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Craig Federighi says macOS would ruin what makes the iPad special
The irony of this headline is that iPadOS 26 is, in fact, ruining what makes iPadOS special by replacing its innovative touch based multitasking with shitty warmed over ideas from macOS.
GONE: slideover, and with it the ability to do anything with a second app when in full screen mode
GONE: the ability to run multiple 'spaces' of split-viewed apps (with slideover acting as a go-between among them)
GONE: the ability to quickly swap out a split screened app with drag and drop
GONE: predefined size classes that ensure buttons, controls and other UI elements are in a predictable place in every Split View configuration
Remains to be reported on but I would not be surprised if Picture-in-picture and Quick Notes were gone too. Has anyone checked to see if app folders are still supported in the dock? Either way, iPadOS 26 is a disaster for touch-based productivity. I did NOT intend to buy a small Mac, I bought a damned tablet and I want it so work like one. -
macOS 26 Tahoe Phone app greatly improves taking calls on your Mac
Any time I've ever tried to make a call from my Mac or iPad, not only has the connection been really unreliable and/or with a significant delay, but almost every time the person on the other end complains that I "sound far away", whatever that means. It's basically made it a useless feature for me even though it's now been around for years. Are they ever going to fix the basic usability issues? -
Apple prepares iOS 19, macOS 16 'Solarium' UI overhaul for WWDC
mikethemartian said:Do most users want these kind of UI updates? I mostly prefer not changing unless there is a problem. Both in operating systems and applications companies just seem to move things around for the hell of it.
Plus the glass UI makes no sense. On Vision Pro it does, because these floating windows obscure the real world, and transparency minimizes that as much as possible. But full-screen devices like the iPhone and watch don't have any "background" to bleed through. I suppose the folding phone's supposed Stage Manager like UI would "benefit" from this transparency when opened; maybe that's part of it, but if so that again just sounds like a Windows Vista gimmick from 20 years ago.A radical guess - though not likely, due to the battery implications - might be that this is related to the rumored no-bezel/all-screen 20th anniversary iPhone. What if their plan is to actually make their devices appear translucent using a video feed from the back camera? A lot of near-future sci fi depicts implausible tablet and phone sized devices which look like a literal sheet of glass, with a neon UI on top of the real world. -
Apple prepares iOS 19, macOS 16 'Solarium' UI overhaul for WWDC
9secondkox2 said:Windows vista ui on iPhone, here we come.hate to say it but I came here for this comment. First thing I thought. What’s disturbing is all the other parallels to that era of MS history too. Apple is now the aging behemoth that’s run out of ideas while its competitors build innovative products that define the zeitgeist. I remember all the leaks about internal dissension and dysfunction at Microsoft leading to the delays and then debacle that was Vista… sounds a lot like Apple’s AI push today. Slapping a glassy coat of paint on everything just like MS did back then is just a great comedic touch on top of everything else.
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New iPhone Fold leak details screen resolutions & under-display camera
Still waiting for any of these articles, any of them at all, to point out that the math does not add up. You can't fold a 7.8" display and get a 5.5" one on the other side. Doesn't work, unless the smaller display is surrounded by embarrassingly massive bezels. A 7.8" Display folded once would get you around a 6.1" display, same as the current "smaller" iPhones.