More directly put, let's allow extended screens on external monitors that will fit to the aspect ratio of those monitors.
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More directly put, let's allow extended screens on external monitors that will fit to the aspect ratio of those monitors.
The iOS 7 redesign was too severe in terms of stripping out details and a lot of icons suffered from looking more like State DOT designed road signs than icons. Subsequently, those details have been added back in and that’s helped come back to something less than skeuomorphic but more than iOS 7. I don’t want skeuomorphic icons again, but the level of detail could be a little higher for some of the icons that make sense. The Big Sur redesign was a bit heavy-handed with shadows and hopefully that won’t be part of any iOS 16 changed, although I won’t be surprised if Apple harmonizes the icons between iOS and macOS even more.
Yes! All of the above, please! These small niceties are things that other platforms have had for so long that I don’t understand why iOS is missing them still. These little quality of life improvements (several of which could be made as options like you mentioned) would make iOS feel much more modern and thoughtful.
Speaking of redesigns, I still don't like the latest redesign of MacOS. I feel they changed the look for no reason other than to make you think it's a significant upgrade to the OS.
I must be a weirdo, but I kinda liked the skeuomorphism.
“Bug fixes and performance improvements” just like 3/4 of the app update release notes that hit my phone each week. ?
Thinking back, in retrospect I agree they may have been a little aggressive with the changes in iOS 7, but nonetheless I liked the new design aesthetic overall. Also, it wasn't too much slower than iOS 6.
What do you mean Big Sur was too heavy-handed with the shadows? Asking, because I don't remember the details actually. I'm running Monterey right now on all my machines that can, and I really like the look of this OS. I'm no UI or UX design expert, just an interested consumer.
I liked that change too, a nice refreshment to the OS.
The main thing I really dislike in the more recent OSes is the loss of sub pixel rendering. That still p!sses me off.
I did too, but we had so many years with similar designs, it felt like a good time for a change, just because.
There is always the MIA calculator in IOS/IPadOS, likewise Dark Sky that was suppose to be utilized. (Fresh Apple apps)
I'm hoping this means some pro apps like Final Cut and Logic will run on iPad. You can't have an iPad "Pro" with no "pro" apps, rather scaled down, nerfed apps.
I hate to say it as it will open Pandora's box, but they really need to converge iPad and MacOS. My iPad is my favourite device, but I always have to have a MacBook Pro.
We could see
- Apple Pencil for iOS.
- Notification synchronization across all devices.
- A password manager.
- Dictionary as a new App.
- Split screen for iPhone Pro Max.
- Privacy Relay evolving towards a full-fledged VPN.
- Apple Search as an option.
- New API to allow the ability to have FaceTime chats with Android devices.
- New API to allow the ability to send messages from Messages to Android devices.
- Merging of FaceTime with Messages like most other messaging apps.
- Disappearing messages and the ability to delete messages for all.
- Multilingual Personal Requests for Siri in a multilingual environment.
- HomeKit improvements, foundation work for Matter.
- Finder-esque file manager in iPadOS.
- Some limited customization of the status bar.
- A new UI language starting with iOS 16 then gradually trickling down to macOS.
Honey question…what do you mean by app switching? We have a bunch of ways to switch apps. But people say they want app switching and so I am missing it.
You can activate led warnings in settings. I think it was in universal access / audio visual
So far that has been one of the dumbest additions. Apple added hardware without a software solution. Very android like. My guess is they drop LiDAR as a mistake.
I don’t know what other countries have, but in Australia We have a free app from the Bureau if Meteorology (govt official weather site). It’s better than any others. Do other countries have an official weather bureau app?
I have to agree with B/D and Hkfan45 here. Unfortunately there are a number of reasons that make converting to ALAC an incredibly bad option. Yes, in terms of audio quality it is also a lossless compressor, so it is the same performance on that front. But it is not a true equivalent in other aspects such as:
• compression efficiency - FLAC files can be smaller, and though only a few MB does not seem like much within the scope of one album, when you have a LOT of albums in your digital library it adds up pretty quickly. Not an insignificant difference.
• software/hardware support outside of the apple ecosystem - pretty much everything else supports FLAC these days. It’s been adopted by audio enthusiasts as the format of choice for good reason. On the other hand, ALAC support is not so widespread outside of Cupertino.
