One aspect I rarely see discussed is the usability of FaceTime controls. For me, the most-used button is the switch camera button, which lets me switch between the front and back cameras. Then, I use the zoom button when I’m on the back camera. This is true even for my mom, whom I frequently call. These two buttons are hidden within the preview of your own face. Every time I want to show my dog to her or if she wants to show me something, I have to tap my face and then tap the tiny button to switch the camera. Now, with iOS 26, zooming is even harder because you have to step through each zoom level to return to 1x.
Another issue is that even if you increase the text size in Accessibility settings, FaceTime controls are still tiny.
Another problem is talking over each other on FaceTime. I have to be careful about when I speak because if we speak simultaneously, the voice cuts. I’ve noticed this problem for years, but I know it wasn’t always the case until some recent iOS updates.
I believe if Apple allowed us to customize which buttons appeared where, it would make FaceTime much more pleasant for many people!
I recently used the washroom at a Starbucks. The one where you have to enter a code to get in. Once I was inside, there were no knobs or any mechanical way to lock the door - just one circular button with a lock icon on it. I pressed it, and the button lit up as green. Pressed it again, it lit up as red. No indication on what light colour meant what. Does red mean it's unlocked? Or does it mean it is locked, since red usually indicates no entry.
That's a weird example where a higher level of technology is applied in a scenario where much lower technology, a physical lock, is both much cheaper and more practical.
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Ever tried editing the URL in the URL bar in iOS Safari? It's even worse than just editing as it involves horizontal scrolling in a tiny box. Why don't they expand the URL address bar to be a large text box when selected is beyond me.
My peeve with the URL bar in Firefox on Android is that there's no way to partially select. A tap places the cursor, and a long press selects the whole URL. There's no way to select the domain, or a value from a query string, etc. Simply supporting the normal text editing gestures here would allow this, but the developers have gone out of their way to make it impossible.
I saw Unexpected Keyboard recommended here, turns out it can do this as well among other things. Just tap Shift and drag left/right on spacebar. The main feature though is that you can enter the characters that aren't used commonly by swiping insted of holding on a key or switching to a different key view. You can also get Ctrl and Alt and you can like lock them as well which is useful in Termux.
