ios17 is so late, why not 16 (realistically should have been 15)
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Apple Supposedly Considering Interactive Widgets for iOS 17
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Takes time to release bug free software. Can't rush it.
I have a feeling that Apple might keep the 13 series supported longer than they expected, because there's a non-negligable amount of users who are using it due to the sizes offered, and won't upgrade until Apple offers another non-phablet size phone.
I remember when everybody was super excited that iPad got "its own OS"... Turned out to be for the worse...I'll leak this and feel free to quote me:
Interactive widgets with iOS 17 in 2023
Interactive widgets with iPadOS 18 in 2024
Why?! Tim & Craig
If only iOS were actually bug free instead of getting buggier with every version…
My Android does this. Actually, my Galaxy S2 did this in 2011.
Remember when widgets were interactive in iOS 8?
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This is a needed feature. When it was removed in iOS 14, the widgets were downgraded in terms of usefulness.
You do have a back button. It is a swipe right at the bottom of the screen for moving between apps, and a swipe right anywhere else for moving back within apps.
Exactly. All I really want of the home screen is to be able to place shortcuts and widgets where I want. The only thing I miss about Android is this.
How many developers have required a subscription for widgets? Why would they do so now?
What’s that supposed to mean? I’ve been on this boat since iOS 4 and it’s been sinking slowly ever since iOS 6.
EDIT: I take that back. iOS 12 was super stable and polished. Wish I could go back.
I wish I could downgrade my MacBook Pro to the antique one with floppy disc 😂😂😂
Why are App's both a widget and an icon at the same time? An App should only need to be shown as a widget or an icon. This would free up icon spaces. A widget behaves exactly like an icon so why the need to have both. When widgets showed up in iOS 14 I first made a widget for the weather app. I was prepared for the weather app icon to expand into a widget instead to great disappointment an entirely new window was created leaving behind the weather app icon as wasted screen space.
I had interactive widgets on a HTC Hero back in 2009. Pretty sure they are a decade and a half late if this story is true.
Instead, can we do away with the jiggle icons (because of this its too easy delete apps), move and arrange app icons anywhere you please in a manner that is not frustrating. Android has doing this better for over 10 years now. Just copy what they have.
How I miss the days when I couldn’t wait for WWDC and then for the release of the new OS’s later in the year. Not necessarily a direct criticism of Apple of course. With such a mature product like the iPhone, there’s hardly anything left to do in terms of exciting changes and updates. Now quality-control on the other hand, Apple, there’s a LOT to do!
And when is iPad going to get a new lock screen… such a waste at the moment
Am I the only one to think that a leap forward as was iOs 7 will never happen again, by any means?
Would this replace new emojis as the main feature in OS updates? If so, it still would not have any real world advantage to the main user base whatsoever. Seemingly the OS's will only receive updates for update sake nowadays. And for security reasons of course.