M. Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
> CNET
>
> Hello Larry,
>
> Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a
> physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation
> buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series,
> however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say,
> they did not scroll off the display.
>
> Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical
> Home button on all of its Android devices.
>
> None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home
> buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe
> that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my
> S
> 6 more than the others.
>
> Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button
> located in the center bottom row of the display.
> With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.
> This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to
> quickly return to his/her starting point.
>
> Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than
> its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.
>
> Mark
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of Larry Lumpkin
> Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change -
> CNET
>
> If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf
> Of M. Taylor
> Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
> To: viphone@googlegroups.com
> Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
>
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I hope you find the following article interesting.
>
> As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
> with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
> reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.
>
> If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
> comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.
>
> Mark
>
> CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button?
> Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
>
> What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
> answer.
> Sarah Tew/CNET
> When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
> to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
> rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
> room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
> its 

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-07 Thread Mr. Ed
You have to have an accessible face for that to work. LOL
Mr. Ed

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 11:15 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front camera?


-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?

-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation buttons 
located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these 
navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll 
off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
Home button on all of its Android devices.

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S
6 more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button located 
in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen. 
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to quickly 
return to his/her starting point.

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, with 
integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it comes 
up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? 
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected to 
do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room 
for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch 
ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone 
in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage element 
that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces in 
place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how the 
iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny t

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
How is it not accessible if all you have to do is look into the front camera?


-Original Message-
From: 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 9:06 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?

-Original Message-
From: Sieghard Weitzel
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation 
buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, 
however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, 
they did not scroll off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
Home button on all of its Android devices.

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 
6 more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button 
located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen. 
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to 
quickly return to his/her starting point.

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, 
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it 
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? 
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the 
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected 
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no 
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and 
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to 
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most 
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces 
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how 
the iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is 
already gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus 
featured a solid-state panel that used subtle vibration to simulate a button 
press. It initially drew mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; 
others liked the haptic thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most 
p

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread 'Ray T. Mahorney' via VIPhone
they would really drop the ball in the area of accessibility if they did not 
which brings me to face recognition. they plan to make that accessible how?


-Original Message- 
From: Sieghard Weitzel

Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2017 00:01
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.



-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of M. Taylor

Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation 
buttons located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, 
however, these navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, 
they did not scroll off the display.


Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
Home button on all of its Android devices.


None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 
6 more than the others.


Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button 
located in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen. 
This is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to 
quickly return to his/her starting point.


Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.


Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of Larry Lumpkin

Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - 
CNET


If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf 
Of M. Taylor

Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, 
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.


If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it 
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.


Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? 
Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET


What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the 
answer.

Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected 
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no 
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and 
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to 
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most 
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.


A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces 
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how 
the iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is 
already gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus 
featured a solid-state panel that used subtle vibration to simulate a button 
press. It initially drew mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; 
others liked the haptic thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most 
people I know did, too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the 
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch 
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and 
later models to

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread Sieghard Weitzel
I have little doubt that if there is no more physical home button that Apple 
will make the alternative virtual home button fully accessible.


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 4:49 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation buttons 
located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these 
navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll 
off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
Home button on all of its Android devices.  

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 6 
more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button located 
in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.  This 
is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to quickly 
return to his/her starting point.  

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, with 
integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.  

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it comes 
up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? Get 
ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
 
What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected to 
do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room 
for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch 
ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone 
in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage element 
that has existed on the phone since day one.
 
A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all. 
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces in 
place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how the 
iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already 
gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a 
solid-state panel that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It 
initially drew mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the 
haptic thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, 
too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the 
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch 
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and 
later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or pressing 
in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably feel the 
same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The bigger 
problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint sensor -- 
or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.) Control Center is an 

Re: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread Robin
As I understand it, Samsung's NEW Touch ID isn't Connected to its 
Always ON HomeButton as it Previously was, it has Moved its Location 
to The Back of the Device resembling the Touch ID on the Pixel By Google

At 03:25 PM 9/6/2017, you wrote:

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM
Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.

A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all.
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how
the iPhone 8 will work
Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already gone. Instead of
a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a solid-state panel
that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It initially drew
mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the haptic
thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and
later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or
pressing in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably
feel the same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The
bigger problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint
sensor -- or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.)
Control Center is an app launcher away from being the home button
replacement
iPhones currently stick four apps at the bottom of the home screen, locking
them in place as you swipe to additional pages: useful, but inefficient.
Swiping up for the Control Center usually accomplishes more, getting to
settings and even some app shortcuts fast. Control Center is getting
expanded in iOS 11, where it now offers a single page of user-configurable
widgets and switches. But if that same updated Control Center page had a
mini dock at the bottom for those same apps -- and/or a virtual home button
-- it would basically be a one-stop shortcut. The problem with exiling the
home button to the dock, though, is that it turns a single action --
pressing the handy home button that we have now -- into a two-step process:
swiping first and then clicking the screen.
3D Touch could be better utilized for home screen shortcuts
It still feels like the variable pressure-sensitive 3D Touch technology that
iPhones 6S and later use is way underutilized, to the point where it feels
unnecessary. But what if pressing down on the home screen opened up
sublayers, or app folders beneath? Maybe pressing down on the bottom of the
screen could launch back to the home area, or Control Center. 3D Touch is
there, and it's theoretically versatile... now Apple just needs to put it to
better use.

