Not really. It could work as a Slide Over kind of window, or like Quick Notes. I’m surprised they didn’t at least add it for devices that are now getting Stage Manager, it’d be perfect for that.
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I think when (if) the Calculator app does arrive, it’ll be, ideally, more than just a simple one. Apple should add much more complex and “pro” functional utilities. Apple could release the iPad calculator with graphing and 3D (AR) model calculating.
That’s a dream — writing 80085 in graph or AR form would be a neat trick. TI-83 eat your chip out.
That technology won’t be here for at least a few years. Maybe 10
I’m sure PCalc will have an excellent floating window mode implementation when iPadOS 16 is released.
That’s not an app though. An iPad app would have to take advantage of the full screen.
And I don’t want the Calculator app having special treatment.
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What have you been smoken. And it's not crying, you do sounds like someone who is though. IPadOS, whether you like it or not, is a limited operating system for the power it has. You probably don't see it, when you've never tried something else. Samsung Dex is way more advanced on that matter. But the thing is, if you never try other software, you don't know what you're missing.
Says who though? I can easily see it acting like a Quick Notes window all the time, without ever having a full screen mode (although it could have one - plenty of paid calculator apps work nicely that way). If it does “have to” have a full screen mode, as you say, they could use some of the extra space to show past calculations, kind of like those old school physical calculators do with the paper rolls. There’s a lot they actually could do with it.
I’m surprised that this is what Apple came up with in 12 years… like incredibly simple… and there are no developers on MacRumors or around the world that have done anything better. THAT is the surprising part.
Calculator and the Health app. It’s coming. Next year. Mark my words!
Well Quick Notes has the Notes app in full screen app like all other apps, such as the new Weather app. All apps on the Home Screen function the same way.
As I’ve said, for a Calculator app to work on iPadOS, Apple needs to allow app windows that doesn’t need to have a full screen mode. That was my point. And I’m talking about a proper app, not Quick Notes which is like a system widget that only Notes can do.
Is this only available on M1 iPads?! (Only kinda sorta kidding, because I love my 2018 iPad Pro 11"...)
I, personally, find it hard to believe that anyone gives a crap about either one. If they had been included I still would have gone to the App store and downloaded the ones I prefer.