I thought it was just me after updating kid's iPad mini (5th gen). and opening a folder from the dock. Saw the same thing.
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Stage Manager Criticized as 'Poorly Tested' Feature With 'Plethora of Bugs' Still Unfixed as iPadOS 16 Released
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Because touch OS's are fundamentally different from mouse OS's, and doing both means not doing either one well. Apple's right on this point, they just aren't executing well.
Stage Manager is amazing on iPad Pro. Haven't tested it yet on Mac but I love the feature. Many of you guys just like to hear yourselves complain.
On the Mac at least, I don't find it buggy. But I just don't see the point.
Can someone who loves this feature describe how they use it to good effect?
Can someone who loves this feature describe how they use it to good effect?
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Eventually you have to figure they’ll give iPadOS a windowed UI like the Mac has had for 30 years. Why don’t they do it now?
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Who remembers this? Working simultaneously using 3-4 windows!
I just tried Stage Manager on my M1 Air earlier today after upgrading to Ventura. I have to say, I'm not impressed. I can't see how this could possibly improve my workflow. It basically just takes up screen real estate for nothing.
Perhaps it's more useful on a more limited iPad, but I do not have a supported model.
Perhaps it's more useful on a more limited iPad, but I do not have a supported model.
I had to disable it after giving it a try in Ventura. I don't know if it's just the multiple monitors or what but I had windows jumping all over the place when recalled and sometimes I could even recall a window group. I think with time it could be a nice feature but it does feel very buggy and half-baked right now.
I'm struggling to find a need for it on MacOS. What problems does it solve, or help with?
It also feels janky, windows jumping around.
The loss of real estate isn't great either. That must be worse on an iPad.
It's telling that Apple disabled it by default.
It also feels janky, windows jumping around.
The loss of real estate isn't great either. That must be worse on an iPad.
It's telling that Apple disabled it by default.
Was very disappointed to find out yesterday that external display support isn't functioning.
I was looking forward to leaving my 16" MBP at the office most nights and just getting small work tasks done on the iPad. To date, that hasn't really been possible since my work flow is a lot of multi window use at any one time. I thought Stage Manager would be enough to get me by with my iPP at night, but alas, it still doesn't work.
I was looking forward to leaving my 16" MBP at the office most nights and just getting small work tasks done on the iPad. To date, that hasn't really been possible since my work flow is a lot of multi window use at any one time. I thought Stage Manager would be enough to get me by with my iPP at night, but alas, it still doesn't work.
i’d like to ask two questions…
#1: where on earth is your source for this? Because I’ve been searching, and… Nothing.
#2: why would you even think this slightly to be true? Software development is software development, no matter where it’s taking place
I want to add that I was looking forward to this feature but I only lasted a day.
It seems messy. The tab bar on the left takes up a good chunk of screen space and rearranging windows seems buggy.
What a bummer. But at least we can uh, pause a YouTube video to extract text from it..🤷♂️
It seems messy. The tab bar on the left takes up a good chunk of screen space and rearranging windows seems buggy.
What a bummer. But at least we can uh, pause a YouTube video to extract text from it..🤷♂️
Apple had it right with the spaces grid. Ever since they killed off the spaces grid it's all been bad. All of it. Stage manager is just the next iteration of bad window management.
It is super buggy on iPad but I can see how it could be useful. On Mac it's slightly less buggy but also less useful. I like having a better place to minimize apps, but it's just so inconsistent. It's hard to figure out how to get things where I want them and have them stay there.
While there seem To be rough edges, he’s trying to use it too much as a mac …it’s not a mac. He should just use a mac. Other videos I’ve seen stage manager looks not as buggy as he makes it. A lot of his problems stem from using a keyboard. Which apple needs to fix. But iPad is a touch first device
This are examples of gaps in the apple experience. My first couple of iPhones are their software were solid, no bugs, no crashing apps, no keyboards getting stuck mid screen, etc. The robust and stability of their software is greatly lacking the past few versions. Less focus on TV shows and more focus on what products people are actually wanting to buy from them.
I guess I'm the only one enjoying stage manager on iPad. It's pretty neat to be able to group running apps by focus and seamlessly switch around. Sizing them to your liking is not too bad either. All of it on my old iPad Pro. Sure, saw a bug here and there but I'm sure it'll get fixed.
I like it how Apple is trying to come up with a multitasking paradigm without the shackles of the desktop. Not that there's anything wrong with desktop, we've had that forever, but SM allows to put running apps in containers that don't get messed up if you move things around.
I like it how Apple is trying to come up with a multitasking paradigm without the shackles of the desktop. Not that there's anything wrong with desktop, we've had that forever, but SM allows to put running apps in containers that don't get messed up if you move things around.
All I wanted was external monitor support on the iPad so I could throw apps up on a bigger screen. That’s MIA though. I’ve already got a weird bug where the dock vanished from the app cluster. Also why doesn’t clicking on the wallpaper at the edge of the screen bring the springboard up? I have to swipe up to get back to it, really unintuitive to have half a desktop paradigm and forget the desktop part. All the apps selected cluster together in a way that’s totally unknown until you click on them again. It’s like someone designed a macOS clone having only heard it described it over the phone.
Rant over
I feel Apple should have kept this one in the oven until iPadOS 17.
Rant over
I feel Apple should have kept this one in the oven until iPadOS 17.
Wow!
Just wow.
First, “ it’s because software development at Apple is now overseas so it sucks.”
Then, “it’s those lazy bums doing software development (software development, literally working on a computer all day) that’s the reason for the bugs. If only they were working on that *exact same* computer, but in an office, it would be just absolutely perfect.
Now it’s because they care about “purple hair” whatever that means, instead of actual software development qualifications.
So… which is it?
Or, is it simply a feature that was a good idea, that got rushed out before it was ready. Just like dozens of features before it. Just like dozens of OS updates over the past several decades, made everywhere around the world, by people of all different hair colors, in all sorts of buildings.
stage manager - the most overhyped feature that is not that good to begin with.
Its amazing how little progress we get in software these days.
Its amazing how little progress we get in software these days.
Buggy software tends to happen in your pajamas