> not physical buttons
Gay

>>106766371
3 button, screen real estate doesn't matter on phones

>>106766371
Gestures, since they'ren't bound to one place.

>>106766371
physical buttons > gestures > fake buttons

>>106766371
Touch buttons (under screen) >>>>> fake buttons (on screen) >>> physical buttons >>>> bottom of the toilet >> gestures

>>106766371
3-button only, here, now, forever. And I'm brown.

>>106766371
swiping in from the side to go back is more convenient because your finger tends to be there anyway. Having to go down to the very bottom of the screen with your finger every time you want to go back in a menu is inconvenient.
On top of that, it's also free screen space? No reason not to use it, unless you're contrarian or a baby duck

>>106766371
a single big ass physical power off button
>press 1 time, you go back to menu
>in menu, press 1 time, turn off the screen
>in menu, there are contacts, call, messenger, alarms, calendar, calculator, widget space, favoured apps, installed apps, running apps entries
>when dozing, show nothing
>when in a lock screen, show clock, weather and calendar unified widget
>favoured apps is a menu where you can put your own stuff. i.e. other menus, banks, maps, note taking
>widget space is like favoured apps, but it shows widgets exclusively
t. had an unfortunate experience teaching a boomer with an unironic dementia (underdeveloped, but learning is impaired), shitty eyesight and hand/finger coordination how to use a phone, without much success

Touch screens are a fundamentally non-white interaction system, because of the lack of any kind of abstraction needed for use.

>>106766557
this

>>106766371
gestures are more comfortable

>>106766371
>touch screen
no thanks

>>106766371
I was all in on buttons, then I gave gestures an honest try, and they allow for some convenient stuff that's smoother than buttons. Switching between the most recently used 2-3 apps is simple swipes, no double taps. Peeking at the last used app without actually switching to it is just a diagonal swipe from the bottom left corner and back down there again. Putting the current app in multiwindow is swipe up and then down in one motion. Etc. And on newer Android versions the back gesture shows you where you're about to go back to before you release (predictive back), so you can swipe back to the side to cancel it if it's going someplace you don't want.

The biggest downside I've seen is that swiping in from the side to open a drawer activates the back gesture instead. But add a small vertical up or down stroke before swiping in and it opens the drawer instead of going back.

>>106766371
Ohh, so that's how my sister's phone works. I use buttons

>>106766371
gestures just make sense with touch 44tscreen