Beta feedback for the upcoming iOS 2.39 release Long tap on camera icon: fire up camera roll (new feature)

There are currently three ways to open the same screen (view, display, thing, otherPleaseSpecify?1)

Opens initially at Via ( ) menu Via Camera Photo Gallery

From one point of view, filling in the is quite logical to complete the table. However I see some problems:

Unlikely that someone will ever “accidentally” discover that you can hold the camera button to open photo gallery instead. It doesn’t really make sense to me how holding a for too long could mean “show my previous pictures”. Duplication. Shortcuts are cool, but when there are four ways to open the same thing, I start feeling more and more like there’s something wrong here.

Ideally, I think that the best design would be to somehow make only two ways, both easily accessible and obvious, which is hard with the little space we have available + insert_too_much_clutter_concern()?

The current beta design is ok I guess, but I was always thinking if the ( ) menu could be remade to take less space and be more easily visually searchable. Maybe the non-native menu that appears when long-pressing the message and colored icons? See Infinitesimal small UI improvements,

Infinitesimal small UI improvements Signal’s own popup menu is much more elegant imho.