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iOS6 is probably the most underwhelming release of iOS to date
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While iOS6 didn't have most of the things I had hoped for, and while most of the things it did have I won't have any use for, it still came with one of the best updates ever since iMessage(at least for me); ability to unify phone number and apple-id so all iMessages are pushes to all of your devices regardless if the person is sending an iMessage to your email or your phone number.
But I agree, shouldn't be called iOS6, would've been better as a point release.
But I agree, shouldn't be called iOS6, would've been better as a point release.
Plus the icons are too small to be useful. I think people here want widgets but they don't want to look like they are biting off Android's design so they want to keep the icons and make them widgety.
WP7 does live tiles pretty well, too. A shame that's the only thing that OS does well besides the integrated messaging.
WP7 is very nice to look at I'll give them that. Everything is smooth and elegant.
Just because you don't see enough user facing features doesn't mean that there aren't significant changes. You especially can't make it a point release if there are thousands of new API for developer to leverage.
I wouldn't mind having a live twitter or news feed. Or some other way to customize the home screen besides one row after another of folders/apps. I don't know why people are so anti widget. See nothin wrong with them for simple things like news/weather or facebook/twitter.
But really I would love for Safari to quit constantly refreshing tabs. I swear I have more than two tabs open and every time I switch between them the page refreshes.
I wouldn't mind having a live twitter or news feed. Or some other way to customize the home screen besides one row after another of folders/apps. I don't know why people are so anti widget. See nothin wrong with them for simple things like news/weather or facebook/twitter.
But really I would love for Safari to quit constantly refreshing tabs. I swear I have more than two tabs open and every time I switch between them the page refreshes.
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Safari closes the tabs when there isn't enough memory. Or else, your device will hang/lag.
That is like saying Spotlight on OS X is pointless because it only accepts keyboard-based input. Text entry mode on Siri can and should replace Spotlight and it can provide much quicker access to many of iOS features.
Voice over FaceTime has numerous appeals: (1) poor voice quality through cellular network, (2) international long distance to FaceTime user, (3) you don't care for video calls. Skype, etc. provide similar feature, but I prefer tighter OS integration that FaceTime offers.
Change for changes sake? Are you saying home page and notification center don't have rooms for improvement?
Organizing apps on home page is needlessly complicated and tedious affair, and both spotlight page and multitasking tray are implemented as afterthoughts.
Notification center has numerous usability issues, such as tiny button for clearing notifications and difficulty of dismissing notification banner.
The OP has evoked a lot of fanboy rage, but what he says is true. Can you name an iOS major release that was as small as this one? The fact is there isn't one. The only thing that's new is Passbook.
See, that's the thing. People can call it "trolling" all they want, but you can't evoke this much rage out of people unless what was being said were actually true rather than even the most elaborate of trolls
I will say one thing, though. Maps IS new, but that's more of a cloud backend upgrade than an OS upgrade.
Adding native turn by turn that can be accessed systemwide is a backend upgrade?! Wow. Your really showing a lack of comprehension...
I never said that. What I said was that Maps was as a whole more of a backend cloud upgrade, which is true.
Perhaps you need to brush up on your reading comprehension.
What do you mean? It's a good update & Google was smart not to call it a 5.0 update. Apple would have called this a whole new version. Like they did with ios 6.
Over time as the OS gets more features you get smaller leaps. This iOS is actually for me a nicer looking one than iOS5. Sure iOS5 added loads of features but it's iOS6 that takes all those features and gives polish all over the OS.
It's lots of small usability things that when added up make it so much better to use. Without saying to much day to day access to iOS6 has me impressed and I think for your average person this update will be of more benefit to the average user even if it does not have a huge poster child feature.
That said Passbook has the potential to be amazingly useful if it gets good adoption. Maps might have a few teething problems but overall it is much nicer to use.
I would say to all the it's sucks brigade, wait until you actually start using the finished version you might change your mind.
Edwin
See, that's the thing. People can call it "trolling" all they want, but you can't evoke this much rage out of people unless what was being said were actually true rather than even the most elaborate of trolls
I will say one thing, though. Maps IS new, but that's more of a cloud backend upgrade than an OS upgrade.
You two are having the same conversation in 3 different threads.
Chrome now available for iPhone
Google Chrome for iPhone and IPad hits the iTunes store tonight.
Wonder what other mistakes/points you have made with your analogies? There seem to be many. Many other browsers out there for iPhone, including Atomic and Opera. At least a dozen.
"Google today announced that it has developed a version of its mobile Chrome browser for the Apple iPhone and iPad. During a demo at the Google I/O conference today, Google showed that it supports all the same features that are available to the desktop and Android versions of Chrome, such as open tabs, synced bookmarks, and so on. Google said Chrome for the iPhone and the iPad should become available later today via the iTunes app store."
I'll probably stick with Safari however. So not big news for me.
I used an iPhone for almost 3 years and I liked it, so yes, I would go back. If the screen size went up and iOS actually started acting like OSX where I can manage my files and choose my own default programs, among other features that should be in a mobile OS, then yeah, there's no reason not to go back.
Don't some of you Mac users out there use Chrome? Wouldn't you like Chrome on your phone? Don't some of you guys like Firefox? Wouldn't you like Firefox there too?
Why are you guys being so resistant to having things on your phone that you already have on your desktop?
Google Chrome for iPhone and IPad hits the iTunes store tonight.
Wonder what other mistakes/points you have made with your analogies? There seem to be many. Many other browsers out there for iPhone, including Atomic and Opera. At least a dozen.
"Google today announced that it has developed a version of its mobile Chrome browser for the Apple iPhone and iPad. During a demo at the Google I/O conference today, Google showed that it supports all the same features that are available to the desktop and Android versions of Chrome, such as open tabs, synced bookmarks, and so on. Google said Chrome for the iPhone and the iPad should become available later today via the iTunes app store."
I'll probably stick with Safari however. So not big news for me.
You said exactly that! I quoted your post!! you said maps was mostly cloud backend upgrade. The maps app includes turn by turn and it's no mean feat. Nice backpedalling tho....
I don't think Apple has anything to fear because their customers are so loyal. But after seeing what Jellybean can do I really think they need to work harder to implement some similar features.
Apple has not done anything greatly enhance the UI in a long time. Honestly the look and feel is getting a little stale in my opinion. Is it fast and consistent? Yes, but it's not very customizable or fresh.
I love my Apple products but I think they take us for granted sometimes.
Apple has not done anything greatly enhance the UI in a long time. Honestly the look and feel is getting a little stale in my opinion. Is it fast and consistent? Yes, but it's not very customizable or fresh.
I love my Apple products but I think they take us for granted sometimes.
Actually much of the effort in iOS 6 was centered around giving developers more text, view and customizing features for their own apps. Will this be evident to someone looking at a landing page? Nope. Apple's focus is going to be getting you into an app where you'll see the new features.
I'm getting the impression that "not done anything greatly enhance the UI" and "not very customizable or fresh" are just euphemisms for "I want widgets".