Rumored Split-Screen Multitasking Feature for iOS 8 Not Ready for WWDC Preview

[Digital Skunk]

Why type if you can just drag and drop? Select a (or multiple) text (or image, data, chart, song, video, even an app) from App 1, drag it and drop it to App 2.

Also, by reducing the memory and power consumption by half during the multitasking, it will give zero impact to battery life and operation speed.

Now, this sort of thing is what Apple good at. NOT a half-baked multitasking offered by Microsoft and Samsung. So I'd prefer Apple to take their time to make it right, rather than release it first (yeah, it works but not good enough) and claims it as FIRST while other companies copy.

Microsoft IS RUNNING A FULL OS . . . . so the multitasking done on the SP3 and other Windows 8 tablets isn't half-baked.

On every Samsung devices a user has the option to turn MT off, so that point is moot as well.

Apple wasn't first to a lot of things, and copied a good portion of Palm's WebOS and Android in iOS6 and iOS7, so that last part is also moot.

I guess in the end the hypothetical yet somewhat complicated approach mentioned first is okay.

 

[Someyoungguy]

Split screen like that we saw in Samsung TouchWiz UI since 2012? #thinkdifferent

Uh, hopefully not. Hopefully it's not an icon you're constantly accidentally hitting, and hopefully it works with any app, not just a few that Samsung has customized.

 

[Rodster]

Uh, hopefully not. Hopefully it's not an icon you're constantly accidentally hitting, and hopefully it works with any app, not just a few that Samsung has customized.

It's not so much Samsung but the developers responsibility to enable multi-window support. I have several apps on my Galaxy Tab 4 that are not Samsung apps that support multiple windows.

Anyways I welcome it in iOS 8. It's a great feature although I wonder if 1GB of ram will be enough?

 

[lk400]

Im rather fond of the rumored feature followed by rumored "not ready" or "no longer doing" or "fallen through" combination. Its really amusing.

 

[DeeGee48]

I hope the new OS X is exciting because every other WWDC "leak" has not panned out.

New iMac? Nope.
New iPhone 5S? Nope.
Split-screen iOS? Nope.
Home automation? Nope.
New Apple TV software? Nope.
New Apple TV? Nope.
iWatch? Nope.

Mac mini? Who the hell knows?!?

 

[richwoodrocket]

Ain't gonna happen.

 

[redscull]

iOS should be kept simple. If you want multitasking feature, get a Mac.

I'll second that. The point of apps is that they're focused. Streamlined. You get in quick, get your info or complete your task, and get out. That's what phones/tablets are for. If you need to be more productive than that, forcing yourself to get it done on a tablet is foolish. Just use a real computer and actually be productive. Don't bog down my tablet experience trying to make it better at something it has no business doing.

 

[Mattsasa]

I never believed the first rumor that split screen multitasking would be ready for wwdc.

Maybe it will come in 8.1? or iOS 9. maybe it will come out later in the fall/winter along side the new iPads

 

[BillyMatt87]

I'll second that. The point of apps is that they're focused. Streamlined. You get in quick, get your info or complete your task, and get out. That's what phones/tablets are for. If you need to be more productive than that, forcing yourself to get it done on a tablet is foolish. Just use a real computer and actually be productive. Don't bog down my tablet experience trying to make it better at something it has no business doing.

Although the multitasking interface needs iPad optimization because as of 7.1, it's nothing more than a blown-up version of the iPhone's multitasking view.

I hope to see something along the lines of a Mission Control-lite UI for the iPad multitasking or at the very least, showing more running apps per screen because right now, iOS is not taking advantage of the larger displays.

 

[JayCee842]

well this is embarassing

lol why is it embarrassing?

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And lately Apple has made nothing new or inspiring.

Their finger print thingy was inspiring, at least to me it was.

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I never believed the first rumor that split screen multitasking would be ready for wwdc.

Maybe it will come in 8.1? or iOS 9. maybe it will come out later in the fall/winter along side the new iPads

Or maybe it won't come at all...

 

[sniffies]

Unacceptable! We should be able to sue Apple for removing promised features without any notice. It negatively affects our workflow.

 

[remizart1]

it works with a jailbreak. It's called OS experience.

 

[Yebubbleman]

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The rumored split-screen multitasking feature said to be coming with iOS 8 is still a work in progress and won't be previewed at Apple's upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference, according to Brian Chen of the New York Times.

Designed for the iPad Air and possibly a larger-screened iPad to be released in the future, split-screen multitasking would allow two apps to be displayed at the same time on a single screen while in landscape mode. It might also include a feature that allows users to share information like links, images, and text between two apps.

YouTube: videoSplit-screen multitasking concept, not rumor-based​

The iPad's inability to display two apps at once is a lack that Microsoft has used to heavily advertise its Surface tablet, which does have the ability to display multiple apps on the screen at one time.

