I wish they would add an action that if you swipe up the first card (which represents the springboard) it would "close all" cards.
I have done this several times out of instinct and am mildly annoyed ever time it doesn't work. Some of that might be 20+ years of Mac training...touching the "desktop" outside of a window should activate the "desktop" in my mind...which isn't totally right in iPhone-speak, but it's still where my mind goes.
I agree with the OP. I bet this will be added eventually since that space isn't being used for anything else.
I wish they would add an action that if you swipe up the first card (which represents the springboard) it would "close all" cards.
iOS 7 is just a big fail. And it's also soooo slowwww compared to iOS6. I feel like my phone is 3 years old, waiting entire seconds for the unlock animation, or for the cards to stop moving so I can close the app, or for the screen to "rescale" when switching between apps.
Reduce motion helps a lot
Because as far as iOS design goes that kind of functionality is not needed.I wonder why we don't have the option to close all the acrive apps yet. It's a very easy concept, and would take nothing to implement. Closing every app one by one is not that convenient.
Because as far as iOS design goes that kind of functionality is not needed.
one of the best ideas ever!
Not really. For those with a jailbroken IPhone (< IOS 7.0), this is already an option with equivalent Cydia apps: Multiflow and CardSwitcher. I love it when I see Apple half-ass a feature. I do give credit to Apple for at least recognizing great apps available within the jailbroken community and integrating parts of them into public builds.
Or, you know, that good old webOS.Not really. For those with a jailbroken IPhone (< IOS 7.0), this is already an option with equivalent multitasking apps: Multiflow and CardSwitcher. I love it when I see Apple half-ass a feature. I do give credit though to Apple for at least recognizing great apps available within the jailbroken community and integrating parts of them into public IOS builds.
I wonder why we don't have the option to close all the acrive apps yet. It's a very easy concept, and would take nothing to implement. Closing every app one by one is not that convenient.
You didn't try wp8, don't you ? You have to hit furiously on the back button until every app is close![]()
I don't remember if vanilla Android has a "close all" option .... I use a third party app for that.
I have done this several times out of instinct and am mildly annoyed ever time it doesn't work. Some of that might be 20+ years of Mac training...touching the "desktop" outside of a window should activate the "desktop" in my mind...which isn't totally right in iPhone-speak, but it's still where my mind goes.
I agree with the OP. I bet this will be added eventually since that space isn't being used for anything else.
Yes, there is a close all option on Android.
I'm more annoyed when clicking the home button in multi-task view and it taking me back to where I was.
No there is not ... According to the KitKat review I'm reading right now, there is no "close all" feature in Android too ...
So, no one in WP8, no one in Android and no one in iOS 7.