Swiping from the right - hand edge of the screen normally without any apps floating does nothing, so Apple has re-purposed
an edge swipe gesture for a super specific reason.
Thankfully,
these edge swipe gestures actually work no matter what launcher you choose, so you won't be tied down to Samsung's if you prefer something else.
Not exact matches
«On the product front, Tinder has been on the cutting
edge of innovation since its inception in 2012, inventing the
swipe gesture, which has since become this cultural phenomenon of «
swipe right» and «
swipe left» and that is often imitated on mobile products,» she said.
During our testing, the device supported only two - finger scrolling, but not Windows 8
gestures such as
swiping between apps (off the left
edge) and
swiping to open the Charms menu (from right
edge).
Understanding the
gestures is complicated enough, since there are few cues that you have to
swipe from the
edge to do things.
We had no problem, for example, executing
gestures such as scrolling, pinch - to - zoom and
edge swiping.
Go to any
edge or corner of the display and right mouse click to execute that
gesture (no need to
swipe).
As you'll note in the video, at first I couldn't figure out how to do
gestures with a mouse - it turns out you go to the
edge of the display and hold down the right mouse button and then
swipe.
Once enabled, you can toggle it on with a quick
edge gesture —
swipe in from the
edge of the screen toward the middle and back out again.
Nubia's skin is somewhat different from what stock Android has to offer, but it does bring a ton of additional features with it, including some shortcuts that you can activate by
swiping the phone's
edges, all the way to various
gestures that the company included as well.
You will need to scratch the surface a bit to see a rather rich feature set, which includes support for
gestures and the ability to access select apps by
swiping across the fingerprint scanner (the apps «peep» in from the
edges of the phone).
While it's responsive to
gestures like
swiping up with three fingers to show open apps and scrolling with two fingers, I found myself hitting the
edges a lot during simple web browsing.
The pioneer in
gesture - based typing controls, Swype's competitive
edge has been blunted as more and more keyboards have implemented their own
swipe typing system.
This all - black AIO features an
edge - to -
edge glass screen, which gives it a bezel-less appearance and also makes for easy
swiping when performing common Windows 8
gestures (such as
swiping from the side to pull up the charms bar).
The concept appears to be no different from what we saw on the Apple iPhone X, which uses several
swiping gestures to take advantage of the
edge - to -
edge display.
The mouse includes
gesture support to allow users to
swipe in from the right
edge to reveal the charms or
swipe in from the left
edge to switch to the last opened app.
Yes, the UI is close to stock Android with some BlackBerry apps like BB Messenger and Hub (where you can see all your notifications and messages from different services at one glance) features like Peek, which is a tab on the
edge of the display which you can tap to see calendars, messages, tasks and contacts quickly, no matter which app you are in, as well as a DTEK app which scans your device and tells you how secure it is (we were told we had made a mistake by going for a «screen lock that uses a
swipe gesture.»)
For those who don't remember the Nokia N9, 2.5 D glass has curved sides to make
swiping from the
edge smoother, and
edge gestures are everywhere in Android now.
The new
edge - to -
edge display opens up new
gestures, such as the ability to unlock the phone or hop out of apps simply by
swiping from the bottom.
Once you've done that, you can make the experience even better by setting up Nova's «
Edge Swipe»
gesture to give you Google Now access from any page — not just the leftmost home screen.
Build 14342 originally contained a few new features, including
swipe gestures in
Edge, an Apps for Websites settings page, Feedback Hub improvements, and a redesigned Store.
The feature lets you access favorite apps and contacts by a simple
swipe gesture from the
edge of the screen, and you can also configure shortcuts, get score updates and even the latest news headlines.
These features may or may not be handy to you, like a
swipe down
gesture that opens the notification bar... however, install a protective case on your device, and that top
edge becomes really hard to hit, and then the
swipe down
gesture becomes a life saver.
The touchscreen controls place a heavy emphasis on
gesture interactions,
swiping from
edge - to -
edge to navigate through the watch's UI.
According to users who came across the issue,
swiping gestures are hardly recognized on the lock screen, with notifications requiring almost an
edge - to -
edge motion to be
swiped away, and other users reporting that they were forced to
swipe directly from the bottom to the top of the screen in order to answer a phone call.
The trackpad supports all of the new Windows 8 multi-touch
gestures now: you can
swipe the left and right
edges to switch apps or activate charms, and you can use two fingers to quickly scroll through the interface.
Microsoft
Edge will finally get
swipe to back or forward, so you can easily navigate between web pages with
gestures.
To perform the
swipe gesture, take your left thumb on the left
edge of the display, slide to the middle of the screen, then back to the
edge quickly.