"Close all" button location

[AlienX]

The close all button in the task manager sits right under the thumb results in accidentally closing all apps. I have accidentally closed fully filled form several time when switching between apps to find information. It should be located at the top as shown in the image.

Also closing all your apps over and over again is not great for battery life as it starts over the task over and over again. So it should be relocated to discourage unnecessary closing everything all the time.

[ImRyan]

I don't accidentally close things and if I am remembering correctly it's been like that for years now. I have never had that issue personally. I'm more concerned with the battery pill being hard to see and not changing to a dark setting no matter what wallpaper you apply like it used to. That's the main issue I have if I had to pick 1 thing

[user43B1351dP9]

Coming from Google Pixel, I would say yes, it is bad placement. Samsung is probably doing it because of poor memory management, so they want to close all the apps all the time.

[Carljohnson52]

I guess it's different on certain phones

[AlienX]

Yes, it is at the bottom right now. The screenshot attached with the post was my recommendation to move it on top.

[Carljohnson52]

I hope they leave it where it's at

[tibisayita]

To move it on top would be as hard as the search bar on top. A one-hand-operation total killer. It wouldn't make sense at all.

[AlienX]

The point is to move it out of neutral position where thumb sits. There have been many occasions when I accidentally hit close all with all the forms filled out when I was switching apps to find information. And I am not alone. Go to google search for this issue, and you'll find many.

So, for better user experience, it should be moved out of this location. Only cheap Chinese brands who can't handle proper memory management and their devices start to lag after opening multiple app will reccomened users to close everything all the time.

[tibisayita]

Oh, no! No! This would be really annoying and contrary to what Samsung was looking for when placing the search bar at the bottom too. I have NEVER had this problem.

[AlienX]

Force closing apps all the time should be discouraged. So there is no need to place it right under the thumb.

"Closing apps on your phone does not save battery life and may actually harm it. Apps on iOS and Android are typically suspended in the background, consuming minimal power. Force-closing them requires more energy to reopen than simply resuming them from a suspended state, leading to increased battery drain."