True, I use the copy/paste between apps all the time. But this is the reason I'd rather have side-by-side apps. It would be faster and more efficient to eliminate the app switcher.
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iPad High time, iPad Air 2 must support desktop style multitasking.
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True, I use the copy/paste between apps all the time. But this is the reason I'd rather have side-by-side apps. It would be faster and more efficient to eliminate the app switcher.
And would also make clear to the OS to NOT dump the contents of one of the active windows, like it does so often with Safari, when you switch to another app or tab and come back to find your half-composed posting gone.
You're making an assumption about what you think users want to do. Almost nobody buys those devices because of the split screen feature, very few people even know it's there. It more commonly causes confusion when users accidentally get into it and can't figure out why.
More of these users use the app switcher in Android to jump between apps than split screen--if they even know that exists.
Aside from a very small, fractional percentage of users, split screen multitasking on Android/Samsung is a total failure. It's also limited to only certain apps, so let's stop pretending that it's a universal, widely used or even widely desired feature.
High time, iPad Air 2 must support desktop style multitasking.
Jailbreak. Get videopane. Appheads, message heads, and reachapp. Good to go.
This is reachapp with upscale res on iPhone 6. iPad does it as well. Multitasking in the reach ability area.
Jailbreak. Get videopane. Appheads, message heads, and reachapp. Good to go.
This is reachapp with upscale res on iPhone 6. iPad does it as well. Multitasking in the reach ability area.
People. This is an iPad, not a laptop. Having split screens and all that would ruin the experience. I don't know why you people look at Android as the answer to this. The human brain was not designed for multitasking. When we multitask we make mistakes. If you really need to text during a movie, pause the freaking movie. We can cut and paste between apps. We can make use of Dropbox (etc) to move files between apps. Maybe it is just time for computers to drop this multitasking crap, and just do what you're working on correctly. I mean, computers have gone full circle with this cloud thing, basically going back to the dumb terminal/central server thing. I tried the whole split screen thing on the Note 3 and hated it. The screen is too small to effectively use split screens. Doing that with a iPad would be stupid.
Even though an iPad is much larger than a Note 3? What's stupid about wanting the computer to be able to do more than one thing at a time?
Sigh
Because much of the point of a tablet is to focus on ONE thing at a time, instead of cluttering up and making the experience more complex.
There may be a way to make people happy, but desktop-style multitasking is NOT it.
Because much of the point of a tablet is to focus on ONE thing at a time, instead of cluttering up and making the experience more complex.
There may be a way to make people happy, but desktop-style multitasking is NOT it.
Agreed. The iPad is about focusing on one task at a time. And I'm sorry, nothing about the way the Note 3/4 handling of split screens or multitasking is right. No more than the Windows 8/8.1 split screen in Metro. You always end up with wasted screen (black bars) or a screen that is just too small for anything less than 20/20 vision. Split screen is not the solution, it's a bandaid.
Here's what I don't understand:
That may what YOU think the point of a tablet is, but why do you insist that I HAVE TO agree with that point of view?
If the iPad had the capacity to multitask, why would you care if you could disable the feature and it didn't otherwise affect your use?
You don't need it, don't use it.
I don't limit my comment to just this particular suggestion for an added feature, but across the board.
So often on this site I read comments from people who say, "Well, I don't use xyz, so there's no reason for Apple to add it."
My attitude is, if you don't need a feature and don't use it, that's great. But don't limit features that other people would find very useful. And don't assume that your particular way of using a tablet is the only one that makes sense for everyone.
Well...
Because additional features almost always require the existing ones to be compromised, whether that be stability, battery life, or available RAM.
Tablets and touch interfaces represent a new way of interacting with computers, so why not continue to go down that road instead of trying to make what already works on something else work on this?
Desktops/laptops are far more than stationary, non-touch tablets, and their interface(s) requires a different UI with different compromises than might be made for a mobile OS.
Do I disagree that it would be nice to be able to do more with a tablet than we currently can? Sure. Absolutely.
