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iOS 6 new multitasking concept
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Tried to implement an SBSettings type thing into the space too. A swipe to the left of the media controls is some quick setting toggles. A highlighted blue means enabled, and white means disabled (like repeat and shuffle in the music app). It is a bit crap though!!
Not to mention the issues with vibrate currently a hardware option. Which would take control? Hardware or software?
I just want to open the multitasking tab another way than clicking the button twice. Maybe the button would last a little longer then.
Vibration isn't actually a hardware option, that's just to silent notifications. Vibration is actually toggled in the settings.app, so this would just be an easier way to toggle that.
Probably more useful to substitute it for something like cellular data instead though, so perhaps it was a bit of a mistake.
+1 for this. My home button is losing its sensitivity and I have to press hard on it to get it to work. Double clicking the home button is a workout... My right thumb looks like Brock Lesnar. Thumb wars anybody!?
basically what the old safari multitasking was like on iPad
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you can swipe up with four fingers for it can't you?
What do you think about having an intermediate mode for document apps?
If they can have fast and slow multi-tasking swipes then fast could be a app-switcher (and leave the current document active), and slow could still go to the app-switcher by the the time you reach the upper half of the screen but get there via the app's document switcher.
So iBooks as an example a slow multi-tasking swipe could pull back from an open book to the bookshelf view keep swiping up and the whole app starts to drop back to the open apps. Similarly Pages and other documents app would transition to the documents browser, Safari to open tabs.
Then it really would be a Task-switcher not just an app-switcher.
If they can have fast and slow multi-tasking swipes then fast could be a app-switcher (and leave the current document active), and slow could still go to the app-switcher by the the time you reach the upper half of the screen but get there via the app's document switcher.
So iBooks as an example a slow multi-tasking swipe could pull back from an open book to the bookshelf view keep swiping up and the whole app starts to drop back to the open apps. Similarly Pages and other documents app would transition to the documents browser, Safari to open tabs.
Then it really would be a Task-switcher not just an app-switcher.
That is quite a good idea, perhaps allowing an API for developers to implement that in their apps? The only problem is though is that system would cause confusion for the average user, especially since some apps would have it implemented and others not. But I like that idea and could almost be iOS's version of a back button.
Great concept. Just about solves what I always said is wrong with the current multi-tasking approach adopted by iOs; the huge waste of screen space!!!
It is a great concept. But if I may be so bold as to build upon it with an idea that was inspired by the notion of "multitasking":
(I apologize in advance for the relatively crude artwork)
We start off at the app selection screen. Which I've created my own version of for consistency purposes.
Drag over the left and it reveals....
.... A selection of little "mini apps". This includes a calculator, video window (playing whatever was last active), a Notes window, and a iMessage window. Now by either tapping the green + symbol or....
....tapping and dragging them to the right...
.... and onto one of your apps....
... they appear as a window above that app!
If this window is in the way of what you're doing you can simply tap and drag it somewhere else. You can also change the orientation of the window with a two finger twist (similar to the iPod nano). And finally when you don't need the window anymore just tap the X on the top left.
(I apologize in advance for the relatively crude artwork)
We start off at the app selection screen. Which I've created my own version of for consistency purposes.
Drag over the left and it reveals....
.... A selection of little "mini apps". This includes a calculator, video window (playing whatever was last active), a Notes window, and a iMessage window. Now by either tapping the green + symbol or....
....tapping and dragging them to the right...
.... and onto one of your apps....
... they appear as a window above that app!
If this window is in the way of what you're doing you can simply tap and drag it somewhere else. You can also change the orientation of the window with a two finger twist (similar to the iPod nano). And finally when you don't need the window anymore just tap the X on the top left.
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I believe that a company like Apple should never rest on their laurels, and just because the current method is 'good enough' doesn't mean there isn't room for improvement, that laziness would stunt innovation. The current implementation is annoying on the home button as it requires repeated presses (mine after 1 and a half years is now almost completely broken), it's boring and it provides no visual aid and is hard to reach the media controls. It also is not in line with the aesthetic on Lion and ML.
APlotdevice: that is real nice! I was rattling me head how something similar to windows 8 split view could be implemented, but that's a nice idea! Maybe also something where if you drag one app on top of another in the mission control esque window, it would automatically split the screen into two apps for multitasking purposes.
I don't really understand the fascination with the mission control style multitasking on iOS. Why is it so much better to see a thumbnail of the app as opposed to just the icon? The downside is that each app takes up way more screen space, making switching apps seemingly less efficient and people don't recognize apps by the thumbnail but by the icon. What is the upside?
I'd love it if there was a new multitasking like this for the iPhone! It's much more visually pleasing and easy to work with so why not Apple 
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Also as that one person said.. if the home screen can be an "application" too, then this would be PERFECT.
-nudgenudge- Also as that one person said.. if the home screen can be an "application" too, then this would be PERFECT.
Zephyr does this already (Cydia tweak).
You can choose whether to have the default NC activation of swiping down and bringing the NC down or swiping down to move the home screen away and reveal the NC.
You can choose whether to have the default NC activation of swiping down and bringing the NC down or swiping down to move the home screen away and reveal the NC.
A button has a certain amount of possible usage. Multitasking on iOS requires extensive use of the home button, until now.
Maybe that helps you figuring out what I meant.