what about people that lose fingers in oil field accidents and knife fights!!!!! I guess they can't use os4.3~~~
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Video of New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3
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what about people that lose fingers in oil field accidents and knife fights!!!!! I guess they can't use os4.3~~~
Use the home button
People in wheel chairs cant mosh at a concerts, should bands stop playing rock shows?
I think this looks freaking nice. Can't wait to try it out! Makes me wonder what else is coming down the pipe from Apple!
Last I counted there are as many as 3 other buttons. No need for the home button at all.
It looks nice and convenient, but if it can't be turned off, it destroys one of the main features of the iPad that appealed to me: for multiplayer/family gaming (i.e. playing with 3-4 people on one device)
If it can't be turned off, there goes games like Multipong, Party Quiz, and tons of other 4-player games that I purchased. :/
If it can't be turned off, there goes games like Multipong, Party Quiz, and tons of other 4-player games that I purchased. :/
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Maybe it is smart enough to not affect those applications. Then again, it might not be.
I would love a no home button iphone. But if someone is handicapped with 3 or 4 fingers. That would open this up to potential lawsuit no?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvxSSGUtTYA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEivxDY82bw
One of the most interesting new features found in iOS 4.3 is the introduction of four and five finger gestures for the iPad.
The above video shows the user four-finger swiping from left/right to switch between multitasking apps. Meanwhile pinching with 4 or 5 fingers can return you to the home screen, which potentially removes the need for a physical home button.
Article Link: Video of New Multi-Touch Gestures on iPad iOS 4.3
This is where I think WebOS and PlayBook OS have iOS beat. The use of the bezel to initiate system wide functions keeps this from being a problem by insuring a clean separation of system from application without physical buttons.
Seeing as that article was posted after my comment, no I had not seen it.
I think a home button on the side would be usable. I find that I try to navigate my iPod one-handed, and have to bust out my second hand if I'm watching something. (Yes, that sounds lazy, I know...) If the button were on the side, it would mean (for me, at least) not having to move my whole hand to return to the home screen.
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No. You can't. Expired 4.2 beta on your iPad? Want to put 3.x back on? Sorry, tough luck. I know this for a fact, from first-hand personal experience.
Um, no. It's not preserved. It's little more than an animation to open or close an album. It does not actually rotate the photo.
So you can use 5 fingers to exit the software and go back to the Desktop? Mmm I don't think so...
Personally, I think the new gestures are cool and welcome but I would rather keep the home button... From a User Experience it makes sense that the (physical) home button do just that... Exit and back to the Home screen and most importantly, shutting down the device, just like a Power button and any other device. A mix between iOS control gestures and App only gestures sounds confusing.
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About time
About time! My Home button sometimes doesn't respond. Maybe it has been overused. I have suggested the use of gestures for Task Switching and Home screen access... Finally!
About time! My Home button sometimes doesn't respond. Maybe it has been overused. I have suggested the use of gestures for Task Switching and Home screen access... Finally!
Don't have an iPad? Why are you even posting? Use one for a little while and then make this statement. My guess is, you wouldn't.
This is very cool most of the time, the only problem I see is that now these gestures are unavailable to developers for use in their own apps. Even if it's possible to override the system gestures, it'd probably be unwise to do so because it creates confusion.
Before this multi-tasking news, I envisioned a gesture where you can pull the multi-tasking tray bar almost all the way to the top to reveal the bottom section with the fabric background. Top section can be all apps, bottom section can be widgets or whatever. Alternatively, they could also pull the top bar strip down.
um, do you know what the word current means? when 3.x was the most current you could. same now. if i upgraded to 4.3 beta i can downgrade to 4.2.1 right now no prob.
loaded up the beta on my iPad (64-3G), registered in xCode, gesture option works perfect
Now for the actual gestures, on my iPad they're extremely buggy, the app "shoots" back to the previous app. Example: In mail, swipe right to goto settings, it shows settings for a second, then shoots back to mail. it'll eventually work if you keep swiping, but its not as smooth for me like it is in the videos
Ya, I'm having the same issues. Pulling up the dock and closing apps works pretty well, but the app switching is really buggy. My iPad does the same thing you are describing and also has locked up on me a few times. Of course this is a beta, but you would think that they would at least of made sure it sorta works.