I hope iPads (and iPhones) also get support for the 3rd party gaming controllers like Xbox or Playstation (like they announced for Apple tv)
They are getting it: https://www.apple.com/ios/ios-13-preview/features/
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#72As if compiling hybrid mobile apps across all platforms wasn't enough of a pain already ;)
Anyone know what this might mean for Cordova users?
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#74But no mouse support. :(
USB-C/Bluetooth Mouse and Keyboard support, including on extra screens when plugged in, would have been a killer feature. I guess Apple thought it would cannibalise Mac sales too much?
Probably worried too many apps would assume you have a mouse, so touch support would suffer from mixed-paradigm induced jank. See: the Surface. I wish they'd enable them only for remote desktop apps, though. Then I could sell my Macbook, get a Mac Mini, and remote in when I want to do desktop stuff.
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#76Why are we as developers giving this company any of our business when they've thumbed their noses at us for decades?
Everyone else's software/hardware is just that bad, so Apple can fuck around for years and switching's still a tough sell. That's why I'm still around, anyway. This WWDC looks like a move in the right direction for the first time in a while, at least.
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are already features that are available only for iPads. This only gives a name for the version that runs on iPads.
True. I am just wary of the line being drawn on the conservative side. Edit: wary not weary lol
Wary. I think the battle on this is already lost, but "weary" means tired, and is pronounced "weery"
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#78SIDECAR!!
That looks like a fantastic feature, especially due to the fact that you can use Apple Pencil to control your Mac. I wonder if that will cannibalize Wacom sales. Having used both Apple Pencil + iPad Pro and a Wacom tablet (separately), I found it real hard to draw on the Wacom table without seeing what I'm drawing under the pencil.
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
But this is functionality that normal computers can do in immediately obvious ways. Edit: “immediately obvious” was a bit strong. They can do it in ways that are significantly easier to discover.
Watch my parents use a computer and I'm confident you'll change your mind :)
Well, I suppose “obvious” is relative.
I think an interface that presents you with multiple windows by default, and then lets you drag them, is a lot more discoverable than what the iPad is doing.
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#80What's old is new again! Mac OS became Mac OS X became OS X became macOS. iPhone OS, whatever it was called on the iPod touch and iPad OS merged to be called iOS, and now there's a new iPadOS.