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by nsxwolf 3323 days ago
I'm not in the Tinder generation so I don't want my music to work that way. Software should work well for everyone.
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The gestures demonstrated are easily discoverable and are so widely used now, I'd argue the majority of iOS/Android users are familiar. Snapchat, Instagram, Facebook, Spotify, etc. all follow these similar UI/UX features. Software should work well for everyone, but it's evolving and users adapt.
I'm not sure which features of Tinder are part of my daily UX. I know it has a different notion of "swipe left/swipe right" than most things I use - in the apps I use that means "go back a page/go forward a page". In Tinder I'm vaguely aware that one direction means "I want to have sex with you", but I am not aware which direction that is.
There are hints, so swiping doesn't seem unintuitive. Btw, I've used tinder-like gestures for my music discovery app based on Apple Music API ( https://itunes.apple.com/app/id1182799885 ). I think this pattern works perfectly for binary decisions.
I am in the Tinder generation and I use VLC on the desktop to play music (Media Library, Detailed List mode) :D And Apollo (LineageOS "Music" app) on mobile.