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It's a portable second screen that is thin, has a 10+ hour battery life, can open documents + websites. It's the dream! You can code on your mac, while reading
by areoform 5y ago
It's a portable second screen that is thin, has a 10+ hour battery life, can open documents + websites. It's the dream!
You can code on your mac, while reading documentation / keeping an eye on your email on the iPad propped up next to you from any café in the world.
- fxtentacle 5y agoBut can you really context switch between programming and a totally unrelated email without destroying your code quality? I mean this as a genuine question because I work single screen and I typically also need headphones to get in the zone.
- hughrr 5y agoWith practice yes. I still manage to write decent code while being hammered on slack constantly.
- vinay427 5y agoThis sounds like a use case better suited to Sidecar to use the iPad as an external display. I’m not sure I see how it benefits very much from the additional Universal Control features, but having never used it I’m quite open to being wrong.
- saagarjha 5y agoSidecar is basically AirPlay mirroring, with the lag and quality degradation that entails.