Yea, I think Apple needs to tweak this a little bit. Only being able to open split view by dragging app icons that are in the dock seems limiting. Even though now swipping from the right would bring up a mess of all your apps, the majority of them were accessible with a simple jesture. But if this means all the apps you want to use in split view must be in the dock...it's going to be a very large dock then. At least they should keep the swip feature as an additional option for opening apps in split view.
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Yea, I think Apple needs to tweak this a little bit. Only being able to open split view by dragging app icons that are in the dock seems limiting. Even though now swipping from the right would bring up a mess of all your apps, the majority of them were accessible with a simple jesture. But if this means all the apps you want to use in split view must be in the dock...it's going to be a very large dock then. At least they should keep the swip feature as an additional option for opening apps in split view.
Hmm do you have iOS 11 beta installed? Can you verify the dock is the only way to open a new split screen app? I heard otherwise. I just haven't seen it. I don't have the beta myself since I'm not a developer.
Edit: found this thread on this topic. https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...n-the-dock-to-split-screen-in-ios-11.2049699/
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Unfortunately I don't have the beta yet, but hopefully I will get my hands on it at the end of June. But from the impressions I received from watching WWDC and hands-on from other sites, this is the way to use split view for iOS 11, at least for the beta. I hope I am wrong and Apple decided to keep the swipe jesture as an alternative.
Now, if only they'd make a smart keyboard with backlit keys and a function row.
It'd be nice to be able to use it on a lap comfortably too.
It'd be nice to be able to use it on a lap comfortably too.
It’s not the only way. You can take apps from the home screen or spotlight (though the latter is a bit broken in this release). If anything I expect this will get even more flexible than that over the beta cycle.
Agreed, I feel that apple's use of 'PRO' is hyperbolic. It doesn't mean what it once meant. The word is now merely a marketing inflection synonymous with 'better' but not necessarily for a professional. The caveat, at least in the last 5 years being the new iMac Pro. I must add that this is coming from a sucker for apple's products who is by no means a 'pro' (in the traditional sense) user.
Is the 3 apps at once limitation to > 4GB devices thing documented anywhere? This video is showing the 3 apps multitasking on the iPad Air 2.
Edit: never mind. apparently the 2 apps in split screen will be disabled in the back in 3 app mode on <2GB iPad.
Is the Apple Smart Keyboard really not usable on the lap? I have read several articles where the writers felt it was indeed comfortable to use on the lap. I've only played around with the iPad Pro/ASK at the store, and I was really tempted to hop up on the table and try it in my lap! I don't think I'd be interested if it's not lap-capable.
We do thousands of things everyday, we don't need to remember each one before doing that.
Il you use gestures they will become routine.
Exactly. Jobs made his main anti-stylus statement at the iPhone introduction in 2007, more than 10 years ago. At the time, using a stylus was a dreadful experience. I think people keep forgetting about what mobile computing was like in 2007. Dropping the stylus brought it from "Wow, this feels stupid." to "Oh, this is actually kinda fun!" The reintroduction of the stylus didn't bring that awful feeling from 10 years ago back.
But in any case, as others have said, Jobs and Apple have also changed their minds on stuff. So have other companies. In 2007, Ballmer thought the iPhone was an idiotic device, and then Microsoft ended up releasing iPhone clones. So what?
Does multiply audio sources finally allowed to ios11? I mean can i watch a video on mute on safari and have audio playing from another video on another safari tab or iPad app?
Can i have videos playing on the same time from different sources and without most of them getting Auto in full screen mode ?
Are iPads powerfull enough when you open them the next day and safari pages haven't Auto reloaded ?
Has finally copy, select and paste become as accurate as works on Mac ?
That is not a file system but just a file organizer. No magnet links download no file system.
Did the update the iPad keyboards with more keys and more software capabilities?
They still haven't give as a Smart Cover or any kind of case with multiply stand positions and more stable...
With the new file system when i download an MP3 with browser converters like YouTube to MP3 does a song shows up there ? After than can i edit it and organize it on my Apple Music app?
