The IOS 10 Interface

     On the left is a picture of the IOS 10 Interface. At a first glance, the interface is sleek, instructions to proceed are provided, and it gives the user a good feeling. However, being an phone user myself, I have come across a design feature that is extremely frustrating. Essentially, the default process of unlocking an IPhone is to press the home button which brings you to the lock screen and then press the home button again to get to the home screen.

    This action may not seem like a big deal, however earlier versions of the IOS would not require you to press the home button twice. Instead they would bring you to the home screen the first time. So, it's as if the IOS took a step back when it added this extra action. It requires more work from the user for the same result. This aspect of the IOS hurts the user experience given how frequently a user needs to open their phone to the home screen.

    Apple's motivation for adding this extra step is as follows; by adding the extra button push, the IOS can verify if you have privilege to get into the device by fingerprint touch. Then the applications accessible from the lock screen can gain access to encrypted data. So if you want to look at your camera roll from the lock screen you can given that your fingerprint has been verified. This encrypted data access at the lock screen is a cool feature but it does not outweigh the frustration from needing to push the home button twice to get to the home screen. The reason being, the only current applications that access encrypted data from the lock screen are the camera and notification centre. The feature, while having potential, is not used nearly as much as it should to make up for the negative user experience. If anything, Apple should not have made the feature as the default option. The feature is too early for it's time, and is a real nuisance.
    Until more applications can have lock screen interfaces to access encrypted data, myself and many other users who I have talked to about this design aspect have chosen to turn off the feature. Nonetheless, even finding out how to turn the feature off was quite a pain and required searching the web.