I stand corrected. So, I'll rephrase: Why must the return to home screen bar be visible at all times, except for on the home screen itself?
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iPad Pro Brand New Ipad Pro - Black Bar At Bottom Of Screen?!
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It's not just a "return to home screen bar", though.
If you drag upwards from the bottom of the screen part-way you get to the multitasking view.
If you swipe sideways along the bottom of the screen you can quickly swap between apps.
Notably both of these things also work on the home screen despite there being no visual cue, but clearly showing the bar there would be justified from a functionality standpoint.
So, how come Apple has deemed it unnecessary to show the bar on the home screen, when it is otherwise seemingly indispensable?
I wouldn't know, and I don't really have interest in guessing.
As you mentioned, since the gestures work even without the Home bar, it’s not required for functionality.
I already sent feedback request to Apple regarding an option to hide the bar around a year ago (when I first got the 2021 Pro). Maybe I should send another one again…
Yes, I suppose that is what we are left to do, to guess. There is nothing obvious about it.
Fine. No need to shout.
So you clearly have no idea how iOS apps work, do you?
I was replying to someone saying it's up to app devs to decide.
The question here is: do you believe that some dev can come up with an app that is basically a 1x1 pixel always on screen set up to never show the bar?
If the answer is yes, you clearly have no idea how iOS apps work.
As I mentioned earlier in post #44, the white or black navigation bar does not appear during full screen video. Full screen photos in the photo app don't show the line either. Also does not appear on home screen. Besides that, I have two apps that it does not appear on. So apparently devs can make the bar not show, but more importantly.....Apple could provide an on and off for it.
Homescreen..........YouTube................VLC.....................White Noise App.....Nightstand
Homescreen..........YouTube................VLC.....................White Noise App.....Nightstand
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Did the same thing and returned my iPad Pro 11 after two days because of this. Hated the the Home Bar Line instantly and was shocked to learn it couldn’t be removed, so went back to my old iPad Pro 10.5 where everything works the same but with no fugly/distractive line at the bottom. Many apps are not programmed to hide the line (like the Economist and F1TV) and hence it becomes an eye sore and completely kills the immersiveness of content in apps. Besides, it shouldn’t be a developer responsibility to circumvent this; the Ui/UX should get out of the way when not needed.
Not giving us an accessibility option to remove it is pure stubbornness from Apple side. Let me be equally stubborn.
No, it does appear during full screen video unless it has been explicitly coded by devs to go away. Why put that burden to the devs? Why not let the desktop/homepage UX get out of its way in apps.
Examples from F1TV and Economist on iPhone (bar just looks bigger and thicker on an iPad - but can’t show it here as I have returned it and stuck with my iPad 10.5 where everything’s looks clean).
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This nails it 👆 Coming from a devise with no home bar line makes upgrading to a new no-button iPad Pro such a huge step back in user experience.
I just felt for that amount of money a UI shouldn’t be marred by something so intrusive. And to not give an option to disable just blew my mind. They didn’t have the foresight to think some consumers may have a problem with it? I’ve just purchased a 2021 9th Gen 10.2 before they bring out the 2022 version. I read somewhere that it’s losing the home button. So it too will no doubt have the dreaded bar.
Bless your hearts, but anyone who returns expensive electronics because of a gray toothpick at the*bottom* of the screen needs to take Fluvox. (I should know because I once tried returning an iPad 3 because its maiden Retina Display showed blue links as purple. I kid you not: )
Is this what Apple calls one of their “Intelligent” features ? If so, let’s not anticipate anymore. I’m irate.
I honestly don’t know why it bothers me so much, but it does… and along the same lines, the curved white handle in the corner of windows when using stage manager bothers me in the same way. It just doesn’t need to be there. It’s an annoying visual detail, that may serve a purpose to teach people how to use the interface, but after that it is simply visual noise. I guess what bothers me more fundamentally is the paternalistic refusal to give us the option to hide it. Apple is treating its users like children who need training wheels at all times.
It’s not so bad in light mode where most of the time it’s a dull grey. But in dark mode, it is often the brightest element on most apps/pages, a glaring white bar constantly attracting attention. Especially on the M4s, with the OLED displays that make black truly black
It’s not so bad in light mode where most of the time it’s a dull grey. But in dark mode, it is often the brightest element on most apps/pages, a glaring white bar constantly attracting attention. Especially on the M4s, with the OLED displays that make black truly black
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