Nikita Karamov

@dgi @gruber

> Third-party iOS apps don't do it that way

They used to! I remember how, in the early iOS versions, having settings in the respective apps was considered an anti pattern. You want settings for XYZ => you go to "Settings" and look for "XYZ" there. But third-party developers didn't care much, and I believe there are even some Apple's own apps that gave in and moved their settings inside themselves.

Mar 9, 2025 at 10:40amWeb
Show threadRodrigo AraújoMar 9, 2025
@kytta @dgi @gruber this is something that made sense when design patterns still hadn’t emerged on the platform. Apple was doing its best to get a completely new UX to click with everyone. The problem is they barely improved the settings app as the platform matured. Having at least a link to get to that settings section from within the apps would be great
Show threadWowfunhappyMar 10, 2025
@kytta @dgi @gruber I actually thought it was the other way around? Apple guidance in very early iOS (version 2 and 3 or so) was that you should put Settings in the Settings app—but some developers ignored them. I very much thought this made sense at the time because (A) settings had very little inside of it back then, so things were easy to find, and (B) the screen was so small, so keeping settings outside of the app itself made for simpler software.
Show threadNikita KaramovMar 11, 2025
@Wowfunhappy ...but that's exactly what I've described? :D
Show threadWowfunhappyMar 11, 2025
@kytta Oops, indeed you did, I misread your post somehow!