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The current app-switching tech in iOS 10 is mostly unusable for multitasking because they animate it into some kind of bullshit coverflow control that looks pre

The current app-switching tech in iOS 10 is mostly unusable for multitasking because they animate it into some kind of bullshit coverflow control that looks pretty but is slow and has every app you've ever started on the ipad to page through. Is it any snappier/easier to use now? Can you do the whole 'I'll just switch over to the other app to copy something and switch back' in a second or two yet? Even the weird 'you can use this app on the side' multitasking tech they've had for a while has been slow as hell and doesn't solve the copy/paste problem.

blowski 9y ago
It's hard to say, as the apps have to support it, and not many of them do yet. But the Dock felt like a really intrusive gimmick - it looks like macOS, but doesn't work like it at all. I agree that the current 'slide in from the right and find the app you want' method to be hard work. But the new one is trying to shoehorn the desktop experience into a tablet, and it fails miserably from what I've seen so far.
mcintyre1994 9y ago
4 finger swipe left/right is the best option on iOS 10 imo - it's about as good as the 3d touch swipe on iPhone.
- CamperBob2 9y ago
  And this is discoverable how?
  - mcintyre1994 9y ago
    Well obviously you go into settings, then general, then multitasking even though it's not really multitasking, and then you notice that under the gestures on/off slider thing there's a description of the 4/5 finger gestures. Btw the others are pinch to home screen and swipe up to app switcher. I only knew about the swipe left/right one .. I think I probably saw it on an advert maybe? I have no idea how you're supposed to discover it.
- canuckintime 9y ago
  3D touch swipe for switching apps is removed in iOS11
  - mcintyre1994 9y ago
    Seriously? That's the best use of it.. Is there a replacement?
- dgfgfdagasdfgfa 9y ago
  WTF is a 3d touch swipe. How is this feature hidden behind a gesture? I'm irrationally angry this is so hard to find.
  - mcintyre1994 9y ago
    3d touch on the far left of the iPhone, and it'll go into the app switcher. If you swipe fast to the right you'll switch straight to the next app. Again, no idea how you're meant to discover it.

blowski 9y ago

It's hard to say, as the apps have to support it, and not many of them do yet. But the Dock felt like a really intrusive gimmick - it looks like macOS, but doesn't work like it at all. I agree that the current 'slide in from the right and find the app you want' method to be hard work. But the new one is trying to shoehorn the desktop experience into a tablet, and it fails miserably from what I've seen so far.

mcintyre1994 9y ago

4 finger swipe left/right is the best option on iOS 10 imo - it's about as good as the 3d touch swipe on iPhone.

CamperBob2 9y ago
And this is discoverable how?
- mcintyre1994 9y ago
  Well obviously you go into settings, then general, then multitasking even though it's not really multitasking, and then you notice that under the gestures on/off slider thing there's a description of the 4/5 finger gestures. Btw the others are pinch to home screen and swipe up to app switcher. I only knew about the swipe left/right one .. I think I probably saw it on an advert maybe? I have no idea how you're supposed to discover it.
canuckintime 9y ago
3D touch swipe for switching apps is removed in iOS11
- mcintyre1994 9y ago
  Seriously? That's the best use of it.. Is there a replacement?
dgfgfdagasdfgfa 9y ago
WTF is a 3d touch swipe. How is this feature hidden behind a gesture? I'm irrationally angry this is so hard to find.
- mcintyre1994 9y ago
  3d touch on the far left of the iPhone, and it'll go into the app switcher. If you swipe fast to the right you'll switch straight to the next app. Again, no idea how you're meant to discover it.