Yeah yeah i know all these are first world problems for me but until then iPad will still be a toy and sth not actually needed when you have a MacBook and total freedom to do what you want.
Can i have videos playing on the same time from different sources and without most of them getting Auto in full screen mode ?
Are iPads powerfull enough when you open them the next day and safari pages haven't Auto reloaded ?
Has finally copy, select and paste become as accurate as works on Mac ?
That is not a file system but just a file organizer. No magnet links download no file system.
Did the update the iPad keyboards with more keys and more software capabilities?
They still haven't give as a Smart Cover or any kind of case with multiply stand positions and more stable...
With the new file system when i download an MP3 with browser converters like YouTube to MP3 does a song shows up there ? After than can i edit it and organize it on my Apple Music app?
Yeah yeah i know all these are first world problems for me but until then iPad will still be a toy and sth not actually needed when you have a MacBook and total freedom to do what you want.
I think the biggest thing for iOS 11 is it's really geared towards the iPad. Surprisingly, more so, some of the new hardware with iPad will take advantage of iOS 11 nicely.
No Xcode, no Unix shell, no USB drive support, no own configurable Keyboard shortcuts = no MacBook replacement
Yes, but the "gestures" we perform on a daily basis are guided by our senses and based upon outside stimuli. If I want to pick up a sandwich in front of me, it's easy because I know it's there and my sense of touch will let me know I've reached it even if I'm blind. This is much different than trying to remember that an invisible icon on a screen can be brought into view through arbitrary motion. I agree that through exposure and repeated use, these sorts of gestures become more natural, but it is much harder to get used to doing something when you forget that it's even a possibility. That is the whole point of intuitive UI design, which at one point Apple excelled at—designing systems with smart visual cues to allow natural reactions to those cues based on prior experiences.
One thing i dont like, it takes forever to close apps now cuz u have to click on the little x on esch instead of just swiping them away unless i miss something.
Also most of the time the app i intend to have floating actually ends up in split view but the certain lag on my Air 2 may be to blame for that
I have a feeling no one i know will even use this because it isn't intuitive at all like unless you are a nerd like us or actually read a manual (which most people dont) how is anyone supposed to know that they can even swipe on an app and all this other flipping around. It took me three days to randomly notice that you can get back a floating app by swiping it back in from the side which is actually super convenient once you are even aware of it
Also most of the time the app i intend to have floating actually ends up in split view but the certain lag on my Air 2 may be to blame for that
I have a feeling no one i know will even use this because it isn't intuitive at all like unless you are a nerd like us or actually read a manual (which most people dont) how is anyone supposed to know that they can even swipe on an app and all this other flipping around. It took me three days to randomly notice that you can get back a floating app by swiping it back in from the side which is actually super convenient once you are even aware of it
I think that the new features are cool, but as usual, the real utility will come from the devs embracing the new APIs and creating useful apps. Currently, the most widely used app suite for 90% of professionals (I am talking real world definition of professionals, NOT "creatives"), MS Office, is still crippled in iOS. iPad can become a primary "computer" for facebook moms and grandparents, but not working people, yet.
As the iPad is tweaked to make it more and more like a laptop (buy a keyboard for it, use the file system, hail drag and drop, split screen, etc, etc, etc), it feels as though Apple is just working to reinvent the MacBook by producing a machine which isn't quite as good as—or as user-friendly as—a MacBook.
if not they could take all the (invisible) Unix stuff away in a year or two in the name of security, … think about the children, …!
You're not expected to remember anything. You don't have to use these features. You can still use the iPad just like usual and btw the iPad doesn't have 3D Touch so you don't have to "think" about that. I will probably buy the new iPad Pro with iOS 11 because I've longed for something like this. It will become second nature for me and many others.
Stop complaining that Apple brings "too many gestures".
I've read a few things on it and still haven't seen this definitively answered. With the Files app can you access SMB shares (say on a NAS on your local network)?