Acknowledged
3 months ago
CIQQA-3123

Vivoactive 6 Simulator problems

The Vivoactive 6 simulator does not seem to respond to a Menu command, and only responds to the buttons in a very tiny area along the edge of the button where it meets the body of the watch in the simulator. 

The Vivoactive 5 simulator operates as expected so it looks to me like this is a set of simulator bugs.

Jeff
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  • 2 months ago

    Again I will say that I absolutely understand why Garmin has done this:

    1) I know so many users of 5-button Garmins who have no idea that you hold UP for settings / context-sensitive menu

    2) Garmin knows this too, as in the past few years, they have added more and more ways to access activity settings without holding UP

    2a) In the FR955/FR965/Fenix 7 generation of watches, they allow the user to open settings by short-pressing UP on the first activity page that's shown before its started (and there's a visual button hint to indicate this)

    2b) Fenix 8 takes this further by showing the settings label at the bottom of the first activity page, so that it's obvious you can scroll to it (by swiping up or pressing the DOWN button, afaik)

    Not saying I like this move, but I understand it. I'm fairly sure it will never happen to 5-button watches; unlike Vivoactive / Venu devices, these watches are designed to be used even if the touchscreen is disabled, which means that requiring the user to swipe left on an action menu indicator is a non-starter.

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  • 2 months ago

    Again I will say that I absolutely understand why Garmin has done this:

    1) I know so many users of 5-button Garmins who have no idea that you hold UP for settings / context-sensitive menu

    2) Garmin knows this too, as in the past few years, they have added more and more ways to access activity settings without holding UP

    2a) In the FR955/FR965/Fenix 7 generation of watches, they allow the user to open settings by short-pressing UP on the first activity page that's shown before its started (and there's a visual button hint to indicate this)

    2b) Fenix 8 takes this further by showing the settings label at the bottom of the first activity page, so that it's obvious you can scroll to it (by swiping up or pressing the DOWN button, afaik)

    Not saying I like this move, but I understand it. I'm fairly sure it will never happen to 5-button watches; unlike Vivoactive / Venu devices, these watches are designed to be used even if the touchscreen is disabled, which means that requiring the user to swipe left on an action menu indicator is a non-starter.

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