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Post by joecool1029 »

arrrg wrote: post #157
joecool1029 wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It is still impossible to change audio volume for headphones before the app begins playing. Consider this scenario: - Use iphone at max volume to power speakers (pseudo line-out) - Switch to sensitive IEM's later, attempt to change volume before starting... can't. Just changes notification volume. - Begin playing music, rupture eardrum if IEM's in. Fortunately iphone doesn't push enough current to damage the hardware…

(There is a setting in Settings that will turn off ringer volume changes with the buttons. That way you will always adjust the volume and never the ringer, no matter whether anything is playing or not. As such you can then adjust the volume of headphones without playing anything with the buttons. Works like a charm. I find that I personally never need to adjust the ringer volume once I have set it to an appropriate l…

They don't remember headphone and line out separately from the same 3.5mm port. Blackberry does, that's the point I was making.

Thanks for the tip about ringer volume though. Creates a new problem but at least it's not a problem that involves hearing damage.

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Post by sampo »

zeta0134 wrote: post #193
selectodude wrote: post #187

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The key has had the word option on it for several years now.

Aye, but on newer mac keyboards it lacks the symbol. So you have that funny symbol in the menus, and you're supposed to divine (you're a new user, remember) that it means "option" with no visual similarity.

> on newer mac keyboards it lacks the symbol.

Only on American keyboards, apparently.

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Post by afarrell »

andrewla wrote: post #24

Looks like Apple is doubling down on at least two features that really seem like duds -- 3D Touch (which as far as I can tell nobody even knows exists), and Siri (which everyone raves about but nobody uses for anything). I'd love to see UX improvements around minor inconveniences of the iOS experience: - what the hell the volume button does in different contexts (sometimes it changes the ringer, other times the in-ap…

> turn off buzzing and booping when I plug in the charger

This is super helpful because I don't need to look at the screen to check that it is charging. I hope it stays.

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Post by RotsiserMho »

emehrkay wrote: post #170
throwanem wrote: post #117

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> I still have no idea what the option key is for It's for "⌥". Yes, that's not ideal, and it's a striking UX failure on Apple's part that the keycap says "option" while the menu says ⌥ - all the more striking given Apple's generally well deserved reputation for getting that kind of thing right. Same goes for control and ^ - granted, Unices have represented Control as ^ since forever, but part of the appeal of a Mac…

After reading your message, it just clicked to me that the option symbol could be a fork in the road.

The low road at that. Nice catch.

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Post by rimantas »

epynonymous wrote: post #175

is it just me or has apple really lost its advantage with the departure of steve jobs, i mean johnny ives is still there, but they seem to be doing a mediocre job, dont get me wrong, i really liked the new macbook when it came out, and i own an apple watch (more of a fashion accessory more than anything else), but maps, siri, music, photos, etc seem like minor increments. blow me away apple like hou did with the firs…

Jobs was there when iOS was in infancy. Now it is a mature platform. I don't get this constant "entertain me" whine.

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Post by rimantas »

sdegutis wrote: post #36

Apple used to be about quality products. They would ignore the demands of shareholders, who are always wrong and never actually understand what customers want. Now they're a generic computer company like Compaq and Gateway. Shareholders are running their business into the ground, and they're making terrible products, from head to toe.

So what's so horrible about iPhone? Crappy build quality? Subpar camera? Nonexistant battery life? Performance is shit compared to cometition?

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Post by stock_toaster »

BinaryIdiot wrote: post #151
prrrnd wrote: post #15

Am i the only one thinking that Steve Jobs would have refused most of the things that were introduced this morning? Apple sure has changed over the years.

Steve was fantastic at saying no. He said no to the app store multiple times. He said no to almost everything that ended up being Apple staples. I'm not sure it's fair to give him so much credit.

Didn't Jobs also approve of that leatherette skeuomorphic nonsense in the old Notes app, and the weird bookshelf thing in ibooks? Nobody is perfect.

[1]: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/photo-jun-...

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Post by piyush_soni »

sidcool wrote: post #11
clord wrote: post #9

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... but done with proper consideration for privacy.

Indeed!! No doubt. The engineering effort to do all the computations locally on device is monumental.

And no one knows what effect those 'monumental calculations' will have on the battery. Paranoia kept apart, doing them on the cloud makes more sense IMO.

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Post by adamors »

partiallypro wrote: post #68
orbitur wrote: post #8

Holy moly, Apple is very aware of the competing chat apps. iMessage looks amazing and they packed a lot of features in there, but I wonder how they're going to make it all easily discoverable.

Really? I felt the presentation of iMessage was embarrassingly trying to seem hip. The only thing I didn't find to be annoying bloat was the ability to tap and "like" a message. Really cuts down on messages like "great" and "ok." Otherwise it honestly felt like Yahoo Messenger from 2005 in level of bloat, where you could "buzz" people and shake their windows. People use things that aren't iMessage, not because of fea…

I have an iPhone but most of my friends don't. I don't even remember the last time I opened up iMessage. This update won't change that.
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