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iOS 11 reviewed

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Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by pier25 »

DigitalJack wrote: post #119
pier25 wrote: post #113

One of the most annoying things in iOS is not being able to change your wifi network from the control center. Apparently this hasn't been fixed in iOS 11. At least it seems we can now add a quick access button to Settings.

That's interesting. You do that a lot? What's this about a quick access to settings? That's something I've wanted forever, but I don't see a way to add it?

I do it a couple of times every day.

As for the quick access you can customize control center in the Settings app. It doesn't make much sense to me that you can't access that customization directly from control center, but Apple works in mysterious ways.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

rayiner wrote: post #52

iOS 11 running on the new iPad Pro is pretty awesome. Its incredibly responsive, and the combination of Files and the task bar make it possible to get real work done. (Surprisingly, even without a keyboard--I've almost gotten to be able to type with my thumbs without looking.)

It's not so hot on an A7 iPad. Just reading and responding to a text message (in the old notification mode, not even the side docking) grinds the CPU badly. I'd recommend that iPad Air 1 and Mini 2 users stay in the past, and start saving for new hardware.

I hear that A7 iPhone 5S performance is just dandy, though.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by JustSomeNobody »

24gttghh wrote: post #115
JustSomeNobody wrote: post #102

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But, it's only one extra motion to force click settings, select wifi and toggle wifi off vs swipe up to control panel and click the wifi. I like the new wifi toggle because iPhones are AP sticky usually.

Except if you have the SE there is no force-touch and you are still forced into the main settings menu. I turn off the WiFi when driving or doing outdoors stuff because I don't want the battery to drain searching for a network for 6 hours...

I was not aware that wifi on the SE was that battery inefficient.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by DigitalJack »

pier25 wrote: post #131
DigitalJack wrote: post #119

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That's interesting. You do that a lot? What's this about a quick access to settings? That's something I've wanted forever, but I don't see a way to add it?

I do it a couple of times every day. As for the quick access you can customize control center in the Settings app. It doesn't make much sense to me that you can't access that customization directly from control center, but Apple works in mysterious ways.

I think I misunderstood. I thought you were saying there was a way to add a link to the settings app to the control center. In other words, having a button in control center to open settings.

I go there enough I wish there was a fast access to it.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by dep_b »

kawsper wrote: post #13

There is one thing I hope they that they fix in iOS, and that is to guide app-makers to understand bilingual users, I type a lot on both danish and english, and having to switch language in the keyboard for every conversation can get pretty tiresome. Luckily both iMessage and WhatsApp seems to support it now, so I hope they somehow can get other apps in on it. Telegram does not support this :/

It actually works with the native keyboard between Spanish and English but not between Dutch and Spanish or English. I just start typing in English while it's on Spanish and after one or two words it will autocorrect in English and vice versa. I guess Danish and Dutch are too niche at the moment.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by dep_b »

renaudg wrote: post #73
kawsper wrote: post #13

There is one thing I hope they that they fix in iOS, and that is to guide app-makers to understand bilingual users, I type a lot on both danish and english, and having to switch language in the keyboard for every conversation can get pretty tiresome. Luckily both iMessage and WhatsApp seems to support it now, so I hope they somehow can get other apps in on it. Telegram does not support this :/

Bilingual user here. I think predictive typing is a keyboard issue, not an app issue, and the iOS keyboard has been smart enough to use dictionaries in both languages without switching since iOS 9 or 10.

Not every language.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by dep_b »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #132
rayiner wrote: post #52

iOS 11 running on the new iPad Pro is pretty awesome. Its incredibly responsive, and the combination of Files and the task bar make it possible to get real work done. (Surprisingly, even without a keyboard--I've almost gotten to be able to type with my thumbs without looking.)

It's not so hot on an A7 iPad. Just reading and responding to a text message (in the old notification mode, not even the side docking) grinds the CPU badly. I'd recommend that iPad Air 1 and Mini 2 users stay in the past, and start saving for new hardware. I hear that A7 iPhone 5S performance is just dandy, though.

I have a beta on the Mini 2. Didn't update yet to the GM beta. Seeing a ton of glitches and stutters but it's a beta from two months ago. Battery life is abysmal as well. I'm waiting for the official release to see how it goes. It's not really bad once inside apps. I expect it to work a bit better, if not I'll reinstall clean.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by bernadus_edwin »

fasquoika wrote: post #107
sgift wrote: post #58

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Your comment reminds me of a time when the same was said about Microsoft. It will be interesting to see when/if Apple falls the same way MS did.

>if Apple falls the same way MS did Are we thinking of the same MS?

Ms only fall on mobile platform. Desktop app has good backward compartibility. Because of politic inside microsoft, every version of mobile platform has different language. Wp6.5 wp7 wp 7.1 wp8 win10 . 5 times must change the source code make developer escape to android. Microsoft at that era was untrusted

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by lnanek2 »

CJefferson wrote: post #88
ohfouroneone wrote: post #15

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It's not that games from 2009 don't run, only games that haven't been updated since 2009 don't run. All a developer needs to do is recompile and push an update.

I made a game in 2009, it was quite popular, got a bunch of positive reviews, I gave it away for free. I had to keep giving Apple £100/year just to let people keep downloading the game for free. At some point I tried recompiling it for a newer iOS, and I get hundreds of message about depricated APIs that I had to change to get it accepted by Apple. Instead I let it drop. I can't even put a copy online for people to d…

I don't mind fixing it up if you still want to publish it. Put it on github and post a link to the thread? Or you can email me at lnanek at gmail. I need an app store account for my own apps anyway.

Re: iOS 11 reviewed

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Post by [deleted] »

Lutia wrote: post #78
013a wrote: post #46

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To be fair; HEIC and HEVC are industry standards. If browsers don't support them, that's on the browser.

An industry standard nobody wants to use in the industry is not a standard, it's a 'tentative' one at best. Simply put, the patent groups behind HEVC got so greedy, far more than they had been with h264, that this thing is pretty much dead on arrival. The only consumer facing company that's still pushing for it is Apple. Everyone else has joined an alliance to come up with a replacement open codec, AV-1, which includ…

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