MacBook Air more powerful than MacBook Pro and macs such as Mac Studio? Nah
And maybe some people don’t wanna buy 2 macs… also MacBook Air is bigger than iPad !
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iPadOS 26.1 Beta 2 Reintroduces Slide Over Multitasking
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And maybe some people don’t wanna buy 2 macs… also MacBook Air is bigger than iPad !
I mentioned lounging next to my pool with a cigar not sitting at a table with an overpriced coffee. Using an apple pencil allows me to instantly highlight issues and make suggestions especially UI/UX. Could I write out exactly what I want, sure but showing is better.
Who said it's more powerful than the Pro? I never said that.
*GAK*
The fact that Slide Over was not a function that could be disabled is the reason why I never used “multitasking” on the iPad. Fingers crossed that I never have to use it, voluntarily or not, if it’s added back in. Detest is too kind a word for how I feel about it.
The fact that Slide Over was not a function that could be disabled is the reason why I never used “multitasking” on the iPad. Fingers crossed that I never have to use it, voluntarily or not, if it’s added back in. Detest is too kind a word for how I feel about it.
But realistically a Mac is still better for ‘real’ work. And windowing on a 11” or smaller iPad without a keyboard/trackpad is largely unworkable.
Regardless, it was completely unnecessary to remove slide over because the gestures used would not have interfered with anything else (as it stands the right side swipe in gesture is a ‘dead’ area).
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But they didn’t let people use their iPad the way they want, they removed the functionality of slide over and Split View for no reason (the gestures would not interfere with the current implementation). So you’re happy to let people use it they way they want as long as it’s your way.
This:
“To use Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1, you'll need to tap on the green icon of an app's window to open up the window sizing controls. From there, you can tap on the "Enter Slide Over" button.”
…is ridiculously convoluted vs what we have on iPadOS 18 and earlier. But it is something. Also you only have one app. Here’s hoping for the sake of those who update (I don’t) that Apple brings back full functionality with iPadOS 26.2.
“To use Slide Over in iPadOS 26.1, you'll need to tap on the green icon of an app's window to open up the window sizing controls. From there, you can tap on the "Enter Slide Over" button.”
…is ridiculously convoluted vs what we have on iPadOS 18 and earlier. But it is something. Also you only have one app. Here’s hoping for the sake of those who update (I don’t) that Apple brings back full functionality with iPadOS 26.2.
The new version 5 is subscription, although I don’t really see the need to move from 4 which I got for a one time payment of like $10 a long time ago
This is how it takes ‘so many more taps’ to initiate an inferior version of slide over.
I concur, SlideOver is essential for my workflow.
The impact of “Liquid This And That” on the fruity company is rather mind boggling. Where will it end? Or will it?
It’s as though the concept of “Productivity” strikes fear into the company that loves frivolous animations, cutesy emojis and pastel colored devices.
It worked and it was easy, seems Apple forgot that simplicity is key or are they just lacking the ability to design properly anymore
Good. Multitasking on the iPad has always been a trainwreck but slideover was the only multitasking thing that I could sort of use without frustration. The vast majority of the time I want one app in full screen, and to have another app open that I can quickly glance at (like notes or a PDF document) regularly. The problem with split screen is that it's "permanent" so you can't make the second app go away with a tap. If you use windowing, then apps slide behind other apps and getting them back is annoying, since the iPad lacks the robust window managements of macOS (a useable exposé and spaces), or the screen size to always have some of the window poking out from behind another window. Slideover kind of fixes all of these problems by letting you go back and forth between an app without losing the full screen one. Still isn't perfect but that's just because the iPad is not great at window management, and never will be, without the precision of a mouse and a large display with small window elements like on a Mac.
I just wish there was a way to use slideover in "full screen apps", without having to enable windowing and the useless traffic light icons. Windowing on the iPad Mini is just way overkill, there are far too many elements on screen and not enough space to use them. The ability to resize windows from any corner also means it's way too easy to accidentally do it, and you lose the corner gestures that were actually useful.
I just wish there was a way to use slideover in "full screen apps", without having to enable windowing and the useless traffic light icons. Windowing on the iPad Mini is just way overkill, there are far too many elements on screen and not enough space to use them. The ability to resize windows from any corner also means it's way too easy to accidentally do it, and you lose the corner gestures that were actually useful.
Even when I’m not doing “real work”, I’ve already had several instances where having overlapping windows saved time. I’m liking this new SlideOver because ANY app can enter into SlideOver. There’s no special list of SlideOver apps and devs will appreciate not having to do anything for a user to SlideOver their app.
Apple execs already knew it was “coming back”. The development process has many milestones and this iteration of SlideOver wasn’t intended for the initial release. And, they’ve likely been using Stage Manager instead of SlideOver anyway and never missed it!
Even if you can’t disable it, you can avoid choosing “Enter Slide Over”. Well, I guess unless you mess up on your way to tap “Add Another Window” and accidentally tap “Enter Slide Over” instead. (Was that one word with an intercap previously?)
They have a wide user base and while the feature is useless to you. It’s not to a lot of other people.
Not sure why people struggle to comprehend this.
People want the original Split View and Slide Over as an option. The new method of multitasking is great for mouse and keyboard, but I find it very cumbersome for touch use compared to the original methods.