i like the new approach but it feels so sluggish and slow on my ipad mini 2.. Same for when you pull the search bar. It was so snappy up until ios 8! I'm on ios 9.1 beta but I doubt it's any better on the current stable 9.0 that came out 2 days ago... Is it?!
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It looks nicer, but it's less functional in various ways (as far as not seeing notification badges, as far as not seeing all the content on the preview, as far as it ending somewhat harder to stop quickly at some app in the middle of various apps, etc.).
close them all, press the home button, wait 30 seconds. then reboot. Then they don't re-appear, YMMV
You should be able to use Notification Center for that. But it is too bad they removed that for no reason really.
I hope you brought a hard hat because there's going to some trouble coming your way for that one
As for the App Switcher, another non fan here. If they wanted to change it to this then at least the 'middle' app should be at the front of the stack somehow on top of all the other cards. Maybe a bit like this
Do you confirm you can't have old favorites in the new app switcher ? I'm missing it....
I can't see any stuttering on my iPad Air....
I like it too, but I'm missing the favorites selection on top of the app switcher on my iPhone....
Yup, no favourites anymore in App Switcher. They seem to have been replaced by 'proactive' contacts on the swipe to the left Spotlight page. Now, I DO get stuttering on my iPad Air. Might try a full restore as new at some point and try it but I'm too lazy.
Yep, old discussion here...I hope you brought a hard hat because there's going to some trouble coming your way for that one
As for the App Switcher, another non fan here. If they wanted to change it to this then at least the 'middle' app should be at the front of the stack somehow on top of all the other cards. Maybe a bit like this
A lot of users here say you don't need to close unused apps, but a lot are constantly whining about apps and pages reloads.
I'm closing unused apps since the beginning and I'm fine with 1 Gb models.
I don't care what they say, I'm going to close every unused app.
It kind of works for me (usability) on the 5s, but I played with 6plus and it felt like my iPad, uncomfortable. It's eh, nope, i can't quite explain it, I prefer the iOS8 method currently more.
Since I very rarely move from my first page, it's an easy swipe to the left (wow...that sounds like I'm about to start dancing the Time Warp!). I never remembered to go to the app switcher to find my favorites. Going left seems more intuitive...at least to those of us who used previous versions of iOS where spotlight was originally to the left.
Yea
It's just not as convenient if you're NOT a front page sticker and you have maybe 10-13 of the blighters. But we'll get used to it no doubt. Then they'll change it again
It's just not as convenient if you're NOT a front page sticker and you have maybe 10-13 of the blighters. But we'll get used to it no doubt. Then they'll change it again
I beg to differ. It hides the view of previous apps when you are in the switcher.
And you are aware iOS automatically handles this? If an app you're using need more RAM than is free iOS will close apps in the background. The only reason you ever need to force quit an app is if it locks up or have some other issue requiring a full restart.
I like how it's faster now to close out multiple apps and that they appear on the left; makes more sense this way. The biggest issue I have with it is that the right side of apps are covered by what's on top. D:<
I'm pretty much with most everyone here; I dislike the new app switcher. It's buggy for me when switching back to certain apps, I almost always end up opening an app I don't want because I'm trying to stop the carousel mad spinning And I can't see all the content.
Also, I loathe that the left spotlight page is back. I really wish they'd have that as an option I can turn off.
I'm really missing the app badge notification count in there, and I wish that the carousel would continue around when it reaches the end but they'll never happen I think. But as for the spotlight page home screen left I don't mind it since they at least kept the pull down option. If they'd taken that one away again too then I'd be more peeved. Well, I didn't mind it when there was some useful info there but the "nearby" info has disappeared recently (for me at least) for some reason, which was actually useful. More so than having some news articles in there at least.
If you have the Messages app on your dock or at least home screen you should be able to see the badge on the home screen preview "card" at least. Not the same thing, but at least something that might be a bit better than switching to the app itself.