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Who's disappointed with iOS 5?

Benjy91 said:
I for one would like to have an email widget on my homescreen, or just have a notification of an email on my homescreen. Just who it's from etc.

So I could see if I have email, 1 button press. For me to check email right now, 1 button press, 1 swipe to unlock, 10 taps for my password, 1 tap on email.
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I agree about the emails that this is something which is needed, but no widget is required as this is exactly what the new notifications system will do!

There are already solutions which do this albeit using the very limited popup notifications... I use Pushmail to get alerts when new emails arrive
 
Meanee said:
I actually find that "flash is evil, because....." arguments here are because "Steve told us so"

People refuse to do their own fact checking. Flash runs great on my evo, that has single core processor, and is not very battery hungry. I certainly can't wait for apple and adobe to kiss and make up, so I can finally get flash on iPad.
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This will never ever happen. Even if it is an improvement. Ever.
 
Meanee said:
People refuse to do their own fact checking. Flash runs great on my evo, that has single core processor.
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I have a phone with faster CPU (Samsung Galaxy S, and yes with XDA ROM) and now a dualcore tablet (RIM PlayBook) Both choke terribly when any Flash site of substance is being used. For simple game, low-mid quality movie playback or a bare bone animation they are OK, but I don't see any particular need to use Flash for those tasks.

I personally think the new iOS looks very promising but much more so because of the APIs being added. The devs should come up with something cool to do. And the promise of seamless syncing on apps - not just file storage - will make my life a lot easier, especially the photo stream.
 
I was amazed by everything Apple announced. At one point I thought I was dreaming :)

The only disappointment for me, was the rumor about Time Capsule acting as a "Dropbox"-type-app for your entire computer. I'd love to have a real-time backup of my computer. I currently have Dropbox mirror my Desktop, Documents, and Development folders. Works perfectly.
 
i see bigger changes for the iphone not so much for the ipad.

yes the iMessenger is nice but really wanted a new interface.

i think the ipad has way too much screen real estate to be a grid system
 
MonkeySee.... said:
As far as predictions go i think this is pretty safe. Apple won't hold their hands up and say they are/were wrong. Not a chance in hell.
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We'll see what the future holds. Research indicates Flash has not seen any significant declines in use since iOS was released, every single other computer, smartphone and tablet OS/manufacturer embraces Flash, and Flash is actively working on improving its product which is already very stable and works well with devices. I cannot predict the future, I can only guess based on the facts that are in front of me. We'll agree to disagree.
 
radiogoober said:
I was amazed by everything Apple announced. At one point I thought I was dreaming :)

The only disappointment for me, was the rumor about Time Capsule acting as a "Dropbox"-type-app for your entire computer. I'd love to have a real-time backup of my computer. I currently have Dropbox mirror my Desktop, Documents, and Development folders. Works perfectly.
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Really?

What's revolutionary? What major thing does it change about IPad?

Is there flash support? Major interface changes? Wiglets? Multi tasking in thecsame window? Improved folders?
 
fertilized-egg said:
I have a phone with faster CPU (Samsung Galaxy S, and yes with XDA ROM) and now a dualcore tablet (RIM PlayBook) Both choke terribly when any Flash site of substance is being used. For simple game, low-mid quality movie playback or a bare bone animation they are OK, but I don't see any particular need to use Flash for those tasks.
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be careful that you're not comparing apples to oranges. the Playbook is not an android tablet, the Samsung Galaxy 10.1 is.

for flash support/performance, the current status quo seems to be in descending order:

1) Android - performance and battery life is very good (when optimized by the manufacturer)
2) Playbook - performance is decent, battery life takes a small hit
3) Ipad - no support

i have not seen a lot of problems reported by Playbook users regarding major Flash performance issues, either on credited reviews or by some fellow forummers...one such thread is below.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1160788/
 
gadget123 said:
Really?

What's revolutionary? What major thing does it change about IPad?

Is there flash support? Major interface changes? Wiglets? Multi tasking in thecsame window? Improved folders?
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-Flash support
-Revolutionary

Choose 1
 
spinedoc77 said:
We'll see what the future holds. Research indicates Flash has not seen any significant declines in use since iOS was released, every single other computer, smartphone and tablet OS/manufacturer embraces Flash, and Flash is actively working on improving its product which is already very stable and works well with devices. I cannot predict the future, I can only guess based on the facts that are in front of me. We'll agree to disagree.
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gadget123 said:
Really?

What's revolutionary? What major thing does it change about IPad?

