Nobody is doing anything 'big' or earth shattering.
But there are some nice updates with iOS 9, like every update.
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iOS 9 Tidbits: Battery Saving Features, Search for Settings, Keyboard Changes, Email Attachments, and More
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Nobody is doing anything 'big' or earth shattering.
But there are some nice updates with iOS 9, like every update.
Glad to see they've added the ability to turn off shake to undo.
Switching the OS font for iOS and OS X to San Francisco makes sense to me, as does the Siri redesign... at least it's consistent.
Can anyone confirm whether or not ads in Safari still redirect to the App Store in b1?
Switching the OS font for iOS and OS X to San Francisco makes sense to me, as does the Siri redesign... at least it's consistent.
Can anyone confirm whether or not ads in Safari still redirect to the App Store in b1?
Well, it wouldn't make much sense to throw iOS9 beta to developer so they can update and test their app for when iOS9 is release alongside the iPhone 6S, and suddenly announce Force Touch at the last moment.
Unless Force Touch is useless, not programmable and only work with apps and maybe few buttons.
As for the iOS 9 search.
In iOS 8 I only need to swipe down from ANY screen and start typing - very quick and convenient.
In iOS 9 it will require swipe to the left from the HOME screen and then tapping the search bar.
Hm. Hardly an improvement.
iOS 8 = 1 step
iOS 9 = 3 steps
Is this for real?
In iOS 8 I only need to swipe down from ANY screen and start typing - very quick and convenient.
In iOS 9 it will require swipe to the left from the HOME screen and then tapping the search bar.
Hm. Hardly an improvement.
iOS 8 = 1 step
iOS 9 = 3 steps
Is this for real?
As is mine. Trying battery-save mode full time to see if it helps.My battery life is indeed terrible with (pre-release) iOS9.
It'll be helpful for non-NFC scannable cards, like rewards cards, store charge cards, etc. (think Starbucks gift card barcode scan)
The iCloud Drive app is a game changer that adds full folder structures to iOS. Why wouldn't they talk about that?
I will admit I didn't read all the comments, so someone may have already posted this but...
You can now select and send way more pictures in an email! Or maybe I'm just going crazy but I thought the limit was 5? I just tried and it was still an option to send when I had selected 55... The limit appears to be 20 for a text message though. (iPhone 6+)
You can now select and send way more pictures in an email! Or maybe I'm just going crazy but I thought the limit was 5? I just tried and it was still an option to send when I had selected 55... The limit appears to be 20 for a text message though. (iPhone 6+)
Do you need to be on the first screen to access search? Or can you swipe from the left edge from any springboard screen? In iOS 8, swiping down from the top edge brought you the notification screen and swiping down in the centre gave you the search screen (with search field activated and the keyboard coming up). However, swiping left or right in any springboard screen, regardless of whether you started at the edge or in the centre navigated between springboard screens.
If iOS 9 really requires you to first go to the home screen and only from there allows you to swipe to the search screen that would be really annoying. Whenever that gesture to swipe down from the centre on any springboard screen was introduced (iOS 7 ?), I found that to be a big improvement. Not only reduced that the number of steps necessary, it also meant you wouldn't accidentally swipe to the search screen when swiping between springboard screens.
Thanks. Does it bring up the keyboard automatically or is it just a shortcut to get to the search screen? And does the search screen to the left of the home screen behave like any of the springboard screens in that you can get to it by both swiping from the edge or the centre? If yes, it still is annoying as you cannot get to home screen directly anymore by just a few quick flicks to the right on any springboard screen.
I mostly get it wrong when the keyboard automatically switches between lower and upper case (eg, deleting an upper case letter automatically toggles the shift key on, thus if for one reason or another you have accidentally typed an uppercase letter when you wanted a lowercase one, if you simply hit delete you are switched to uppercase again, meaning you are going to type an uppercase letter again). These are the situations where I hammer on the keyboard to get the shift key to go the state I want it to be, not the one the OS thinks it should be.
Is it really easier to toggle switches somewhere down inside the settings app than dragging unwanted apps on top of each other?
From within Mail, in iOS 8 and prior, if you started an email and wanted to attach an image, you had to do so via copy and paste.
Podcasts - The Podcasts app has been revamped with a new option that displays all Unplayed podcasts and a section that houses all of your stations in a list.
But did Apple finally add support for the itpc:// URL scheme to the Podcasts app? When a visitor clicks on a link like itpc://mywebsite.com/podcast.xml on my website (from an iOS device), the Podcasts app should load, displaying the playlist of episodes contained in the XML file. Instead, under iOS 7 and 8, Mobile Safari displays a dialog: "Cannot Open Page. Safari cannot open the page because the address is invalid."
Apple created the itpc URL scheme, so why doesn't their own iOS honor it? Apple will never allow utilities like RCDefaultApp for iOS, so we are dependent on Apple to do this for us. And shame on them for not thinking of this when Podcasts app was released; it is basic functionality.
The iTunes Store is fine for some podcasts, but the most logical place for someone to look for and find a podcast is at the website for that organization. And until Apple can stop iTMS from randomly deleting podcast listings, the itpc scheme is a workaround which is actually preferable. (And no, you can't resubmit a deleted podcast from the same iTunes login.)
C'mon, Apple, think different!
Yes, images were supported for some time. Just not generic files. The problem is that Apple didn't want the user to have access to the file system but they were ok to open up the camera roll.
Now, it looks like they still don't open it up to the file system but to iCloud. I wonder if it actually downloads the attachment from iCloud and then sends the email or does it just send the link. The former requires a download and an upload which could take a lot of time and data for large files.
Android allows you to have a local sync of your cloud data to avoid the initial download.
I can't speak for iCloud Drive because I haven't switched that on yet, but attaching a file from Dropbox, first downloaded the file before it inserted it into the email.
Didn't know that. Stuff accessible via a long press is often something you don't find by just playing around.
I don't know, looks too simple, there may be a patent on it. ( The patent office needs an overhaul)I have a suggestion for you Apple:
Perhaps one of the keyboards in the App Store would do this? I don't know of one, but it might be worth checking out until Apple makes the row of numbers a default (or option).