One-screen access to everything: is this is the post-home-button home
screen?
Sarah Tew/CNET
iOS 11 on the iPad could be a preview of a no-home button iPhone
The iPad has already started exploring new ways of navigation in iOS 11.
(The beta has been out since June, and the final version will likely be
available in mid-September.) The app dock adds a lot of favorite apps for
quick shortcuts, making better use of the iPad's additional screen real
estate. It's not a massive change, but it's better than what it was in iOS
10, and better than the Touch Bar on recent MacBook Pros. The swipe-up app
dock could be a model for what the iPhone 8 ap

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Larry,

Many of Androids most popular devices, for many, many years, have not used a 
physical Home button.  Instead, they use soft, or on-screen) navigation buttons 
located on the bottom row of the display.  Unlike the S8 series, however, these 
navigation buttons were always available.  This is to say, they did not scroll 
off the display.

Until the S 8 series, Samsung was the only major brand that used a physical 
Home button on all of its Android devices.  

None of my Android phones, with the exception of the S 6, have physical Home 
buttons; so I am no stranger to the technology.  However, I strongly believe 
that because of its physical Home button, I tended to gravitate towards my S 6 
more than the others.

Anyway, in the case of the new s 8 series, there is a soft home button located 
in the center bottom row of the display.
With the S 8, unfortunately, the Home button can scroll off the screen.  This 
is kind of a pain, to say the least--especially when one wishes to quickly 
return to his/her starting point.  

Apple tends to implement new technology with more flare and feasibility than 
its competition.  Let's hope it continues that standard.

Mark

-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
Larry Lumpkin
Sent: Wednesday, September 06, 2017 3:32 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, with 
integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.  

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it comes 
up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? Get 
ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
 
What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected to 
do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room 
for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch 
ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone 
in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage element 
that has existed on the phone since day one.
 
A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all. 
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces in 
place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how the 
iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already 
gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a 
solid-state panel that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It 
initially drew mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the 
haptic thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, 
too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the 
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch 
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and 
later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or pressing 
in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably feel the 
same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The bigger 
problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint sensor -- 
or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.) Control Center is an app 
launcher away from being the home button replacement iPhones currently stick 
four apps at the bottom of the home screen, locking them in place as you swipe 
to additional pages: useful, but inefficient.
Swiping up for the Control Center usually accomplishes more, getting to 
settings and even some app shortcuts fast. Control Center is getting expanded 
in iOS 11, where it now offers a single page of user-confi

RE: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread Larry Lumpkin
If apple removes the physical home button, how will the blind access it?


-Original Message-
From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of 
M. Taylor
Sent: Wednesday, September 6, 2017 5:26 PM
To: viphone@googlegroups.com
Subject: Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button, with 
integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have 
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.  

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it comes 
up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM Goodbye, home button? Get 
ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
 
What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected to 
do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the 
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no room 
for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and its Touch 
ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to hit the iPhone 
in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most basic usage element 
that has existed on the phone since day one.
 
A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all. 
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to 
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces in 
place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might 
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how the 
iPhone 8 will work Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already 
gone. Instead of a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a 
solid-state panel that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It 
initially drew mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the 
haptic thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, 
too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the 
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch 
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and 
later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or pressing 
in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably feel the 
same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The bigger 
problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint sensor -- 
or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.) Control Center is an app 
launcher away from being the home button replacement iPhones currently stick 
four apps at the bottom of the home screen, locking them in place as you swipe 
to additional pages: useful, but inefficient.
Swiping up for the Control Center usually accomplishes more, getting to 
settings and even some app shortcuts fast. Control Center is getting expanded 
in iOS 11, where it now offers a single page of user-configurable widgets and 
switches. But if that same updated Control Center page had a mini dock at the 
bottom for those same apps -- and/or a virtual home button
-- it would basically be a one-stop shortcut. The problem with exiling the home 
button to the dock, though, is that it turns a single action -- pressing the 
handy home button that we have now -- into a two-step process:
swiping first and then clicking the screen. 
3D Touch could be better utilized for home screen shortcuts It still feels like 
the variable pressure-sensitive 3D Touch technology that iPhones 6S and later 
use is way underutilized, to the point where it feels unnecessary. But what if 
pressing down on the home screen opened up sublayers, or app folders beneath? 
Maybe pressing down on the bottom of the screen could launch back to the home 
area, or Control Center. 3D Touch is there, and it's theoretically versatile... 
now Apple just needs to put it to better use.
 
