Genuine UI design question: what is the point of a tab bar design like this?

- Hard to tap with fingers: always as far away from both hands as possible.
- Hard to click with a pointer: not hugging a corner or an edge, so aiming for a tab requires precision.
- Additional sidebar mode for the user to manage. Also gonna get accidentally triggered due to the button’s position.

@jonikorpi I wonder if “obvious” is part of it? A hamburger in the top right doesn’t allow you to start in full screen, you have to start with the sidebar open.

No clue, but I too scratched my head a bit when I saw this UI pattern in the keynote.

@jonikorpi i would think redirecting userflow to Apple+ and the Store was the only priority here.

@jonikorpi
The point? Screenshots.

@davatron5000 I’m not against it, but I can’t believe it was a headline point.

Rearranging deckchairs.