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Top Five Calculator Tips for iPhone
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I don’t have a specific example, but in general, macOS handles larger equations/expressions than iOS. Or at least that’s my perception of it. It seems like the iOS spotlight search stops offering calculation results once you reach a certain length, or I’m entering some sort of expression or character that iOS doesn’t realize fits the description for a calculation.
Then again, it could definitely just be me.
If you can’t calculate a tip, you probably can’t afford to eat out, or own an iPhone and Apple Watch.
Is it just me or was this interface “easier” to use in that the buttons were larger and more “discernible” for quick comprehension, while the current flat-design smaller circular buttons with less-distinctive (more minimalistic) coloring differentiating groups of buttons seem less ”easy/quick” to use?
As far as some of these “hidden” esoteric calculator tips that can only be found by random chance or purposeful (time-wasting) hunting, guessing, or googling, at least they’re consistent with iOS7-iOS13’s “minimum of help and interface affordances to the user” mantra!
As far as some of these “hidden” esoteric calculator tips that can only be found by random chance or purposeful (time-wasting) hunting, guessing, or googling, at least they’re consistent with iOS7-iOS13’s “minimum of help and interface affordances to the user” mantra!
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For RPN on mac, I use the built-in calculator of macOS. You can switch it to RPN. For simple calculations, it works just fine.
For iPad, I use PCalc. It's of course much too big to use it full-screen, but you can use it on top of other screens by swiping it in from the right. In that mode, it works just great. The only disadvantage is that it doesn't show the stack, only the bottom (X) value.
For iPad, I use PCalc. It's of course much too big to use it full-screen, but you can use it on top of other screens by swiping it in from the right. In that mode, it works just great. The only disadvantage is that it doesn't show the stack, only the bottom (X) value.
That is some calculation! Curious if it means something. BTW... your battery is running low 😉
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FWIW, I’m still happy with my HP12C on my iPhone.
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True.
Apple should know better. I've never touched the Apple Calculators and installed a decent RPN Calc like i41CX or WP31S as soon as they where released.
Same holds true for MacOS.
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Which says a lot about engineering excellence at Apple nowadays.
my watch doesn't have the tip button... it's the percentage instead. scrolling dims the screen. must be country specific?
Pcalc - been using it since before there was an iPhone. Provides what scientists need to get things done. Available on iPhone and iPad.
I think it's odd that on an iPhone you have a high-resolution, full-color touch display and the calculator app is mimicking a calculator design from the 70s that was mostly built around the limitation of having a 7 segment LCD for displaying numbers only. It would be so easy to just actually display the full calculation you are attempting to perform in mathematical notation, so you can actually check whether you typed in everything correctly etc. They literally already implemented something like that in their (strangely little-known) Grapher app on macOS.