I agree – slide over apps should have all of the same size options. Limiting to 1/3 makes them feel much too cramped with tons of unused screen real estate.
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Well like you said, if one window is active it just pushes the screen up over the keyboard. iOS already does this on a smaller scale within apps to push the text you're writing above the keyboard.
It also does this with picture-in-picture. If you're watching something and start typing something somewhere, it pushes the video above the keyboard.
That could be an acceptable trade off I suppose, it’s really not split view at that point though, if you can only view one app when the keyboard is up why not just have both open fullscreen in portrait and swipe between them?
I can see a use case where the keyboard is used very very occasionally in two apps in vertical split screen but otherwise it seems clunky.
Even creation works well once you get used to it.
Here is a little example of something I don’t think most people know you can do.
Safari on left and notes on right in split view in landscape.
Swipe up to get the dock
Tap all apps to open app drawer (App Library)
Long press on pages and tap show all windows
Drag one do the windows to replace notes
The only thing missing is that you can’t open a new window just by dragging the new window button out
Hopefully if it is DEX-like its more refined and less buggy - far too many annoying little faults and bugs with DEX preventing it being as useful as it could be, although in Samsung's defence its not a part of the "core-OS" they're having to tack it on.
So what? After fricking 10 years, we are still tied to Steve Jobs already outdated philosophy and never move forward just because “wow he was so visionary” 10 years ago? If so, why iPadOS and iOS has changed so much after his death? Might as well keep skeuomorphism forever cause Jobs liked it?
Also, how about bringing the macOS to the iPad. Let's transform it to have that macOS experience. That will be a game changer!
Imagine, An iconic glowing Apple logo on iPads.
Honestly, What would be really cool is a dual boot option. Heck would be cool to be able to boot up windows on it as well. Is the ipad pro at least powerful enough to run dual boot iPad OS/Mac Os? Asking for windows capabilities is probably asking for too much. Can't imagine this ever happening but it would be super dope IMO.
If you could open the same app but mulitple separate sessions of said app I'm pretty interested. For very specific gaming purposes.
I know some android phones can do at least two.
I don't know if I wantv macOS on my iPad, but what I do want is for apps to not reload after 3 minutes of inactivity. I have 8GB of RAM dammit, and an M1 CPU!
This is hard to do even on macOS, not sure this is a worthwhile use case, lots of things to think about first.
All of Apple's iPad cases would cover the logo, and that wouldn't work with the 13" MiniLED iPad because it doesn't have a single constant backlight. Besides, it worked on the MacBooks because the screen orientation didn't change, but a glowing portrait Apple would look silly in landscape and vice versa.Also, how about bringing the macOS to the iPad. Let's transform it to have that macOS experience. That will be a game changer!
Imagine, An iconic glowing Apple logo on iPads.
In addition I like the fact you have the option of having a built in cellular modem which comes in handy for internet and power outages.
GoodNotes and Notability for Mac are crippled compared to iPad versions. OneNote for iPad, even with keyboard and mouse, is crippled compared to Mac version. Using these applications between iPad and Mac is not a seamless experience due to features missing on one platform or the other. If having a common OS will force developers to make their applications consistent across platforms, then it is worth considering.
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Yup.. I have multiple shortcuts setup to open two apps in windows. One is iMessage 1/3 and News 2/3... (I use that one everyday at lunch
And people will think...hmm don't need to buy a macbook now.
Apple doesn't want that idea in your head. They want you to own a mac, an ipad and an iphone.
Mac, iPad and iPhone will no longer display the time. Buy an Apple Watch
Since iPadOS is designed for touch input, will it work with external touch monitors such as these:
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until there is a file system like on macOS these changes dont do much.
iPad always needed help in multitasking VS Android tablets.
This is nothing new.
iPad always needed help in multitasking VS Android tablets.
This is nothing new.