[bubblewand]

The physical home button is, no bullshit, one of the greatest pieces of UI ever. No, I am not kidding, I really think that. It’s crazy to me that they abandoned it, the gestures that replace its functionality are overall-worse and cluttering the gesture system with even more of them is bad for the overall UX.

[dilyevsky]

Maybe you know this but it wasn't a physical button since i think iphone 7 - it was a haptic sensor.

[layer8]

True, and in my opinion it was a worse experience than the previous physical one.

[bubblewand]

I agree with this, while also thinking it was basically physical-enough that the home button still served the same UI purpose about as well as before. But yes it was a step down from the real button.

[elephanlemon]

The haptic sensor is almost as good as the physical button, and the trade off of not having to worry about it breaking (which was likely after a few years with the physical ones) is well worth it for me.