WARNING: This is a RANT post. If you don't like ranting, close the tab NOW.
Ever since iPadOS had the handoff feature, it pops up the icon of whichever supported app launched on the other end "you left off" so you could tap it and move on. On macOS, it pops up a new icon at the right-most icon on the dock.
All sounds good right? Except, the iPadOS choice overwrites whichever app I launched most recently, which is displayed as the right-most icon. Now the handoff icon just replaces it (with fancy animation btw) instead of adding a new one. I cannot even count how many times I accidentally tap the "handoff-ed app" instead of the IMMEDIATE LAST APP I want to switch to.
I am confused. On Mac Apple manages to add a brand new icon to the right for handoff, yet somehow on iPad it is not possible? Just leave enough reserved space for docks to house that one extra icon. Is this design that unacceptable for some unknown reason? Why Apple strongly, super strongly believe every time I switch to iPad I only care about where I left off????
This design alone forced me to turn off Handoff entirely, but now "Universal Control" kicks in which HARD REQUIRES Handoff. Plus some other perks iPad could assist Mac doing in screenshots also require handoff. So, I begrudgingly opens Handoff again, and suffer this bizarre and extremely annoying design decision every single day.
To anyone who is about to say "use android you freak if you hate Apple so much", THIS IS NOT THE (BEEP) ANSWER!!!
If there's anyone who doesn't understand what I am talking about, follow these steps:
0. Make sure Handoff is on for both iPad and Mac.
1. Launch a few apps on your iPad. Any app is fine.
2. Now launch Safari on Mac and play around for a bit. (3-5 min maybe?)
3. Now move back to iPad.
Whatever right-most "recently opened app" icon will be replaced by Safari icon with Mac logo on it. Works like this every time.
Rant over.
Ever since iPadOS had the handoff feature, it pops up the icon of whichever supported app launched on the other end "you left off" so you could tap it and move on. On macOS, it pops up a new icon at the right-most icon on the dock.
All sounds good right? Except, the iPadOS choice overwrites whichever app I launched most recently, which is displayed as the right-most icon. Now the handoff icon just replaces it (with fancy animation btw) instead of adding a new one. I cannot even count how many times I accidentally tap the "handoff-ed app" instead of the IMMEDIATE LAST APP I want to switch to.
I am confused. On Mac Apple manages to add a brand new icon to the right for handoff, yet somehow on iPad it is not possible? Just leave enough reserved space for docks to house that one extra icon. Is this design that unacceptable for some unknown reason? Why Apple strongly, super strongly believe every time I switch to iPad I only care about where I left off????
This design alone forced me to turn off Handoff entirely, but now "Universal Control" kicks in which HARD REQUIRES Handoff. Plus some other perks iPad could assist Mac doing in screenshots also require handoff. So, I begrudgingly opens Handoff again, and suffer this bizarre and extremely annoying design decision every single day.
To anyone who is about to say "use android you freak if you hate Apple so much", THIS IS NOT THE (BEEP) ANSWER!!!
If there's anyone who doesn't understand what I am talking about, follow these steps:
0. Make sure Handoff is on for both iPad and Mac.
1. Launch a few apps on your iPad. Any app is fine.
2. Now launch Safari on Mac and play around for a bit. (3-5 min maybe?)
3. Now move back to iPad.
Whatever right-most "recently opened app" icon will be replaced by Safari icon with Mac logo on it. Works like this every time.
Rant over.