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gif-scrubbing-ideas.md
# Long-press FIRST before scrubbing
Similar to Safari and long-pressing on a photo or GIF, this already brings up the Haptic Touch menu for share options.
# Use edges of screen for next/prev, center for scrubbing video
The ergonomics of this aren't great on large phones, makes something as common as swiping between posts quite an effort. Plus I find the "dual layer" thing kinda confusing, for instance the Apple News app does this.
# Swipe up/down instead (AKA TikTok style)
This is already an even more common gesture: closing the viewer (similar to the iOS Photos app or video player).
# Add a "Swipe Mode"
I really don't like when apps introduce a lot of extra modality for common actions, it adds friction and feels like a cop out, especially for something as common an action as this, having to enable it each time would be suboptimal.
# Require two fingers for video scrubbing
In addition to not being very discoverable, this also would require two hands to do which makes it a lot less friendly a gesture.
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