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Congratulations. I'd love to only carry an iPad as it's < 1/2 the weight of a Macbook Air and it appears to be faster (runs Shadertoy shaders faster). Unfortun
by greggman3 7y ago
Congratulations. I'd love to only carry an iPad as it's < 1/2 the weight of a Macbook Air and it appears to be faster (runs Shadertoy shaders faster).
Unfortunately even simple things I find infuriating like trying to select text with my fingers.
Trying to multitask while planning a vacation/business trip and trying to flip between note taking, 4 hotel sites, 3 airline sites, airbnb, and multiple instances of google maps (oh right, only allowed one map view on iOS and one AirBnB view) ...
Shopping online I find similar, it's so much easier to compare items on a desktop ATM with 12+ tabs open and some split in into separate windows.
The majority of tasks I do require multi-tasking and often seeing 2-3 apps at once.
Even trying to write replies on HN is almost always infuriating, especially if I want to grab some links to paste into the reply, but also if I see a typo and try to use my fingers to move the cursor to the place to edit.
Maybe it's a learned skill or maybe I just use computers differently but I'm always fascinated and somewhat jealous of people like you that some how manage to avoid all that frustration on an iPad.
- Wowfunhappy 7y ago> and multiple instances of google maps (oh right, only allowed one map view on iOS and one AirBnB view) ... I'm not too experienced with this but I'm 99% sure this is in fact something you can do in the latest version of iPadOS. You can have three apps on screen at once too. The problem is that the gesture system for doing so requires too much effort versus just using a laptop with multiple windows.
- dkersten 7y agoYes, you can have two apps side by side and a third floating app.