Because Apple will not remove the Home button short-term

Occasionally we see comments and opinions by saying that Apple should remove the Home button iPhone and iPad. There have been some rumors that this would happen, has even been several warnings that it was imminent. With the recent launch of Google's Nexus 7, which has no Home button, have resurfaced doubts of whether Apple should remove it. So far this has not happened, and will not happen or the iPhone 5, or the mini iPhone, not even happen in the short term.

Apple needs the Home button because users need the Home button.

Remember that the IOS is not the best operating system for geeks, it is oriented to toquitearlo as we please. IPad part of the public are people who find it very difficult to use a conventional computer or a Mac For these users need the Home button.

Part of the work of a good interface is to reduce user stress. This is done in many ways, from providing the user with a familiar look to constant controls and specific actions. And always there to offer an escape route. When a user knows that no matter how lost you are within an application, you can always press the Home button and instantly be teleported to a safe and known, the main screen.

Of course not that simple. Apple gives you more functionality to the Home button by using extra clicks to return to the home page, or switch between the Spotlight search and main home page, or double-click to quickly switch between applications, or triple-clicking to use the accessibility options, or a quick launch touch Siri.

In addition, Apple uses animations for transitions convey a sense of direction, and the design and movement through space. Just by swiping the screen can move from one to another. We are where we are and show us where we are going, reducing the chances that you feel lost and relieves stress.

Apple has also made ​​sure to repeat the cycle of clicks through the various states, with the home page as the anchor point. That means that even if we are stressed, even if we panic and start clicking like crazy, we can see how we are moving from one screen to another, and we see that the page appears again and again to stop it when we want.

Even Siri is linked to the Home button. If you hold down the Home button long enough, it appears Siri. If Apple gets that Siri works just as well as what is shown in television commercials, we will be able to launch Siri and tell you to do things without having to worry even the application that must be used or the steps to to take to get it done.

Seeing that a 3 year old is able to use an iPhone . Seeing that older people who have never touched a computer, you can use an iPhone or an iPhone. Viewing the democratization of information technology, the sense of control and the control they have occasional users with the Home button is easy to see why Apple does not remove this button.

Launch an application. Click on Home. Launch another application. Click on Home. It's simple, predictable and reliable. So either the iPhone 5 or the mini iPhone home button will be removed. And probably not remove the short term.

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