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eh, I think it is fine, maybe even necessary. iOS was looking a bit odd with the release of iPhone X as you now started having splintering at least initially (

by jsgo 7y ago

eh, I think it is fine, maybe even necessary. iOS was looking a bit odd with the release of iPhone X as you now started having splintering at least initially (I'm not sure when it happened, but my older iPad started getting iPhone X-esque swipe down gestures for command center and notifications which was a nice touch). iPadOS looks to be iOS with extra add in features and it was kind of needed if they're going for the PC replacement angle now. I'm glad that my new iPad is getting (has, via beta) mouse support. I don't see any value in my iPhone X having it though (unless there were some kind of meaningful reason for docking), so it'd seem to be bloat at that point.

Wowfunhappy 7y ago
I thought both iPhone and iPad had mouse support now? And, it’s tucked away in the accessibility menu, so clearly not intended for general use, at least for now.
- jsgo 7y ago
  It may be part of iOS 13 proper, I was just giving it as an example of a newer feature that makes sense with a larger screen like an iPad whereas maybe not as much with a (relatively) small screen like the iPhone. Regardless, iPadOS is shaping up to be the latest iOS release with some extra features that maybe don't make sense on iPhone (at least until they prove great in iPadOS and there's a push by users to include it in iPhone as well). It'll most likely get anything that iOS/iPhone gets but then has its own so they rebrand it as a new OS (seems iOS+ or something denoting they're inherently the same would be more helpful). Having iPad's home screen grid be limited to the number of icons the way it did was apparently keeping it in parity with iOS/iPhone. Allowing that aspect to be "extended" by iPadOS to include docking the notification widgets/Today View on the primary home screen (wish it could stay for all home screens, but I digress) is a net gain.

by jsgo 7y ago

Wowfunhappy 7y ago

I thought both iPhone and iPad had mouse support now? And, it’s tucked away in the accessibility menu, so clearly not intended for general use, at least for now.

jsgo 7y ago
It may be part of iOS 13 proper, I was just giving it as an example of a newer feature that makes sense with a larger screen like an iPad whereas maybe not as much with a (relatively) small screen like the iPhone. Regardless, iPadOS is shaping up to be the latest iOS release with some extra features that maybe don't make sense on iPhone (at least until they prove great in iPadOS and there's a push by users to include it in iPhone as well). It'll most likely get anything that iOS/iPhone gets but then has its own so they rebrand it as a new OS (seems iOS+ or something denoting they're inherently the same would be more helpful). Having iPad's home screen grid be limited to the number of icons the way it did was apparently keeping it in parity with iOS/iPhone. Allowing that aspect to be "extended" by iPadOS to include docking the notification widgets/Today View on the primary home screen (wish it could stay for all home screens, but I digress) is a net gain.