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OCD? iOS 4.2.1 Folder "Arrow" is Huge. I mean. HUGE!!

phyrexia said:
I did not notice a difference at all. are you sure it is a different size than 4.2gm or Gmb?
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I think it was in Beta 3. I am quite quite very sure the arrow size is half the icon size (like on iPhone and iPod touch)

I noticed the new difference right away.
 
Nishi100 said:
My friend, (if you count a person on the internet that I know through MSN as a friend) is creating an app, that will replace the current multitasking bar, to an expose style multitasking; it's in early design stages, but I cannot wait for him to finish it.
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Uh, yeah, this already exists. And it's called multifl0w.

-- Nathan
 
NathanA said:
Uh, yeah, this already exists. And it's called multifl0w.

-- Nathan
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Multiflow is a different thing, it multitask everything.

The app that my friend is working on is a app that replaces the bottom bar which will look like Lion's "Mission Control" and only apps that have been optimised of iOS4 will be backgrounded.

For example, lets say I have Safari, Contacts, App 1 (optimised for iOS4) and App 2 (not optimised.)

When you double tap the home button you get this screen; at the top is three thumbnails: Spotlight, Springboard and a button that will quit all your apps. In the middle would be: Safari, Contacts and App 1. Below a line (like in Snow Leopard where things that are minimized are below a line in expose) would be App 2, which isn't optimised for iOS4.

He is also working on Safari: when you have multiple windows open in Safari and you go into expose multitasking, you can pinch and it will show all of your open windows.

It has a smooth animation, when you activate it, the background scales down to take up the middle half of the iPad's screen, revealing the "folders'" pattern, where the background doesn't fill up. Then the thumbnails fade in, just like the iPad's icons fade in when you unlock it. The only problem he can foresee is that you will have to restart the "Expose multitasking" app, or respring every time you change the wallpaper, but he is working on it.
 
I couldn't have even told you if there was an arrow without checking, you need to apply for a job at apple, steve jobs would like you.
 
They need to fix the colored arrow glitch! It shows up blue sometimes instead of matching the background!
 
Piggie said:
Yes, it is strange isn't it.

I've yet to understand why this is happening this way.

It's like they say down to design the UI to be easy to use on a 3" screen, and got it great.

Then with the iPad just copy it over, forgetting the screen is giant in comparison with more pixels.

It very odd (given the time they have had) that they have not used what they have in a more creative way)

I could say the same about the terrible waste of a lock screen that's just a giant empty space of the chunky icon desktop.

It's almost like they did not really expect it to sell well, so didn't want to spend any time on it.

I can only hope when Mk2 comes next year they will of had time to redesign it into something it deserves to be.
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They kept the UI the same because they wanted to bring all their iPhone developers over to the iPad as well. In order to encourage growth of the platform they made the transition as easy as possible.

Not to mention, they just got done getting consumers trained on the current UI. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. *non-optimal is not the same as broken
 
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Disproportionate to what? Don't use folders if it bugs you that much!
 
Thanatoast said:
They kept the UI the same because they wanted to bring all their iPhone developers over to the iPad as well. In order to encourage growth of the platform they made the transition as easy as possible.

Not to mention, they just got done getting consumers trained on the current UI. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. *non-optimal is not the same as broken
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Not quite sure I grasp that from a developers point of view as all they do it write an app and make an icon you tap on to run the app.

In the same way all WIMP desktops have done.

Mac, Amiga, ST, Windows etc.

How you present those icons to the user could be any way.

And I can accept, ok, perhaps for Mk1 Let's keep it the same so it does not confuse people.

I just hope in another 2, 3, 5 years we will still not have a desktop that looks like a giant phone. There is so much more they can do and I hope they will gather the courage up to break with something that's been the same since the 1st iPhone.
 
Nishi100 said:
Multiflow is a different thing, it multitask everything.
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Your friend's app sounds interesting, and I will be eager to see the final result, but I do think you have a slight misconception about multifl0w. Multifl0w doesn't "multitask" anything, actually. It's just a task switcher. It doesn't cause apps to be backgrounded or not backgrounded.

If you want to background apps that are not optimized for iOS4, then you have to install the Backgrounder app from Cydia. If Backgrounder isn't installed, multifl0w will "multitask" the exact same apps that your friend's new extension will: only the optimized-for-iOS4 multitasking apps. If Backgrounder IS installed, then multifl0w can "background" other apps, too.

But, really, it isn't multifl0w doing it, it's Backgrounder. I would hope and suspect that if Backgrounder is installed, your friend's extension would also allow you to access Backgrounded apps as well.

-- Nathan
 
Is OP the reincarnation of TheSpaz or something?

It looks...right.
 
NT1440 said:
Is OP the reincarnation of TheSpaz or something?

It looks...right.
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No.. it's does NOT look right. The big arrow looks like it's growing out of the icon's bottom side. Whereas, on the iPhone and iPod (the arrow is half the size of icon), it looks like an arrow and proportionate to the icon size.

I will load up the old beta on iPad and post some screenshots.
 
Ah....

So this is why it is taking so log to release 4.2.x. Can't get the damn arrow right.
 
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