Inability to Use Apple Pencil for Navigation in iOS 9.3 Appears to be Intentional

[PlainviewX]

That is pretty dumb.

 

[jlgreen]

Removing existing features from already marketed and purchased products... Like removing the back seat from my car after I considered other cars and purchased "this one"... It's this kind of thing that has me backing off on purchasing Apple products in the future. New Apple motto: "It may work for a while - then maybe it won't." Whaat? Who needs that?

 

[Glideslope]

Well, this was what Steve was talking about...

Yup

 

[Soccertess]

Just another decision at Apple that will be reversed. Tim again has fallen asleep at the helm.

Taylor Shift, can you write another letter and get this fixed?

 

[Crosscreek]

Don't worry, Apple will invent another $99 device for that.

 

[jmacr]

This is a bunch of crap. I spent $100 on it and now they want to take away much of the functionality I use it for!

 

[samcraig]

It makes sense, the Pencil is not meant to be used as a tool to navigate the UI with, it's meant to be used for drawing.

Why Apple decided to introduce the Pencil WITH that feature is beyond me. They should have left it like it was instead of taking it away.

It doesn't make sense to me. If you're going to have a stylus - then you should be able to use it anywhere you could use your finger. I'd love to know Apple's official response and reasoning behind it because it makes little sense for the consumer.

 

[GrizzlyBear81]

Class action lawsuit

(just kidding, but it would be pretty funny)

Alas, I found the feature useful so I will not be upgrading my iPad Pro anymore until they fix it. So no skin off of my back. Sorry Apple but I get to keep my features that I like

 

[Aluminum213]

Apple must really hate iPad sales

 

[Lennholm]

Of course! Being able to use it for general UI stuff would make it too much like a stylus... and we all know what Steve said about those

 

[Yojimbo007]

Massive, massive mistake...
If true i wont upgrade to 9.3....
this is ridiculous... Its dictatorial, unreasonable and stupid.

I love using my pencil to navigate... Its clean and easy... My screen stays clean way longer....
It less obtrusive...
And i use my fingers when need or convenient.. Like gestures..for zoom ..etc.

Apple dont do this, your dictatorial ways are getting suffocating.

 

[mgmusicman94]

*moves finger to select text*

*releases finger off the screen*

*iOS selects an additional character at the end*

*touches the screen to move the slider to unselect the additional character*

*it unselected too many characters*

*touches the screen to move the slider to reselect the missing character*

gg apple

Thank god for 3d touch, haven't had that problem since September.

 

[Glideslope]

Just another decision at Apple that will be reversed. Tim again has fallen asleep at the helm.

Taylor Shift, can you write another letter and get this fixed?

Only one fix for Tim. The Door.

 

[Attirex]

stylus gate

 

[Rogifan]

Cue everyone who doesn't own an iPad Pro/Apple Pencil being outraged by this rumor.

 

[samcraig]

Cue everyone who doesn't own an iPad Pro/Apple Pencil being outraged by this rumor.

Valid to a point. I'm not outraged in the slightest. I find it very confusing though. Further - if I was considering buying an iPad Pro and Pencil before - I can tell you that this news would be a consideration on that purchase. And I think a legitimate one.

 

[rudychidiac]

Odd move by Apple.

You're sarcastic right? Apple is controlling and I'm not surprised by this decision.

 

[AppleFan360]

If Apple was smart, they would simply create an on/off toggle for it. Case closed. If they don't, they are stupid and Tim Cook needs to pull his head out of his **s!

 

[OldSchoolMacGuy]

It won't be left out of the release version. Settle down babies.

 

[rudychidiac]

Odd move by Apple.

You're sarcastic right? Apple is controlling and I'm not surprised by this decision.

 

[dannyyankou]

Cue everyone who doesn't own an iPad Pro/Apple Pencil being outraged by this rumor.

Well the chances of me buying an iPad Pro and an Apple Pencil to go with it have decreased significantly.

 

[Rogifan]

Valid to a point. I'm not outraged in the slightest. I find it very confusing though. Further - if I was considering buying an iPad Pro and Pencil before - I can tell you that this news would be a consideration on that purchase. And I think a legitimate one.

I'm not sure why they did it either. I hardly ever use the pencil for OS navigation but it's clear some people do. Hopefully someone can get an explanation from Apple as to why they changed it.

 

[sputnikv]

This is dumb. The pencil awarded a level of precision not possible with a finger, especially on non-drawing apps. They probably want to encourage devs to update their apps to support the pencil, but this is not the way to go about it.

 

[Heltik]

Let people use their pad and pencil how they please.

 

[kdarling]

Not to worry.

Any minute now, an Apple spokesperson will claim that "It's a security feature" and the ADF will swing into action defending the way that Apple takes care of our privacy.

A few days later, Tim Cook will nonchalantly text that "It was simply a factory test" and the feature will come back.