• data integrity - FLAC natively features several failsafes and control measures that protect against data loss or corruption. Whereas it can’t even be detected in an ALAC encoded file. FLAC is an archival grade format which is a major consideration when investing in your personal media library.
These are not compromises I would make simply to have access to my music natively on my iOS devices. But it is still frustrating that these are compromises that we are even asked to make in the first place. Only Apple has this problem, and it’s completely backwards.
It’s rather silly to have FLAC support touted in the official hardware specs but have no meaningful way of actually using FLAC files due to software limitations. I also can’t imagine any reason anyone would ever suggest to use ALAC again if FLAC support were properly implemented. Whatever relevance that format currently has is only due to Apple’s refusal to support the format people actually want to use.
It’s pretty much the only complaint I have about the iPhone. But a frustrating one nonetheless. I really hope to see Apple do right on this front soon.
Come on, Apple! Let us customize the Home Screen interface!
Here's what would be grand.
Let users have the option of using a left-hand side, tabbed interface a la ZLauncher from the Palm days. (Or, right side if one preferred.)
On the left would be a series of tabs that would, with a single tap, take you a particular screen. You could set up from 0 to 12 tabs, named whatever you wish, with choice of colorful icons to help identify the content.
Thus, there could be a tab for ebook readers ? , another for the screen with games ? ?, another for the utilities screen ? , another for, say, astronomy apps ?, one for news apps ? , one for music ?, etc.
The top left tab could be for a “Main” or “Home“ Screen ? , if one wanted that. The Home button (for devices with that) would still take you to the first screen (“top”).
One tap — and just one tap — would get you to any of your screens. The left-hand tab list stays in place, meaning you can jump to any screen of icons that you wish to — from any screen where you happen to be. Again, with a single tap rather than wading into a “folder” and no way to single tap to go to another screen or set of apps. It worked brilliantly in the Palm days even with a much smaller display; it'd work even better in these days of far more storage and far more apps — and more screens.
Along with that, let us position the icons where we wish to on the screen; also, let us fix them in place if we want to, so that when we move icons around, the iOS wouldn't do the Apple Icon Shuffle, especially the ridiculous biz of shuffling icons off onto to another screen.
? Oh, and with the tabbed interface, to switch an app's screen location, all you'd have to do is to drag its icon over a specific tab's name! Voila! It moves there. No musical chairs, slipping and sliding an icon from one screen to another, sudden rearrangements, inadvertent creation of “folders”, etc.
Here's what would be grand.
Let users have the option of using a left-hand side, tabbed interface a la ZLauncher from the Palm days. (Or, right side if one preferred.)
On the left would be a series of tabs that would, with a single tap, take you a particular screen. You could set up from 0 to 12 tabs, named whatever you wish, with choice of colorful icons to help identify the content.
Thus, there could be a tab for ebook readers ? , another for the screen with games ? ?, another for the utilities screen ? , another for, say, astronomy apps ?, one for news apps ? , one for music ?, etc.
The top left tab could be for a “Main” or “Home“ Screen ? , if one wanted that. The Home button (for devices with that) would still take you to the first screen (“top”).
One tap — and just one tap — would get you to any of your screens. The left-hand tab list stays in place, meaning you can jump to any screen of icons that you wish to — from any screen where you happen to be. Again, with a single tap rather than wading into a “folder” and no way to single tap to go to another screen or set of apps. It worked brilliantly in the Palm days even with a much smaller display; it'd work even better in these days of far more storage and far more apps — and more screens.
Along with that, let us position the icons where we wish to on the screen; also, let us fix them in place if we want to, so that when we move icons around, the iOS wouldn't do the Apple Icon Shuffle, especially the ridiculous biz of shuffling icons off onto to another screen.
? Oh, and with the tabbed interface, to switch an app's screen location, all you'd have to do is to drag its icon over a specific tab's name! Voila! It moves there. No musical chairs, slipping and sliding an icon from one screen to another, sudden rearrangements, inadvertent creation of “folders”, etc.
A proper split screen allows you to interact between two apps UI without a floating window obscuring the second app. I often watch a sports game while using Reddit or web browsing. Attached is what it looks like on my S22U. Btw, the S22U can also do PIP and floating app, but I find the split app to be most useful.
