Yes it does, but I don't like Chrome and it's not a good experience on my 2011 MBA i7 with external display. I only use one extension (1Password) and I don't like adblockers. I also don't have Adobe Flash installed. Safari is blazing fast in comparison to Chrome. Chrome is almost unusable without Ad- and Flashblocker. And scrolling is a mess. And yes, Firefox extensions are better, but Firefox is just no match for Safaris current speed and usability. There have been other times but in its current state nothing comes close - in my opinion (and use case)!
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Yes it does, but I don't like Chrome and it's not a good experience on my 2011 MBA i7 with external display. I only use one extension (1Password) and I don't like adblockers. I also don't have Adobe Flash installed. Safari is blazing fast in comparison to Chrome. Chrome is almost unusable without Ad- and Flashblocker. And scrolling is a mess. And yes, Firefox extensions are better, but Firefox is just no match for Safaris current speed and usability. There have been other times but in its current state nothing comes close - in my opinion (and use case)!
I swear Safari totally used to not let video auto start until this last version.... it was the only feature that really kept me using it at all. Love reading the USA today and open all the stories in tabs, but USA today loves those vids... and i hate em.... Does Safari not do this anymore? Or it it HTML5 videos that are the culprit?
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I defected to Android phones years ago, and I'm really surprised the iPhone doesn't do this. Every droid I've had has a "nightstand" type mode on it.
Sadly, iPhones are the only devices that consistently have the port in the same spot letting it easily be docked on stands to charge. That part of androids really sucks because some have the power port on the bottom... or the left/right side.... and you always have to have some cable hanging out. But the feature is still nice. Even dims for a night time like mode.
It wasn't. That is what the OP was referring to. It was supposed to be an IOS7 feature and was dropped before final release... and it was expected to resurface in IOS8 but did not.... I think it's really coming now for the iPad Pro (which is late to the party and Samsung's pro tablet has this feature and the majority of mid to high end android phones and tablets for 2-3 years).
Do me a favor, non-geek, respond to this email 3 month after you've upgraded to IOS9 and tell me how you realize you can't live without it.
OT but did you tried White noise? I used it a while ago mainly for the alarm screen. A bit cheesy but it used to have a black background with bright numbers (that you could even dimm if my memory serves me well).
Please! I know people who use this on Android, mostly trying to show a feature they have that's not on my iPhone. Actually using it for real work? Not so much.
But the ghost of god-jobs has not told you why this will be ...hold on, let me get the Apple word-book out... unapologetically insane, great, magical, transformative, unbelievable. I can here Schiller shilling it in October on the iPad pro with an unapologetically plastic rip off of the Surface keyboard.
The bottom line: Apple has been slow to adopt true multi-tasking due to battery consumption because from a technical standpoint, hell...even POS Window 95 did it. There is no free lunch if the cpu is working.
You're really reaching! "True" multi-tasking the way you're describing it isn't something most people want or need on a tablet or phone. Do things happen in the background in IOS? Sure, but do people need to see two apps at once while doing things in both? No. The screens are too small to bother with it. Maybe if the rumored iPad Pro has a large enough screen, it might be somewhat useful, but even then, most won't need it.