One-screen access to everything: is this is the post-home-button home screen?
Sarah Tew/CNET
iOS 11 on the iPad could be a preview of a no-home button iPhone The iPad has 
already started exploring new ways of navigation in iOS 11.
(The beta has been out since June, and the final version will likely be 
available in mid-September.) The app dock adds a lot of favorite apps for quick 
shortcuts, making better use of the iPad's additional screen real estate. It's 
not a massive change, but it's better t

Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET

2017-09-06 Thread M. Taylor
Hello Everyone,

I hope you find the following article interesting.

As for me, I can tell you that I definitely miss a physical Home button,
with integrated Touch ID, on the Samsung Galaxy S 8, so much so, that I have
reverted back to my Galaxy S 6.  

If Apple does remove a bezel-based Home button, I  certainly hope that it
comes up with a better design solution than Samsung.

Mark

CNET News - Wednesday, September 6, 2017 at 1:14 PM
Goodbye, home button? Get ready for iPhone's biggest change - CNET
 
What will life be like without one of these? Maybe we already know the
answer.
Sarah Tew/CNET 
When Apple unveils its new high-end iPhone on Sept. 12, it's widely expected
to do away with the most iconic part of its handset: the home button. If the
rumors are true, the all-screen design of the so-called iPhone 8 means no
room for a bottom bezel, and thus no room for a physical home button (and
its Touch ID fingerprint sensor). It will be the biggest design change to
hit the iPhone in its 10-plus year history -- a radical change to the most
basic usage element that has existed on the phone since day one.
 
A glyph that appears in the HomePod firmware could be the rumored iPhone 8.
MacRumors 
Or maybe it won't be that shocking a change at all. 
In fact, Apple has been nudging millions of iPhone owners with changes to
homescreen navigation for the past several years. There are already pieces
in place to suggest the transition may not be as wild and weird as you might
expect. Android phones have already done it, and the iPhone can do it too.
The current iPhone's no-click home button could be training wheels for how
the iPhone 8 will work
Here's the funny thing: The iPhone's home button is already gone. Instead of
a physical button, 2016's iPhone 7 and 7 Plus featured a solid-state panel
that used subtle vibration to simulate a button press. It initially drew
mixed opinions: some felt the click was weird; others liked the haptic
thump. But the point is, I got used to it, and most people I know did, too.
It feels a bit like a real button, but it's not. And maybe that's how the
iPhone 8 display will work, too.
Enhanced vibration (called "Taptic Engine") give the iPhone and Apple Watch
their taps and thumps, and it already does a few things on the iPhone 6S and
later models to feel tactile in iOS 10 (scroll wheels in settings, or
pressing in on app icons). Pressing in on a part of the screen will probably
feel the same as pressing in on the solid-state home button does now. The
bigger problem, of course, becomes how to relocate that Touch ID fingerprint
sensor -- or come up with a replacement. (More on that below.)
Control Center is an app launcher away from being the home button
replacement
iPhones currently stick four apps at the bottom of the home screen, locking
them in place as you swipe to additional pages: useful, but inefficient.
Swiping up for the Control Center usually accomplishes more, getting to
settings and even some app shortcuts fast. Control Center is getting
expanded in iOS 11, where it now offers a single page of user-configurable
widgets and switches. But if that same updated Control Center page had a
mini dock at the bottom for those same apps -- and/or a virtual home button
-- it would basically be a one-stop shortcut. The problem with exiling the
home button to the dock, though, is that it turns a single action --
pressing the handy home button that we have now -- into a two-step process:
swiping first and then clicking the screen. 
3D Touch could be better utilized for home screen shortcuts
It still feels like the variable pressure-sensitive 3D Touch technology that
iPhones 6S and later use is way underutilized, to the point where it feels
unnecessary. But what if pressing down on the home screen opened up
sublayers, or app folders beneath? Maybe pressing down on the bottom of the
screen could launch back to the home area, or Control Center. 3D Touch is
there, and it's theoretically versatile... now Apple just needs to put it to
better use.
 
One-screen access to everything: is this is the post-home-button home
screen?
Sarah Tew/CNET 
iOS 11 on the iPad could be a preview of a no-home button iPhone
The iPad has already started exploring new ways of navigation in iOS 11.
(The beta has been out since June, and the final version will likely be
available in mid-September.) The app dock adds a lot of favorite apps for
quick shortcuts, making better use of the iPad's additional screen real
estate. It's not a massive change, but it's better than what it was in iOS
10, and better than the Touch Bar on recent MacBook Pros. The swipe-up app
dock could be a model for what the iPhone 8 app area looks like. Maybe
something on a smaller scale, with nested menus? I just want to get to what
I need faster.
On an iPad Pro with iOS 11, swiping up brings a dashboard with open apps,
plus Control Center. It's a single place to swa