While the multitasking feature will reportedly not make its debut at WWDC, it is still slated for inclusion in iOS 8. It appears multitasking will be limited to the iPad Air at launch, and it is unclear whether the smaller Retina iPad mini and iPhone might also gain the functionality.

Article Link: Rumored Split-Screen Multitasking Feature for iOS 8 Not Ready for WWDC Preview

It is interesting that this feature is limited to the iPad Air (and presumably larger devices), especially given last year's "every inch an iPad" stance on the iPad mini.

Furthermore, I'm wondering if the delay will mean that it is a feature that will be reserved for (and thusly debuted with) the next iPad Air. As an owner of the current iPad Air, I can't say I'd be happy about this. But we'll see.

 

[StyxMaker]

So the Jailbreak community is capable of coming up with something like this but Apple can't?

Why would you assume that Apple 'can't' do this. Whether they are doing it and when it will be ready are still unknowns.

 

[OtherJesus]

Just... Quick Reply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Seriously. Is that so hard? I love my iPhone, but having to go back to the messages app to answer a message is really long in the tooth.

And what happened to the quick tweet from notification center...?

 

[dumastudetto]

He would wait, until he deemed it ready to be shown to the public.

If apple will do multitasking they will do it right.

If SJ had determined this was going to be demo'd at WWDC as a key feature, he would have worked his engineering team to the bone 24x7 to make sure it happened. Even if at the end of it he could only demo the feature in a specific way to avoid crashing, he would have strode up on stage next Monday in a position to provide some kind of demo.

 

[s15119]

Why mac? why not MacPro? with that graphics and speed you could have THOUSANDS of windows opened at the same time

Dont be foolish, iOS needs better and more usable multitasking. This current system is slow and useless.

Funny stuff. Millions of people find it useful every day. If it doesn't have the features you want, you can buy something else.

 

[chleuasme]

Multi-app view will come on the iPad Air only once Apple will switch its screen to 326 ppi at 2560x1920

 

[ksuyen]

Microsoft IS RUNNING A FULL OS . . . . so the multitasking done on the SP3 and other Windows 8 tablets isn't half-baked.

On every Samsung devices a user has the option to turn MT off, so that point is moot as well.

Apple wasn't first to a lot of things, and copied a good portion of Palm's WebOS and Android in iOS6 and iOS7, so that last part is also moot.

I guess in the end the hypothetical yet somewhat complicated approach mentioned first is okay.

Win 8 tablet interface for managing side-by-side apps is opaque, abstract, and complicated. You need to know how to do it before you can do it. There is nothing self-evident about it. If anything, it’s more abstract to manage side-by-side apps in Metro than it is in regular desktop Windows. With traditional windows on Windows and Mac OS X, you directly manipulate the window itself to move or resize it. In Metro, you need to memorize special edge gestures to enter different modes for rearranging, entering, or leaving the split-screen mode.

There has to be a better way.

 

[PadreQuevedo]

Samsung is a Nissan GTR that can't see the "cool" Mini Cooper Apple on the rear view mirror.

 

[Bensalama21]

Samsung is a Nissan GTR that can't see the "cool" Mini Cooper Apple on the rear view mirror.

Can you please explain this analogy?

 

[wikiverse]

They should go get some help from Google and Samsung, they got this done years ago

Microsoft does it better in the surface.

Everyone criticised Microsoft, but the surface pro is a far better product than the iPad. Until the latest version it had just been ugly.

But the surface pro 3 is thinner and lighter than the iPad, so I expect that apple are going to play catch-up to eliminate competitor advantages.

 

[sdz]

2-App-Screen View is very important (!)

I often just want to watch movies and browse the web side by side.

Impossible for iPad!

 

[Menneisyys2]

Now the Windows 8 people can stop making fun of iOS for alleged "bad multitasking."

Can they? It doesn't seem so - even this news item states Apple can't even demnstrate (which can be under highly controlled circumstances to avoid crashes - as was that of the first iPhone) the new feature.

Nevertheless, if you do jailbreak, you can use the excellent "OS Experience" windowing system. It's even better than Quasar was under iOS5.

 

[Steve121178]

Why type if you can just drag and drop? Select a (or multiple) text (or image, data, chart, song, video, even an app) from App 1, drag it and drop it to App 2.

Also, by reducing the memory and power consumption by half during the multitasking, it will give zero impact to battery life and operation speed.

Now, this sort of thing is what Apple good at. NOT a half-baked multitasking offered by Microsoft and Samsung. So I'd prefer Apple to take their time to make it right, rather than release it first (yeah, it works but not good enough) and claims it as FIRST while other companies copy.

This is easily the most ridiculous post I've read on MacRumors all week.

Half baked multitasking by Microsoft? I guess you are not aware that Microsoft tablets are running Windows 8.1 which is a fully fledged desktop & tablet OS that of course allows multitasking.