For me the Scribble thing is very interesting. Just chilling with the ipad on the bed makes using the onscreen keyboard kinda awkward, I never got used to the mini swipe version and a separate keyboard is a pain (mines just a separate BT keyboard for desk use). Can’t downplay just how handy being able to grab the pencil and write in a text field will be, a quick safari search for example. I think it will be a huge feature for me.
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All iPads Lack Lustre iPad OS 14 !
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Scribble is a huge change. You can use just the Apple Pencil and the iPad if you are not typing long texts. I hated the experience of using the keyboard to type on the text field while I am holding my pencil. You can finally just bring an iPad and an Apple pencil and nothing else when you are out and about.
The idea that you can do 95% of your work not only with an iPad, but an iPad without a hardware keyboard is a new future. It brings you closer to going back to pen and paper.
The idea that you can do 95% of your work not only with an iPad, but an iPad without a hardware keyboard is a new future. It brings you closer to going back to pen and paper.
Well considering the entire development team has been working from home for the past 3 months...
I’m guessing there were features that would have likely made iOS/iPadOS 14 this year, that couldn’t get polished enough in the final stages due to COVID and were ultimately punted to either later this year, or iPadOS 15.
I’m guessing there were features that would have likely made iOS/iPadOS 14 this year, that couldn’t get polished enough in the final stages due to COVID and were ultimately punted to either later this year, or iPadOS 15.
Just not going to happen. Apple doesn't want you sharing devices. They want you buying multiple devices.
Yeah, they may think iPhone/iPad are personal devices, versus Apple TV and HomePod.
Plus.... one iPad with multiple Apple IDs attached to it sounds like a mess.
From another sub form, apparently iPadOS 14 introduces support for mouse and keyboard input within video games. I feel that is fairly huge, yet unannounced. I suspect more details, such as this, will arise in the coming months.
the handwriting improvements alone is big news for me. I used to have Samsung tablets and that is the feature I missed most. Makes one using the pencil all the time. No need for 3rd party handwriting inputs anymore. Thats incredible.
Why? They could handle it similar to Macs. Only issue is storage. While you can buy iPads with up to 1TB, the entry level 32GB for the base iPad is just too small to share.
iPads already have multiple user support for education (granted server-based with roaming profiles afaik). Android has supported multiple profiles since Ice Cream Sandwich or Jelly Bean, iirc.
I'd love to have it to keep separate personal and work profiles. Guest support would be nice, too.
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Thanks! I have poor vision so typos are too common, the pencil in any text field is brilliant.
I'll have to pull out my Pencil again. I haven't been using it much. Part of the reason is actually just because it's not attached to my iPad Pro 10.5.
And why the Apple TV, the HomePod and the Mac have multiuser support? I’m sure it’s coming to the iPad next year.
I am not too sure about this
. I am leading Software Development team and we have been working from home for 3 months too. We release new version for customers every 7 weeks (so far more often than say Apple) and trust me we had no issues. We were not any less productive than when we work in the office. Is it different - yes? Did it affect our planning - no? Whatever capacity we had working in the office, we had the same working from home and whatever we had planned to deliver we delivered (and even on top of it for all the unpredictable things).I honestly do not think that Apple had planned something more for iPadOS this year. I do think that their focus was the transition of Macs to ARM and iOS itself (which was lackluster last year) and not so much on iPadOS. Not surprising to me to be honest. iPadOS has its moment last year.
Ok....so since your software developers experienced no slow down from the stay at home orders, that MUST mean the massive iOS division (that likely spans the globe) at Apple must have had the same experience you did? I think it’s safer to assume that there were some projects that didn’t meet the wwdc deadline than to say, “my company experienced no slow down, therefore Apple didn’t either.” But we can agree to disagree.I am not too sure about this
I honestly do not think that Apple had planned something more for iPadOS this year. I do think that their focus was the transition of Macs to ARM and iOS itself (which was lackluster last year) and not so much on iPadOS. Not surprising to me to be honest. iPadOS has its moment last year.
No need to react so strongly. What I said is that I see no technical reason for a Software team to get slower because they work from home. Hardware team? Yes. Software team is another topic. We work on computers anyway and we can do our meetings in Teams/Slack/any other platform and not be face to face. We also need to collaborate anyway and to push our code into repository. Honestly the easiest to work from home is for Software Developers. Like I choose that sort of job because I knew that it can allow me to work from home.
I am honestly more impressed that they pulled off ARM macbook during quarantine as this does require working with hardware and having such setup at home is harder than to think that COVID affected iPadOS features.
I have also worked for a Software Company before and I agree with @secretk working remotely or from home is no barrier for a Software Team as they can remotely develop their codes and they all can dump it into the repository for the final delivery. I do not think in my best gut feeling, that this would have restrained Apple from not giving out more. Apple is one entity which is like a Parallel Government. If they want to they will definitely implement it no matter what the Odds are. It is a Typical American Company. No Mercy and Compromises when it comes to work. At the same a British Company is a different ball game All Fun & Frolic at the same time doing some work lol ! But an American Firm Nope ! Worked for both hence can say about the work culture
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Working remotely has been very common in the software industry for many years, and it's especially common on very large projects. It's just not an issue in this industry.
You can’t expect big improvements every year. Last year was big this year nothing really.
This keynote was all about the iPhone features
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Yep smart business decision and for most sharing is not idea IMO
Because those are room based devices and not really personal devices. Besides it would make no sense to require people to buy multiple Apple TV’s to potentially use in the same room. I’m not saying I agree or disagree but apple wants you buying multiple iPhones and iPads. Not sharing.
I really wouldn’t call the ‘scribble’ feature nothing. I haven’t tried it, granted, but it sounds like it’s going to be great if like me, you always have the pencil at hand and not so much a keyboard.
This. Scribble will be huge. I can just write “g” in Safari and the autcomplete can take me to google.com.
That is much faster than typing if you are already holding a pencil.
Also you can use text expanders to create quick replies using a few strokes of the pencil.
You can probably do emails with just the pencil and since text selection is better compared to fingers, manipulation will be a pleasure to use.
It can also work without tapping the screen first and even in reminders you can write the next todo on the vacant space below the checklist which just makes it more natural than a keyboard. Just imagine working with Trello and Asana with these APIs.
Also you can prototype code by just writing them down! (Which triggers a snippet) then refine them with a keyboard later.
This can make you use the pencil 99% of the time.
This is crucial because the iPad really shines with touch and the pencil.The Magic Keyboard feels like an optional compromise if you need to type and use it as a desktop, but the iPad has always been touch first and pencil first.
That is much faster than typing if you are already holding a pencil.
Also you can use text expanders to create quick replies using a few strokes of the pencil.
You can probably do emails with just the pencil and since text selection is better compared to fingers, manipulation will be a pleasure to use.
It can also work without tapping the screen first and even in reminders you can write the next todo on the vacant space below the checklist which just makes it more natural than a keyboard. Just imagine working with Trello and Asana with these APIs.
Also you can prototype code by just writing them down! (Which triggers a snippet) then refine them with a keyboard later.
This can make you use the pencil 99% of the time.
This is crucial because the iPad really shines with touch and the pencil.The Magic Keyboard feels like an optional compromise if you need to type and use it as a desktop, but the iPad has always been touch first and pencil first.