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Multitasking on iPad gets some polish with iPadOS 15
I don’t share the same experiences as you do with this. I have been using an iPad Pro 12.9” coming up to six years (a got the original in November of 2015) and had recently updated to the release of the one in 2020. Unfortunately, about a month ago it was stolen (I really don’t know why people would take it, I feel it’s useless to them, they can’t do anything with it, or maybe they can, but I’m doubtful). Anyway, so now I’m using an HP laptop from work and using multiple windows is such a pain in the ass. It honestly surprises me that it’s that bad. The individual windows being layered overtop of each other on a window of different sizes is annoying. I’d far rather use the split screen and a slide over window and a four finger swipe to another app or split screen, then having to meander multiple windows of varying sizes on a laptop with a point and click mouse.hackintoisier said:
I don’t know if you’ve ever used Samsung dex, but it has resizable windows, and while it has its quirks, it’s a much much better multitasking experience than the more powerful iPad, in my view. Others may disagree.Xed said:
Thank god we don't we don't have to you pointers to constantly resize and drag windows around on a small display.hackintoisier said:I wouldn’t refer to iPadOS 15’s multitasking features as “polish.” It’s still a mess. No windowing support, we’re still limited to two apps on screen in split view mode, external monitor support is still a broken mirrored mess that doesn’t use the aspect ratio of the monitor.Apple can do so much better than this, I know they can.But with dex you have free-form control over the width/height of most windows (some apps have a minimum size beyond which they cannot go below). And it’s easy to use your fingers to resize windows and move them around the screen. When you resize windows, most apps resize in a way where the text doesn’t get too small to read. You can have your web browser to the left, YouTube open in the lower right, have instagram or whatever other app on the screen as well. All this from a Samsung phone hooked up to a usb-c touch screen monitor. You can customize your multitasking layout to your heart’s content. To the extent you haven’t tried Dex, I suggest to use it and compare the experience to iPadOS.I’m not saying Apple should copy Dex, but there clearly exists a better and more intuitive multitasking implementation on other tablets/phones. Apple is an extremely talented company so I know they can do better than what they’ve given us.I don’t understand why they put m1 into the iPad only to limit it in the way they have. I guess it’s because Apple caters iPadOS to the minimum specification of iPads, some of which have far inferior processors than the m1 and might be too sluggish with a more multitasking-oriented OS.However this experience of using a laptop again, as I wait for my replacement to arrive, has helped me possibly understand people’s gripe about multitasking on the iPad. I don’t think it’s the iPad per se that people complain about, it’s the screen size. I think some people make comparisons to using multiple windows and apps on either a wide screen or use multiple monitors and compare that to the small screen of an iPad and then some complain that if it only hooked up to multiple monitors then I’d be able to multitask. If I had this current laptop that I’m using, set up with 2 wide screen monitors I’d feel a hole lot more productive too; but I dont, I just have the laptop screen, and it sucks. Apple’s solution is fast and easy once you change your habits. I am very much looking forward to the tweaks they are bringing to it with iPadOS 15. Hopefully this continuity update with the screens will help satisfy those with your concern.
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Apple faces higher taxes after G7 agree to global tax rate changes
Is it native of me to see this as similar to the App Store policies? Society has built the structure through which Apple is benefiting from; so to play in this sandbox it is going to cost you 15%.If, in the case of Epic, the judge(s) rule in favour of Epic, could Apple turn around and use that law makers ruling against these lawmakers? I have no clue, just thinking of loud and looking for additions to my thinking. 🤓
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Google unveils wireless Pixel Buds A-Series Airpods competitor for $99
Time and time again, Apple nails the design and usage aspect of each product they put out. Obviously there are always a few examples where people could disagree, but this is definitely not one of them.
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Apple's 'Ghostwriter,' 'Helpsters' pick up six Daytime Emmy award nominations
We watched ghost rider with our 11-year-old and we just loved it! Age-appropriate story lines combined with an interesting plot/mystery made for an entertaining watch. Would highly recommend this series for anyone who has kids aged 8-13.
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Early benchmarks prove M1 iPad Pros are 50% faster than previous generation
But isn’t that the whole point (and the one I’m arguing); the different OS’s are all about HOW they do it. Apple obviously has a vision for how a user interacts with a computer. Yes, they may merge at some point in the future but I don’t think that is as close as you say. People have been predicting the death of video game consoles for years but they are still hear and stronger than ever; and that gap between a dedicated game device and a computer is much smaller than the gap between the philosophy and purpose of the different OS’s, IMO.GeorgeBMac said:sagan_student said:
I’m curious to know what things iOS isn’t capable of doing for you. Through my experiences, I’m inclined to think that you’re feeling/experiencing these limitations because you haven’t gone all in. I would argue the inconvenience and cumbersome that you’re feeling is because there’s no need for you to push through the struggle. I am very excited to see where they take this interface vision for the iPad.
I’m in the same boat - I love my iPad for a lot of things, but there are many other things I have to use my MBP for. Not because the iPad isn’t powerful enough, simply because iOS either isn’t capable of doing them or makes it inconvenient and cumbersome to do so. Even before the M1 Thai was true. The m1 just makes it painfully obvious. You have a machine with a desktop class processor running a glorified smartphone operating system.
It is less about CAN it do it then it is about HOW it does it.
