iOS 8.3 sluggish on 5s
I do think iOS 8.3 is considerably more buggy/glitchy than iOS 7.1.2. It's a great pity because there is a lot to like about it otherwise, but these issues detract greatly from the user experience.
I mean, yesterday I couldn't even move the cursor to the start of the search box at Google, so I had to erase the whole query string and start again. Today I had a page reloading endlessly. Other times I have had a page seemingly loaded, but when I try to scroll it it seems to start reloading a picture or something and stutters momentarily. Sometimes I'm thrown by this and accidentally click on a link and then have to go back. Oh, and yesterday I downloaded a file in Safari and I could see the "open in ..." option in the tab view, but in the normal view the page was just blank. Not very helpful given that the option is unselectable in the only view in which it appears. I don't know whether this is some WebKit issue or whatever, but I do know it didn't happen in iOS 7.1.2. It's almost as though they've got the numbers switched and iOS 7.1.2 is really iOS 8.3 and vice versa
I cannot for the life of me understand why programs and capabilities that were once near flawless have regressed to this state. I do recall issues with the Google search box a couple of years ago, but by iOS 7.1.2 it was all fine. Not anymore, it seems.
While I'm ranting on: in the videos app there are no video titles that I can see. All there is is a selection of stills from the videos. I have four lectures in there, but the stills used are the same for each video. Hence they all look the same and there is no way of knowing, without playing them, which is which. There is a point at which making something simpler (e.g., by not showing titles) actually makes it more difficult, more complicated, to use. I mean, you can make a house simpler by removing the windows and doors, and then you have to climb down the chimney to get in. Ok, rant over
