I just wish the f'in thing was CONSSITANT. I believe this is BB's greatest flaw in the whole BB10 OS. They tried and failed so miserably at creating a universal quick method to access settings. They managed to do it correctly with the PlayBook then they fumbled it so badly I'm afraid it will never be fixed. Seriously, whomever is responsible for this should be really ashamed. ASHAMED. I hope someone important actually reads this and takes it to heart as you sir should hang your head low.
- Swipe down from the top while in, lets say, the Maps app... I get in app settings, help, and about.
- Swipe down form the top while using the browser, huh, I get the title of the website... I thought this gave me settings.
- Swipe down from the top while in the Hub, oh I see settings... while there must be a way to access Hub settings from here. Nope.
- Swipe down from the top while in the BB made Facebook app, nothing... while there must be settings somewhere? Nope, none at all.
- Swipe down from the top in an Android app... now that's all sorts of confusing. Hide what bar?
- Phone settings you may ask. Logically speaking those must be the main settings for the whole phone. Nope. Those are hidden in the phone app.
- Some apps have a link to the help file in their pull down settings menus, but the browsers is in the actual settings page. And, the Hub's is hidden someplace else, I guess.
This is but a small list of things I have noticed or things that have been brought to my attention by a confused less technical user. Sure, it's fine for me or the average CrackBarrian, but I've had to help enough people with it that I can tell it is down right perplexing to some users. That's not to mention this cop-out of a two finger swipe down for quick settings. Yeah, just pile more garbage on top of the garbage, that will fix everything.
Seriously, you'd be hard pressed to convince me that this current method of accessing settings is intuitive or logical in anyway.