Mobile OSs iOS can never change. That's why it's boring.

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I don't think the task switching in iOS is that bad actually, I'm happy with it and prefer it over Androids task switcher. But the inexcusable missing feature in iOS is multi window support. It's less important on the iphone since it's such a small screen, but on the iphone 5 it makes a tiny bit more sense. On the ipad it makes a ton of sense and iOS is lagging behind its competitors, Windows has it, and at least the Note has it as well and I'll bet Google is looking into it as a feature.

Why do you find a double tap of a physically button then a generic icon better then a single button press displaying a preview of where you left off in that app?

Android task switch is far superior in every way IMO.

 

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Why do you find a double tap of a physically button then a generic icon better then a single button press displaying a preview of where you left off in that app?

Android task switch is far superior in every way IMO.

I just don't see the difference in action. A double tap takes about as long as single long tap, and I kind of feel I have more control with a double tap. Maybe I'm just used to it and in reality the are both pretty equal. What I don't love about Android is having to flip up and down, my eyes just see the running programs a bit easier in iOS. Once again just semantics as they both seem to be valid methods, but I'm just used to 3 years of iOS that's all.

I'm assuming Android has multiple ways to scroll through open programs? There are so many variants and fragmentation that we may be speaking about different methods, that's one of the weakness of Android. If you can post screen shots maybe that would help the thought process, as I'm thinking of the last Android phone I've used which is the Note 2 I just bought a couple of days ago.