Instagram like
Endless scrolling on Instagram due to boredom or curiosity often leads to two things, intentionally liking a picture or accidentally liking a photo. Either way, it functions the same. Once a user double taps a photo, they will receive the feedback of a heart appearing in the middle of the image, alongside the heart underneath turning red, indicating that the image has been liked. The receiving user on the other end is notified that someone has liked their image. If this is done accidentally, the user could remove the like by pressing the red heart, and the like will disappear. However, the notifications on the receiver's end don't necessarily disappear as there is also usually a push notification for the app that will automatically send off when there is certain activity.
After the task is done, the user can decide if they want to keep scrolling for content. If there is no new content to see, the user is most likely to leave the application.
Alarm Button - Snooze
When it is time to wake up, a person often has an alarm set. On our phones, we receive two options when the alarm goes off - to turn the alarm off or to hit the snooze button. If the person simply decides to hit the button that turns the alarm off, we can assume that they are waking up, and the alarm will turn off until turned on again. But, if the person hits the snooze button instead, it will automatically turn the alarm on and go off 9 minutes after hitting it. This loop continues as long as the snooze button is hit every time the alarm goes off and is only stopped once the alarm is turned off. The time (9 minutes to snooze) cannot be changed unless you turn on a different alarm for a specific time.
I would say that the snooze function is a mode switch for the alarm. The previous mode was that the alarm would go off at a set time the user chose. The snooze mode changes that and makes the alarm go off every 9 minutes for as long as the snooze button is pushed.
Sometimes the snooze button is annoying because it is much larger than the button to turn off the alarm. The snooze button is also located in the middle of the display, while the off button is at the bottom. I have seen in other devices that swiping in a certain direction will turn off the alarm instead of pushing a button since you can very easily press the wrong one by mistake.
Gmail - swiping left to archive an email
Sometimes when you receive an email in your inbox, you instantly know that you do not want to or need to open it, such as a promotional email or newsletter that you aren't interested in at that moment. If you use Gmail and the app for it, there is no quick way to delete that message. The only quick action you have to remove it from your inbox is to swipe on it, which will evidently only move that email from your inbox to an archive.
When swiping left, Gmail automatically will archive your email. There is quick feedback with a text button that says "undo" at the bottom of the screen, but that will quickly disappear, and there is no other easy way to bring back that email unless undo is pressed immediately after swiping. Unless this button is clicked, the email is archived, which is the action's end.
This function is somewhat tedious, especially if you do not intend to archive the email. Usually, swiping an email left would quickly delete it or present 2-3 options, and there is no quick option to delete an email from your inbox on the phone through the Gmail app unless you open the email and press the delete button. I also noticed that they had updated it so that you can swipe both left and right, but it will have the same outcome and archive the message.