Is there flash support? Major interface changes? Wiglets? Multi tasking in thecsame window? Improved folders?
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I'm glad there's NOT Flash support. To me, that is partly revolutionary. Instead of embracing decade-old crap technology, Apple chose to say "Nah, we don't think Flash is part of the future" and went ahead without it. Honestly, what do you need flash for? Streaming video? Not needed. Crappy website intros / interfaces? Good riddance. Games? Garbage.
 
radiogoober said:
I'm glad there's NOT Flash support. To me, that is partly revolutionary. Instead of embracing decade-old crap technology, Apple chose to say "Nah, we don't think Flash is part of the future" and went ahead without it. Honestly, what do you need flash for? Streaming video? Not needed. Crappy website intros / interfaces? Good riddance. Games? Garbage.
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No, it was mre like "I'm pissed off at Adobe, soil going to user of my products from being able to have full accessto the Internet." while jumping up and down like a little brat.
 
bufffilm said:
i have not seen a lot of problems reported by Playbook users regarding major Flash performance issues, either on credited reviews or by some fellow forummers...one such thread is below.

https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/1160788/
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And you'll notice my posting in that thread, pointing out a specific usage where PlayBook just doesn't fare all that well even though it has been claimed that the PlayBook has a better Flash implementation than Android - and it terms of speed it seems true to a certain extent.

This will derail the thread so I won't go on too much, but I have both my Android phone and PlayBook right next to me as I type it, and tell you that the reason you don't see too many Flash problems on these devices reported is simple: users' expectation and usage pattern are mostly kept to watching SD Flash movies, for which both devices do an adequate job although even that's not all that smooth at times. Watching HTML5 video on iPad is a far better experience than Flash videos on either PlayBook or the Android phone.
 
Reddkryten said:
For those that want flash, iSwifter seems to do a really nice job.
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I've been using iswifter, it's really a bad solution but nonetheless a solution. It seems to drop the connection quite often and it is sometimes slow to load. They did improve it though with this last update. The one thing I miss in iswifter is it doesn't automatically full screen flash video.
 
Ok tried it.

Awful awful awful.

Horrible ads, text is all funny, extremely slow, keeps wanting me to buy subscriptions, BBC site won't work for me, only browse so much without a subscription.

One of the worst apps I have ever seen. :mad:
 
Overall i like iOS5 but i was expecting it to have 3 more features
1.improved and live multitasking
2.live wallpapers(not a big deal but still)
3.Widgets
 
Forgive me, because I am not a programmer or web designer by any means, but can HTML 5 do embedded games the way Flash can? I always thought the REAL reason Apple didn't want Flash was because it would take money away from the app store--if you can play a Flash version of Bejeweled online, why buy it from the app store? Am I wrong here? I know virtually nothing about the ins and outs of HTML 5.
 
My only disappointment is to have to wait until fall to get the software (which last time Apple said Fall was November when they released 4.2 for the iPad) It's too much time.
 
spiderman0616 said:
Forgive me, because I am not a programmer or web designer by any means, but can HTML 5 do embedded games the way Flash can? I always thought the REAL reason Apple didn't want Flash was because it would take money away from the app store--if you can play a Flash version of Bejeweled online, why buy it from the app store? Am I wrong here? I know virtually nothing about the ins and outs of HTML 5.
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From what I understand, and I will admit I'm no expert here on this.

HTML5 can do animations/games, although I'm not sure if it can do as much as Flash.

However, I did read that it took a bucket load of coding in HTML5 to do what a couple of simple lines of Flash code could do.
Also I have seen a few demo's that showed Flash to run a lot faster than HTML5 for this type of work.

In my own tests, playing back 1080p video from YouTube on my PC. The HTML5 version of the video took a lot more CPU power to play than the Flash version did.

These are the types of reasons I can't hate flash as it appears to run faster, uses less CPU power and easier to code than HTML5

Seems crazy to want to move to something that's worse in all those categories.

If you can some up with something newer than Flash that can do all that Flash can do, quicker, Using less power, and easier to code, then sure I'm all for it. But we seem to be moving backwards just due to some people personal issues which is sad.
 
spiderman0616 said:
Forgive me, because I am not a programmer or web designer by any means, but can HTML 5 do embedded games the way Flash can? I always thought the REAL reason Apple didn't want Flash was because it would take money away from the app store--if you can play a Flash version of Bejeweled online, why buy it from the app store? Am I wrong here? I know virtually nothing about the ins and outs of HTML 5.
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Piggie's post is pretty spot on.

The main problem with flash are lazy and bad programmers. A good coded site doesn't crash your machine or make your fans spin up.

Although Apple can take some of the blame as well. Flash on a Windows PC doesn't have nearly the issues it does for OSX.
 
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