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If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by asteiger »

Turing_Machine wrote: post #443
chrisweekly wrote: post #438

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I'm probably missing context (skimmed comments quickly on phone after a long day), but just in case it helps: on iOS, swipe straight down from the very top to access Notification Center. IME, on iOS, it's a reliable way to access them.

Thanks --- I did know about that. For whatever reason, though, that doesn't appear to reliably bring back all notifications, only some of them. While I definitely could be wrong, I'm just about 100% certain that I've had notifications come and go that aren't to be found in the Notification Center afterward.

In the notifications settings/preferences, on a per-app basis, you can set whether notifications are displayed to allow banners, badges, and sounds. And you can turn on/off whether the notification posts to the lock screen, or stay in the notification center (swipe down on iOS, click the clock in the menu bar on OSX)

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by denimnerd42 »

philg_jr wrote: post #259
noneeeed wrote: post #231

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The current UX of notifications is terrible . After months of using it I still don't understand the mental model. A notification comes up, I hover and wait for the cross to appear and click it. But then some time later I unlock my machine or something happens and apparantly all my notifications are still there for some reason and I have to clear them again, only this time they are in groups and I have to clear multip…

As a new iOS user, this is the #1 thing that makes me want to sell my 12 Mini and go back to vanilla Android. Notifications are a total mess in iOS.

i think lack of application open selection is worse. like there’s no way to get a 3rd party reddit app to open on a browser link

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by Anunayj »

BenoitEssiambre wrote: post #147
arthur_sav wrote: post #73

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I wish we had more options though. Between Windows and Apple there's no other real competition. Linux is cool and all... but not user friendly (not even Ubuntu)

I don't understand this attitude. I spend countless hours trying to keep my wife's work computers working. Getting windows to connect to a printer is a frequent ordeal and fixes seem to always be ephemeral, things soon breaking again. Her Macs are not as bad but still have lots of hiccups. Meanwhile I've been on Ubuntu for more than a decade and as far as I can remember, for example, printing consists of printer just…

I too have had quite an awesome experience with Linux on older devices, everything just works, Many things are actually better than Windows, Unfortunately I feel like there is still a lack of software available on linux. Yes there are alternatives for everything usually, but things like microsoft office would make a great addition.

I would say in some instances driver support is actually better, I had this old logitech wireless keyboard and mouse lying around which worked quite well, unfortunately they came with this older version of unifying receiver which the current version of their official software refused to recognize (on windows, no official linux support). I was having trouble finding a older version of the software too. Somehow I ended up trying to use Solarr [1] (which is made for Linux) and it worked first try.

[1] https://github.com/pwr-Solaar/Solaar

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by Tsiklon »

denimnerd42 wrote: post #452
philg_jr wrote: post #259

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As a new iOS user, this is the #1 thing that makes me want to sell my 12 Mini and go back to vanilla Android. Notifications are a total mess in iOS.

i think lack of application open selection is worse. like there’s no way to get a 3rd party reddit app to open on a browser link

Apollo has a safari extension that will auto open Reddit links in Apollo.

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by russelldjimmy »

acdha wrote: post #357
WalterBright wrote: post #328

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I don't use my iphone for email because I get 200-300 emails per day, and there's no way to mass delete the inbox. I have to select-delete for every email.

You can drag down with two fingers held apart to select the messages. I use that fairly often, especially with search results. It's still not as fast as having a select-all button but does give you a chance to notice that not all of the messages are the same.

Wow. I didn’t know this. Thank you for sharing!

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by redler »

WalterBright wrote: post #447
acdha wrote: post #440

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It might be the tap-then-drag delay — I've been using this process for a few years so I know it works but I haven't seen it documented anywhere by Apple so I'm probably using different terminology. https://www.idownloadblog.com/2019/12/02/two-finger-tap-ipho...

That didn't work, either :-( The whole screen just scrolls.

What works for me is to not attempt to time it at all. Simply place two fingers directly on a message. Leave them there. Wait a second, then start sliding down. The message list should immediately shift to the right, exposing selection "circles" at the left edge of each message. As you continue sliding downward, each circle you "pass" will become selected. You can continue holding as you reach the bottom of the screen to keep the selection going. If you overshoot the end of the area you want to delete, you can slide back up to unselect a few rows before releasing. This works in both Mail and Messages.

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Post by 3np »

laurent92 wrote: post #323
noneeeed wrote: post #231

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The current UX of notifications is terrible . After months of using it I still don't understand the mental model. A notification comes up, I hover and wait for the cross to appear and click it. But then some time later I unlock my machine or something happens and apparantly all my notifications are still there for some reason and I have to clear them again, only this time they are in groups and I have to clear multip…

The new generation (some young employees/interns) are awesome about notifications. I arrive on their screen and tell them they have a notification pending. And then they showed me: They ignore them. Red dot? Ignore. Blinking red dot jumping in the docker? They live with it. They say macOS is terrible because it has red dots, sometimes worse than Windows. One is colorblind which helps, but really, they got used to Win…

A whole generation damaged by data-abuse-consent banners.

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Post by acdha »

russelldjimmy wrote: post #456
acdha wrote: post #357

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You can drag down with two fingers held apart to select the messages. I use that fairly often, especially with search results. It's still not as fast as having a select-all button but does give you a chance to notice that not all of the messages are the same.

Wow. I didn’t know this. Thank you for sharing!

You’re welcome — I had the same reaction seeing a video a couple of years ago. Best kept secret…

Re: If Apple keeps letting its software slip, the next big thing won’t matter

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Post by germinalphrase »

nixpulvis wrote: post #314

My favorite example of this was how, just after quitting my job on the iPhone hardware team, I needed to buy a new phone. So I went to the local Apple store back home in Colorado and got myself a shiny new iPhone X. It didn't take long for the winter to start rolling in and the outside temperature to start to drop. I suddenly began to notice that my fingers weren't registering on the touchscreen anymore, even with wa…

I felt this way about purchasing Airpod Pros in Minnesota. Clearly, no one ever thought to try these with gloves on.
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