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0 pointstoomuchtodo1y ago0 comments

I love Apple, but this is so Apple: hidden powerful functionality you'll only know about through word of mouth or intentional exploration in the UI.

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criddell1y ago

It’s also documented in the iPhone User Guide.

You can get it through Books or on the web:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf2746307f/18...

minkles1y ago

No one reads the manuals these days.

Apart from me apparently.

elashri1y ago

I work mainly with undocumented stuff. That taught me to appreciate when there is manuals and documentation for anything and I read them. I don't watch YouTube videos, I read the manual. Of course until I can't figure it out and then still look into YouTube anyway.

loloquwowndueo1y ago

Exploring the UI is a perfectly valid method of discovering functionality. What’s the alternative? The phone interrupting you every 2 steps saying hey by the way, you can also do this and this from here?

jagged-chisel1y ago

Valid, yes. But this should never be the sole method of discovery.

Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user.

What’s the alternative? That’s a question for a UX team - something Apple can certainly afford.

loloquwowndueo1y ago

Clicking on a kebab and getting a clearly-labeled “scan document” option seems like an eminently followable clue. It’s not like it’s a minuscule inscrutable icon three levels down.

marcellus231y ago

> Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user.

This does that. It's behind a button that means "click this for a bunch of stuff you can do here"

toomuchtodoOP1y ago

Now, I’ll probably ask Siri. “How can I scan a document with native iOS functionality?” Hopefully I get the right answer back from the LLM!

(Admittedly, I have never read the manual for any iPhone I’ve owned; mea culpa)

mrbombastic1y ago

It also shows up as a shortcut in spotlight if you search for “Scan Document”

Obscurity43401y ago

Same with number-range call blocking. Gotta pay $4 but it saves you from scammers and other serial callers

marcellus231y ago

...or the manual.

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criddell1y ago

It’s also documented in the iPhone User Guide.

You can get it through Books or on the web:

https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/iphone/iphf2746307f/18...

minkles1y ago

No one reads the manuals these days.

Apart from me apparently.

elashri1y ago

loloquwowndueo1y ago

jagged-chisel1y ago

Valid, yes. But this should never be the sole method of discovery.

Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user.

What’s the alternative? That’s a question for a UX team - something Apple can certainly afford.

loloquwowndueo1y ago

Clicking on a kebab and getting a clearly-labeled “scan document” option seems like an eminently followable clue. It’s not like it’s a minuscule inscrutable icon three levels down.

marcellus231y ago

> Good UX provides clues to discovering additional functionality without intruding on the user.

This does that. It's behind a button that means "click this for a bunch of stuff you can do here"

toomuchtodoOP1y ago

Now, I’ll probably ask Siri. “How can I scan a document with native iOS functionality?” Hopefully I get the right answer back from the LLM!

(Admittedly, I have never read the manual for any iPhone I’ve owned; mea culpa)

mrbombastic1y ago

It also shows up as a shortcut in spotlight if you search for “Scan Document”

Obscurity43401y ago

Same with number-range call blocking. Gotta pay $4 but it saves you from scammers and other serial callers

marcellus231y ago

...or the manual.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse