I dont know where the release notes are. Is the home button delay listed there?
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Calculator app is unusable
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It’s high enough priority that they gave it a redesign for iPhone in iOS 11... which inadvertently introduced a few bugs. I wish it was actually so low priority they left it as it was!
By the way, another thing which feels a bit buggy about the calculator app is the hit boundary between the zero and the decimal buttons. I accept this could just be particular to me and my thumb, but it’s a big reason I personally wish they left it as it was: tapping on the edge of the zero - a part which feels firmly on zero to me - often registers as a decimal. Interested in what others think about this. It reminds me of the frequent accidental dots entered into safari searches...
This coupled with the operator button lag and many sums just come out as nonsense unless I force myself to tap slowly and carefully.
Came here to post this!! Just been complaining to my friend about it
I looked back at the post you referenced. I still don't follow your logic, sorry. I'm not attacking you, just trying to understand why you seem to be twisting in knots to defend a serious programming flub in a calculator, of all things (an app which I imagine is indeed used by most "typical consumers").
Not sure what there is not to understand, it's all laid it pretty clearly in the post I linked.
Even the home button delay can be fixed in an afternoon by editing the timer!
That assumes, almost certainly incorrectly, that it is regarded as broken. We’ve been over this many, many times at this stage.
Maybe anyone who uses a calculator to add or subtract many numbers ?
Raised it in the feedback app in an early 11.0 beta. Apple got back and asked if it had been fixed and to raise another if it hadn’t. I replied and raised another. Also raised a separate bug about the hit target for zero being small and decimals coming out instead.
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Just try to calculate anything that needs more than couple of tapping... it goes wrong all the time when the app just doesnt recognize you pressed +-*/
And Im sure you will notice it if using the app.
I was doing some more testing and I can replicate the bug easily almost 100% of the time when using the + sign at least 3 times and 2 of the operands have single or double digits, for example :
1 + 2 + 3 = 24
123 + 9 + 6 = 219
33 + 66 + 99 = 6732
For operands with more than 3 digits it's harder to replicate. But for the above examples, it's very easy to trigger the issue even typing normally.
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Under normal use I never noticed this. However using your examples I can force the issue.
Just laying the phone down and using two fingers to do 1 + 1 + 1 + 1 at pace that I dont feel is unreasonably fast I can easily replicate the issue.
For those that type into the calc at a fast pace I could see this being a major issue for them. This is something that definitely needs to be addressed.
It’s most definitely unusable on iPad
Lol very true.
I find it incredibly annoying there is no native calculator app for the iPad (most definitely unusable). Being used to the native app on the iPhone its hard to find a iPad calc app (free or paid) that mimics the look and sounds of the native iPhone app.
EDIT: CalcMadeEasy is/was my app of choice however now that Apple rounded the buttons it doesn't "match" quite as well. However it does offer split screen and overlay options so it works great with multitasking.
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Launch Apple Calc and type fast 1+2+3
Previous iOS's don't exhibit this slugbug, nor does PCalc
After years of Apple fanboyism, I'm really getting slowly disappointed in the magic of Apple
Everything just seems halfass lately, but certainly, not as halfass as other companies. Other companies do things quarterass.
Previous iOS's don't exhibit this slugbug, nor does PCalc
After years of Apple fanboyism, I'm really getting slowly disappointed in the magic of Apple
Everything just seems halfass lately, but certainly, not as halfass as other companies. Other companies do things quarterass.
You can certainly pay $999 to fix the home button delay. No big deal.
I'm sorry, but I am noticing the bug on iOS 10.3.1 on my 7+. If I go a little quicker than normal - really, a little, I'm not even rushing the taps - the problem occurs. I tried the same - and higher speed - on a third party app on my 9.7 iPad Pro with iOS 9.3.4 and it was flawless even at higher speeds.