For many there were more serious issues (mostly on stability and functional side along with some performance) with the initial versions of it it in comparison to animation stutters.
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The difference between LAG & STUTTER and why it matters!
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Exactly .... and MY experience with iOS 9 is just marvelous.
I could bet on that. An easy win.
fixed for you.
Sure, dude.
Being a developer (once called programmer) since 1990 I have a lot of things to learn, like what a frame drop is ....
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speaking about a perfectly smooth UI, yes I would.
Speaking about a video game is entirely another matter....
the intelligence features in ios 9, the improved safari, and better battery life are all massive improvements in iOS 9 and I would never downgrade to iOS, 60fps or not.
Ok I'm in the camp that doesnt care about all this Metal fuss. Because to me it's borderline OCD. But I can objectively say that iOS 9 is not as smooth as iOS 8 in a lot of places.
Your use of the word 'perfectly' is an exaggeration.
Yep, it was an intended exaggeration.
There isn't such a thing like a perfect UI, but I can't see iOS 8 any better than iOS 9. Quite on the contrary iOS 9 is better than iOS 8 in almost every aspect.
It's comforting to know you're not about to let a thread exist without involving Google in a rather odd way, for questionable purposes.
After I read the OP's opening post my thoughts were about crediting the author for a well thought out, well expressed topic.
Then you came along to add a made up word...
Ofcourse iOS 9 is OK for the most part. It's very stable, does not crash and hardly has any bugs or weirdness. However, the UI is less smooth and there are two main reasons why people are upset with the frame rate issues:
1. iPhone 5, ancient device, does not have these issues and is actually smoother than the 5s or 6 (I made a side-by-side slomo video that proves that the iPhone 5 uses more frames in the same time to render animations)
2. Apple actually promised improved smoothness, and not reduced smoothness:
Those two reasons are really frustrating to bear for a lot of iPhone users, myself included.
1. iPhone 5, ancient device, does not have these issues and is actually smoother than the 5s or 6 (I made a side-by-side slomo video that proves that the iPhone 5 uses more frames in the same time to render animations)
2. Apple actually promised improved smoothness, and not reduced smoothness:
Those two reasons are really frustrating to bear for a lot of iPhone users, myself included.
Lol.Thats a blatant lie.Download Xcode Instruments on Mac.iOS 9 consistently runs at a lower fps than iOS 8 on the same hardware.Subjectively to some it's an improvement but objectively and factually it runs worse
Hey take his word for it, he's been a developer since 1990
Not saying anything about the user one way or another. Simply asking about something given the prevalence of it.
A third party keyboard was a possibility that crossed my mind. Strange that it wouldn't automatically add spacing after punctuation, unless it's perhaps a setting of some sort (which should likely be enabled by default thigh). Just a curiosity (as off topic as it is).
Lag, stutter, glitches, bugs, crashes, and other various defects all roll into two things: Is it usable and Does it affect my use.
Usable? Yes.
Affect my use? Yes.
Any way I look at it, iDevices are no longer the stable usable devices they once were.
februarian - thanks for the definitions.
Usable? Yes.
Affect my use? Yes.
Any way I look at it, iDevices are no longer the stable usable devices they once were.
februarian - thanks for the definitions.
Useable - sureLag, stutter, glitches, bugs, crashes, and other various defects all roll into two things: Is it usable and Does it affect my use.
Usable? Yes.
Affect my use? Yes.
Any way I look at it, iDevices are no longer the stable usable devices they once were.
februarian - thanks for the definitions.
Affect my use - no.
Do they exist on my idevice: 6s in Siri/control center. iPad 2: no. iPhone 5s: no. iphone 6:no.
Again, I DON'T CARE about a lower frame rate in some occasions.
It's not a game, it's an operative system.
iOS 9 is BETTER in every aspects. It just has, in its 9.1 iteration, a lower frame rate in some animations.
Who cares ?
Apparently many do. If it doesn't affect you, it doesn't mean it doesn't affect others. You can differ on opinion but you cannot contest the facts. The fact remains iOS is not the perfect OS it once was. On the metric of smooth user experience, it has taken a long long fall, believe it or not!
iOS was never a barometer of perfection, to me anyway. The same pattern and discussion's repeating itself since iOS 5; with people saying exactly the same thing 5 years ago.