But trying to shoehorn in old usability ideas (desktop-style multitasking) is a step backward.
Compromises suck.
Because additional features almost always require the existing ones to be compromised, whether that be stability, battery life, or available RAM.
Tablets and touch interfaces represent a new way of interacting with computers, so why not continue to go down that road instead of trying to make what already works on something else work on this?
Desktops/laptops are far more than stationary, non-touch tablets, and their interface(s) requires a different UI with different compromises than might be made for a mobile OS.
Do I disagree that it would be nice to be able to do more with a tablet than we currently can? Sure. Absolutely.
But trying to shoehorn in old usability ideas (desktop-style multitasking) is a step backward.
Compromises suck.
I agree with the second part of what I've quoted from your post. I just say find a better way to enable useful features.
As for the first part of what you wrote, using that logic, IOS and the iPad would be stuck without folders, user customizable tones, etc etc. The list goes on and on.
I don't think the improvements to IOS and to the iPad have resulted in existing features being compromised at all.
Again, if you want to use a feature, turn it on. If you don't, turn it off.
Disagree
Disagree. For this to work well, it would need to be a seamless part of the UI and way we use tablets, not just a feature that can be toggled.
It's as integral a part of how we use tablets as windows are to desktop interfaces, not an add on.
To be done well, that is.
Disagree. For this to work well, it would need to be a seamless part of the UI and way we use tablets, not just a feature that can be toggled.
It's as integral a part of how we use tablets as windows are to desktop interfaces, not an add on.
To be done well, that is.
While I generally agree the majority of the stuff on a tablet justifies the whole screen at all time, things people can do may not be limited to just a single app, particularly in the area of productivity. For example, one might want to cross-reference PDFs alongside typing your document. I can't see why splitting screen would be worse than swipe, swipe and swipe in these, perhaps niche, cases.
But of course there are better solutions in the above case, like a properly implemented multi-tab office suite with an in-built document viewer, instead of seas of individual apps... Moreover, I guess the need may not be as high as in the last decade after all, as people own lots of devices that one may eventually multitasking by making use of the devices, ugh.
As long as you can copy and paste between apps, I really see no issue with the swipe. Highlight, copy and paste from the PDF into Pages or Word. Easy. And use Dropbox to open a file in a different program. Multitasking is not necessary on the iPad. Just realize that it is not Windows or OSX. I have no problem doing 95% of my work on my iPad or iPhone, because I understand how things work, the limitations and the workarounds.
It's easy for me to get up from my chair and walk the ten feet to get a drink, but I'd rather someone get it for me.
My point is, not having to do something at all, always beats "easy".
I think "desktop style" would have its limited on a 7.9" or 9.7" screen, but I would like iOS iPad optimization with split screen multitasking. Being able to write while referencing a PDF or webpage would be great! Or being able to Google something while watching a video lecture.
I was wondering if iPad screen in landscape mode if split into two halves, each half could behave like an iPhone screen with same iPhone layout. i could play a game in portrait mode on 1 half and browse on Safari on second half.
I think it's coming.
I think it's coming.
Exactly. I remember when Samsung first released the feature and people were talking about it. In real world usage no one uses or cares about it outside a select few.
People tend to forget that Apple isn't the throw everything at a wall to see what sticks company like Samsung. The demand for multiple apps on tiny screens isn't there right now and unless Apple can figure out some effective way to implement it, it will not be done. It's even half assed in its current form on the Note.
No, that would ruin the whole experience. The thing is that the iPad allows a more personal one on one with the screen and items on the screen. Do you think Apple would ruin that with split screen multitasking? No, not going to happen. And they would be stupid to attempt it. The split screen in Windows 8.1 sucks. So too does the split screen on a Note device. You end up with wasted screen space and things too small to really work with.
great. Make it a feature. You can choose to NOT use it. And those of us who desire to do other things during commercial breaks, can use it.
Problem solved.