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Post by saagarjha »

moolcool wrote: post #167
aikah wrote: post #97

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I'd argue while the UX is questionable (panning the page right to left while the user scroll down), the website loads pretty fast, which is a good thing, and the scrolling is smooth. The page also weights less than 14 MB. Here is an example of horrible UX plus horrible loading time plus janky scrolling brought you by Google. 60 seconds after the page was open the content of the top of the page was still not done load…

>less than 14 MB It's kind of crazy to me that even that's considered low

It’s mostly high-res images, so I think that might be OK in this case.

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Post by wlesieutre »

jaegerpicker wrote: post #179
unrealhoang wrote: post #166

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Yes, my wildest dream is that they will release XCode with developer's tools (i.e. compilers), my laptop will be gone that exact second.

ditto if I could use Xcode on the iPad Pro I'd almost never use my MacBook Pro. That may be why it hasn't happed yet as many of us probably feel that way.

>That may be why it hasn't happed yet as many of us probably feel that way.

I don't know about that; one of Apple's hallmarks is that they aren't afraid to compete with their own products. Some companies would have said "We can't make the tablet into a powerful computer, it would cut into notebook sales.

Especially with the USB-C change, these iPads are a serious competitor to Apple's laptops for pretty much anyone except developers. In a lot of ways they're better. Just not for programming because the software is still too sandboxed.

Here's hoping that Xcode shows up.

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Post by wilsonnb3 »

lechiffre10 wrote: post #37

Swiping all the way down the screen to unlock with FaceID is going to be a big burden on the Ipad Pro. Less of a burden on the iPhone series for obvious reasons but really? Why not let people swipe up anywhere on the screen to unlock FaceID.

Agreed. I’ve gotten somewhat used to it now, but I preferred the old gestures from iOS 11 on the iPad over the new iPhone X style gestures in iOS 12.

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Post by jclardy »

jaegerpicker wrote: post #179
unrealhoang wrote: post #166

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Yes, my wildest dream is that they will release XCode with developer's tools (i.e. compilers), my laptop will be gone that exact second.

ditto if I could use Xcode on the iPad Pro I'd almost never use my MacBook Pro. That may be why it hasn't happed yet as many of us probably feel that way.

Same here. Especially with the new hardware from this year. Apple puts a ton of engineering into these new iOS devices, a little sad that the Mac lines don't really get the same treatment.

I feel we are insanely close to this reality though. We have large enough displays now (even on the small one), external display support, external keyboard support and USB-C so we can actually plug in an iPhone into the iPad itself (Though this could have been skirted with the advent of wireless debugging support in Xcode. I'd still rather have the wire though.) Only thing I really want is some kind of trackpad or trackpad replacement. Or even just mouse support and I'll drop one in my bag.

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Post by throwaway413 »

ValentineC wrote: post #177
throwaway413 wrote: post #168

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I just don't understand why they would release all-new phones literally 2 months ago with Lightning ports, but then release iPads with USB-C. Makes no sense, especially with how they market the X-family as "future-proof". Clearly they aren't. They should have gone with USB-C all around.

It's likely that Lightning connectors will be used for phones and other devices where "slimness" is important, since the Lightning connector is thinner. USB-C will likely be a thing on "pro" devices where users are expected to create more than consume, and because USB-C can interface with more hardware.

Then they need to start shipping iPhones with Lightning to USB-C cables and swap out the port on the wall chargers. There needs to be some bridge between the two categories of devices that they currently are not providing.

This should come in the box with every iPhone: https://www.apple.com/shop/product/MQGJ2AM/A/usb-c-to-lightn...

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Post by akhilcacharya »

davemp wrote: post #161
reustle wrote: post #147

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Do iPads support mouse (trackpads) yet? That would be huge.

Nope. Apple would need to do a pretty decent amount of work on iOS to support desktop like behavior. I'm not sure if there's much sales incentive either. Which is a shame because Apple got where it is by pushing the best possible user experiences. Not blind sales maximization.

Am I going crazy? Didn't they support mice pointers when the iPad originally launched?

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Post by wilsonnb3 »

jaegerpicker wrote: post #151
mschaef wrote: post #84

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> I love my iPad Pro so much, Why? What is your use case? (Genuinely curious.)

I use it for nearly everything, it's simply the most convenient and fast computer device I own and I have far too many. Examples: -- Art: Apple pencil and procreate are the best drawing platform on the market IMO, clips studio on iPad is really close. I'm not a professional but I have tried and owned Wacom's (including cintques) and a Microsoft surface book. The iPad pro's screen and drawing experience is far better…

You should look into Korg Gadget, it’s my favorite music creation app for the iPad.

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Post by saagarjha »

OskarS wrote: post #138
r0fl wrote: post #107

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It was a 3gig PSD file. That is pretty impressive.

No! It's not! Not in 2018! You only think it's impressive because you're used to UI's being total fucking shit! That's why it's an indictment of the software industry! I'm not saying it's not hard: it is hard. Programming is hard. Making sure you're not occupying the UI thread for more than 16 milliseconds per frame is sometimes a challenge. You have to use all sorts of scary stuff like "concurrency" and "threads" an…

Again, the demo was performing some very impressive operations on the images in real time, not just making sure the UI was responsive.

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Post by tromp »

ghostly_s wrote: post #109
DiabloD3 wrote: post #81

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Yeah, no ugly "chin". Problem is, the iPhone X family got rid of the chin... but have the dreaded notch, and not even the mostly acceptable teardrop everyone else standardized on. At least the iPad Pro adopted chinless and also notchless design. First time in years Apple has made a product that isn't weirdly ugly.

"mostly acceptable teardrop everyone else standardized on."?

far from everyone, but prominent examples are the OnePlus 6T and the Huawei Mate-20:

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/r_LNpJOd0ao/maxresdefault.jpg

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