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iOS 11 turns the iPad into a different machine

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Post by kartan »

tylerpachal wrote: post #80
FussyZeus wrote: post #72

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Speaking as someone using 11 on an iPad Pro 12.5", I would take this (and will be taking this) over my Surface Pro 3. The screen is amazing, the new multitasking features are great, the battery life even on the beta destroys the Surface, I could keep going on but really this is a very laptop replacing device, for me. As usual YMMV, but seriously this can cover probably 90% of what I use my laptop for in a mobile sett…

Perhaps a work phone and a personal phone?

Yes. :)

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Post by walterbell »

0xCMP wrote: post #158
walterbell wrote: post #153

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For tracking concepts while learning, this is a fun app, but no Mac version: http://www.mindscopeapp.com

Wow that really is a cool app. Awesome concept/implementation. Thanks for showing me that. I wish there were better lists of these kinds of apps.

Yep, I only discovered it from a comment by the author in an HN thread. It can export as OPML, might work with org-opml.

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Post by eric_cc »

jlarocco wrote: post #110
eric_cc wrote: post #108

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> Even the smartest and most technically capable people I know are confused by 3D Touch I think you may need to find yourself a new crowd to roll with. 3D Touch becomes pretty intuitive after just a few hours of playing with a 3D Touch enabled device. It especially shines on the Apple Watch but it's also fantastic on the iPhone. Sadly, it's missing from iPad.

If I have to play with it for a few hours before it makes sense, then it's too complicated and confusing. I have better things to do than train myself to use a phone.

It takes 1 second to make sense. It takes a few hours before you form a new habit and it's second nature.

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Post by rarepostinlurkr »

seanwilson wrote: post #155
zimpenfish wrote: post #143

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This surely depends on how the author has packaged the app - I've installed 3 apps recently which came as `.pkg` files that popped up a "Installing this app" dialog (and then offered to put the `.pkg` in the trash when they was done.) Other apps come as a DMG which launches an installer; some are just DMGs with files to drag to Applications.

I'm confused why Apple hasn't pushed for a simple default installer that most downloaded apps use then. It adds to user confusion as well when installers behave differently.

Like installing from some kind of store or someplace that sells software and provides a standard way to install/update/remove. Oh well.

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Post by thirdsun »

blowski wrote: post #147
thirdsun wrote: post #137

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> A lot of apps that I still use but haven't been updated in years broke because they're not 64 bit. While your other points are valid for a beta OS, this one can't really be used as criticism towards Apple. You can't blame them for developers that abandone their apps.

Apple has more resources to build a 32-bit emulator, compared to the resources of a developer who released a small but useful app 8 years ago but now needs it to be 64 bit.

And I'd argue that those resources wouldn't be spent very effectively or worthwhile in that case.

How many apps are so niche and specific that there won't be a replacement? I'd guess that rarely happens.

Re: iOS 11 turns the iPad into a different machine

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Post by thirdsun »

wor3q wrote: post #142
thirdsun wrote: post #136

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So, I guess you also hate zip files too? You didn't double click the app icon - you double clicked the container that contains the app you are about to open or move/install to your apps folder. I think the drag and drop approach to installing apps is as easy as it gets.

And this awkwardness is why windows apps have installers instead of being distributed in zip files. Double click -> click install, way easier than dragging anything anywhere

Frankly, I prefer the ability to install and, almost more importantly, uninstall apps via drag and drop. I understand, it depends on the software, but installers that have the potential to install all kinds of services and files in other places just feel less...clean. It often feels like an unnecessary deep intervention.

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Post by Doctor_Fegg »

rhencke wrote: post #102
Doctor_Fegg wrote: post #84

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Very much. Having Tetris and MacWrite Pro open simultaneously would cause a bomb, every time. It genuinely did wonders for my productivity. I remember System 7.1 most for its purity of interface. Everything from 7.5 onwards seemed to be bolting on more bells and whistles in a faintly uncoordinated fashion, and OS X has continued that. 7.0/7.1 were simple, efficient and fast. Much of the featuritis in the last 25 year…

If you hide the toolbar in the OS X finder, you can get Spatial Finder back (!). When the toolbar is hidden, double-clicking folders springs them open to new windows, and folder windows remember their position after closing them. If you turn on the Status Bar, when the toolbar is hidden, it hops up to the top of the window. Just like the old days. sniff

Yep, I hide the toolbar all the time. But OS X has a habit of bringing it back randomly, often when you open a folder you've not visited before, or when you insert a removable volume. I wish there were a defaults switch I could use to kill it forever.
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