Did they switch the watch side bitton and the digital crown functions just because they could?

[Whoopie]

The reversal makes years of finer motion memory useless. I think somebody is chuckling everytime any of us thinks we will get the apps, ot the control center and gets the other.

 

[lclev]

Yes! Someone woke up at Apple one day and said, "Let's mess with the functions of the digital crown and side button around to drive people crazy!"

I use my watch to swim. I normally wear glasses which I can not do when swimming. The first time I finished my workout I found out not only were the dIgital crown and button functions changed but the workout screen for stoping my swim had changed. I had the screen taps memorized. My first workout after the changes left me wondering if I had hit the right prompts to end the workout.

Lisa

 

[Rod]

As I already posted on Lisa's original iOS 17 update, here is a link to a very handy article with a map of the new (changed) functions;

What do the Apple Watch buttons do? Click, double-click and hold.

In watchOS 10, Apple adds a new Widgets view, assigns Control Center to the side button and changes what double-clicking the Digital Crown does.

www.cultofmac.com

Must take a screen shot of this

 

[Rod]

Here we go, still worth reading the linked article above but here is the "map" of the current functions;

 

[lclev]

Oh yeah! I saw the diagram map - now try to remember what is what when you are half blind, no glasses and just got done swimming laps..... My little fingers had to be reprogramed!!!

Lisa

 

[Rod]

Ha, at least you've got little fingers. Luckily I don't do laps but I'm sure there are lots of other functions that these changes will effect requiring a bit of relearning for some.

My guess is that the watch face was getting a bit crowded with the swipe up for Control Centre movement which did used to annoy me a little. Typically I have Timer bottom left, Water Tracker bottom right and regularly use Control Centre for Focus, find my iPhone alarm and Swimming settings. The problem was swiping up regularly opened one of the two bottom complications, maybe because my fingers are too big. This then meant pressing the Crown to go back to try again.
Now with Control Centre on the side button this no longer happens. Now the swipe up is for Notifications which I rarely use on the watch.

So, I guess the changes will suit some and not others depending on how you use the watch.

 

[sbmeyer001]

Yes! Someone woke up at Apple one day and said, "Let's mess with the functions of the digital crown and side button around to drive people crazy!"

I use my watch to swim. I normally wear glasses which I can not do when swimming. The first time I finished my workout I found out not only were the dIgital crown and button functions changed but the workout screen for stoping my swim had changed. I had the screen taps memorized. My first workout after the changes left me wondering if I had hit the right prompts to end the workout.

Lisa

And what is up with the white borders? On some watch screens? Also, the list that replaces the dock is purposely smaller? Why? Apple-why?

 

[MacInWin]

And what is up with the white borders?

Fixed in watchOS 10.1, out today.