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iPhone App Switch in 9.2

miknos

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I was switching apps in the new iOS 9.2 and I realized an improvement. Now it goes from one app and stops. Now you can switch to a different app with more precision.

Nice!
 
It's a change to how it works with Reduced Motion enabled (basically the motion has been reduced in that area as well).
 
miknos said:
I was switching apps in the new iOS 9.2 and I realized an improvement. Now it goes from one app and stops. Now you can switch to a different app with more precision.

Nice!
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I get more blank pages w/9.2 before it would be just 1.
 
Haven't noticed without reduced motion enabled. Before I would do a swipe and It'll jump many apps. And I had to carefully stop one card and press twice so I could switch an app. Now it is more precise. I think it's an improvement.

EDIT: BeeGood described precisely what I think.
 
BeeGood said:
I think this is definitely an improvement. Before, I would often switch to the wrong app because of the way it scrolls. Now it's smoother and easier to pick the app you're looking for. Great improvement.
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Hehe :) Its diffently a switcher to get used to :)
 
miknos said:
Haven't noticed without reduced motion enabled. Before I would do a swipe and It'll jump many apps. And I had to carefully stop one card and press twice so I could switch an app. Now it is more precise. I think it's an improvement.

EDIT: BeeGood described precisely what I think.
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It have a little iOS 7 switcher to it, because of the speed swiping through apps imo :)
 
BeeGood said:
I think this is definitely an improvement. Before, I would often switch to the wrong app because of the way it scrolls. Now it's smoother and easier to pick the app you're looking for. Great improvement.
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That's certainly an upside. A potential downside is that it requires more (deliberate/individual) swipes to get through different apps.
 
C DM said:
That's certainly an upside. A potential downside is that it requires more (deliberate/individual) swipes to get through different apps.
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True, but that's not an issue for me. When I'm multitasking, it's generally only between a couple of apps at a time, back and forth (say, if I'm reading something and taking notes in OneNote).
 
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One other potential downside is that you don't see the app icon and name at the top of the next and/or previous app (or basically any other apps) aside from the one that you are viewing at the time as you swipe through app cards.
 
Since updating to iOS 9.2, the multitasking app switcher feels rough like switching in steps unlike in 9.1 where it was quite fluid. Anyone else noticed this?
 
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gaanee said:
Since updating to iOS 9.2, the multitasking app switcher feels rough like switching in steps unlike in 9.1 where it was quite fluid. Anyone else noticed this?
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One of the first things I've noticed. Browsing through the multitasking screen one app at a time isn't gonna cut it. This is pretty rough
 
Yes, it is. But now I find it easier to navigate to a specific app. Before it was kind of messy and hit and miss.
 
I got advice from another user. If you have Reduce Motion on, it does this. If you switch it off, it goes back to how it was
 
With Reduced Motion Off, it's as in 9.1, but then you get those app opening closing animations. That was the reason to switch it off in the first place.
scapegoat81 said:
I got advice from another user. If you have Reduce Motion on, it does this. If you switch it off, it goes back to how it was
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With the new app switcher being so jagged, it feels like it's unnaturally stopping on the app, If you have more apps open and want to switch, now it feels like scrubbing on the screen.

This new effect feels like out of place, everwhere else on iOS you have nice smooth rubber-band effect and then suddenly on app switcher you have drag-drag-drag.

marvz said:
Yes, it is. But now I find it easier to navigate to a specific app. Before it was kind of messy and hit and miss.
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gaanee said:
With Reduced Motion Off, it's as in 9.1, but then you get those app opening closing animations. That was the reason to switch it off in the first place.


With the new app switcher being so jagged, it feels like it's unnaturally stopping on the app, If you have more apps open and want to switch, now it feels like scrubbing on the screen.

This new effect feels like out of place, everwhere else on iOS you have nice smooth rubber-band effect and then suddenly on app switcher you have drag-drag-drag.
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I agree. I like how they're trying to keep consistency in the Settings but this def feels out of place.
 
This app switcher Reduce motion should be decoupled from app opening/closing animation.
The new app switcher feels out of place since there is no smooth scrolling and rubber band effect present everywhere in iOS. They can make it visually smooth and still jump to next app.

C DM said:
It's a change to how it works with Reduced Motion enabled (basically the motion has been reduced in that area as well).
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I have reduced motion OFF, and i think that it works great (much better than 9.1). I can flip through apps one at a time or swipe through several, before it stops. Best of both worlds IMO.
 
I don't like reduce motion, but I like the app switcher from reduce motion. I wish I could have the 1-by-1 app switcher without reduce motion enabled. I hate the current app switcher.
 
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