iOS 9 Keyboard Gestures for iPhone purposely removed

[C DM]

Well let me explain

iPad safari swipe forward has been removed because it would interfere with slideover which is the same gesture (this is what I have been told).

It has been removed on iPhone even though it doesn't have slideover. That was my point. Seems silly eh?

Don't mean to derail. It's loosely associated with this thread because Apple's approach to iPad/iPhone gestures seems a bit sloppy.

On the one hand they abandon parity and make a gesture like 2 finger text cursor control iPad only, even though it has a use on iPhone. But on the other hand they remove a gesture like swipe forward on both for parity even though there was no need to on iPhone

P.s. I say the gesture is removed but it is there just more awkward. Slide from right edge to middle then flick back to the right, that is probably what you have been doing to get it to work occasionally.

Yeah, the forward feature is still there, just works somewhat differently.

 

[C DM]

Keep in mind, this is all still in beta, it might come back (although it might not). Too early to really say one way or another.

 

[afsnyder]

Well let me explain

iPad safari swipe forward has been removed because it would interfere with slideover which is the same gesture (this is what I have been told).

It has been removed on iPhone even though it doesn't have slideover. That was my point. Seems silly eh?

Don't mean to derail. It's loosely associated with this thread because Apple's approach to iPad/iPhone gestures seems a bit sloppy.

On the one hand they abandon parity and make a gesture like 2 finger text cursor control iPad only, even though it has a use on iPhone. But on the other hand they remove a gesture like swipe forward on both for parity even though there was no need to on iPhone

P.s. I say the gesture is removed but it is there just more awkward. Slide from right edge to middle then flick back to the right, that is probably what you have been doing to get it to work occasionally.

They didn't remove it. The gesture changed. You can still activate it by swiping away from the bezel then quickly right back to it. (I believe, thats what I found when I was using Beta 1 but since then downgraded to 8.4)

 

[GreyOS]

They didn't remove it. The gesture changed. You can still activate it by swiping away from the bezel then quickly right back to it. (I believe, thats what I found when I was using Beta 1 but since then downgraded to 8.4)

yeah i mention that in the post you just quoted? What you adding?

Either way there was no need to change it for iPhone. Far less discoverable, intuitive and simple to do now.

 

[afsnyder]

yeah i mention that in the post you just quoted? What you adding?

Either way there was no need to change it for iPhone. Far less discoverable, intuitive and simple to do now.

Lol I didn't realize you were talking about that. Oops.

 

[doug in albq]

Maybe just coincidence, but I have the swipe select tweak on my JBed iPad Air, and as much as I like the features, I have turned it off because the tweak seems to be messing up my regular typing on the keyboard, many more errors beyond "typos" like 4 out of 5 letters of a 5 letter word disappearing after I thought I typed them, etc.

I do not know exactly how, but maybe because swipe select tweak—as well as the very similar new iOS 9 keyboard gestures—does some odd stuff with how the individual keyboard keys are touched, or the spaces in between the keys become active with swipe select, or the keyboard keys' touch target space changed size or acts odd with new gestures.

I am not sure as I am not an app developer, but there could be some serious keyboard typing usability issues with these new gestures that turn the keyboard space into something similar to a trackpad, which might be why Apple added in the very deliberate swiping from the bezel.

 

[hunt2013]

Still missing in B4 further confirming its demise on iPhone.

 

[chriscam95]

Is everyone complaining on Feedback? It's worth a shot if we're loud enough! Easily my favorite feature on iOS 9. It's like Apple doesn't want any real useful separate features for 6+ users. Are they ever going to give us anything that takes advantage of it's size? My assumption is they're going to give similar features that the Air 2 has for iOS 9, when the 6S + has 2GB's of ram as well. That has to be the only real limiting factor.

 

[hunt2013]

Is everyone complaining on Feedback? It's worth a shot if we're loud enough! Easily my favorite feature on iOS 9. It's like Apple doesn't want any real useful separate features for 6+ users. Are they ever going to give us anything that takes advantage of it's size? My assumption is they're going to give similar features that the Air 2 has for iOS 9, when the 6S + has 2GB's of ram as well. That has to be the only real limiting factor.

I already submitted feedback. One noticeable thing is that they moved my bug report from to closed to duplicate.

 

[Detrius]

I just discovered this feature by accident today. I just thought the iOS 9 had a nasty keyboard bug until I triggered this by pressing harder on my 6S screen. On my iPad, though, it activates accidentally all the time. I hate it. The first public beta didn't even last a day on my iPad because of this. Now I know it's a "feature". How can I turn it off??

 

[Shirasaki]

I just discovered this feature by accident today. I just thought the iOS 9 had a nasty keyboard bug until I triggered this by pressing harder on my 6S screen. On my iPad, though, it activates accidentally all the time. I hate it. The first public beta didn't even last a day on my iPad because of this. Now I know it's a "feature". How can I turn it off??

Are there no settings on your iPhone 6s?
As I aware, there is no way to remove that feature from iPad.