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Apple Betas 2017 |OT| Half Baked
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Zeyphersan
Banned
Dev beta today, public beta tomorrow
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
FUCK YES! Ive been waiting till I got home to download since DB3 has my battery nearly dead after a couple hours (which will hopefully also be fixed with this update). Now Im home and Im psyched.
Same as iOS 10 (swipe right to open, left to view/clear).
And is this the update that gives notification swipes back?
Yes
Lord Error
Insane For Sony
Apple giveth and Apple taketh away. It was super annoying to not be able to swipe the notifications, and totally arbitrary as to why they ever disabled that.
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
Battery seems to be holding up much better with DB4. Will continue to check, but so far so good.
Mind sharing the workflow?The icons on the recent apps have changed, no?
Also I just adopted my imgur workflow to work as an action extension. Process screenshots with new iOS 11 feature, upload them to imgur and get rid of them right after. Wonderful.
badcrumble
Member
iOS/watchOS battery life being fixed and High Sierra not being chock-full of crippling bugs might get me to switch over to this stuff on my main devices.
Super simple, really. I just didnt think of it until now heh
https://workflow.is/workflows/1cea12da14514a7a88d7d2a6c775fbf5
Bruce Springsteen
Member
Looking forward to the public beta tomorrow
Michael F. Assbender
Banned
DB3 was doing that all the time on my 7 Plus. Todays update (seems to have) fixed it.
Yeah, ios11 is realluy damn nice for the iPad. Had a few springboard crashes but a restart seemed to fix them. Hopefully PB 3 smooths stuff out a bit more. TYhe ability to save photos from Safari and put them into my files app is awesome. It was annoying having to put save some images to the Photos app.
Zeyphersan
Banned
That new Touch ID screen really screams fingerprint reader under the screen no? Although it probably wouldn't be in the middle so who knows.
I agree. Maybe you can put your finger anywhere on the display? Dont know how that would work but that would be nuts
SmackCrackleNPop
Member
Notifications on the cover sheet is almost perfect... I just need them grouped.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Feedback! Grouped notifications need to return in 11. They already reverted to the swipe access feature. We could probably convince them to go back to grouped as an option if we hound them enough.
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SWIPE ACROSS IS BACK?
Zeyphersan
Banned
Angelus Errare
Banned
Is it strange to say that iOS11 makes me want another iPad? Like I had/have an iPad 2 but I haven't used it in years. But seeing all the additions like actual workflow redefining additions is making me think about buying an iPad and actually using it.
Do it! My iPad Pro 9.7" is my favorite computer. A jump from an iPad 2 to the new 10.5" Pro would be mind blowing but even if you just got the new regular iPad, that's still a big improvement.
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Banned
Quite well but there can be lag when bringing up the multitask/control panel. Who knows if that will be minimized for iOS 11 launch.
Memento_Mori15
Member
Xcode 9 beta 4 keeps crashing on a Mac mini 2014, especially when I try to leave comments. Anyone else getting this issue?
iOS 11 beta on a iPad mini 2 has gotten better though.
iOS 11 beta on a iPad mini 2 has gotten better though.
Zeyphersan
Banned
Honestly using it on a 10.5 has been really fucking good. I hardly open my MacBook anymore, pretty much just to do homework on sites that wont load on mobile
That new Touch ID screen really screams fingerprint reader under the screen no? Although it probably wouldn't be in the middle so who knows.
Yup, when purchasing/downloading an app on the App Store you also get something that fits very well with a fingerprint reader.
You still need the Touch ID icon where you can see it so you can see its status while reading your fingerprint. If its gonna be integrated under ththe screen, the icon isnt gonna be just where the reader is.That new Touch ID screen really screams fingerprint reader under the screen no? Although it probably wouldn't be in the middle so who knows.
EDIT: wait it doesnt even animate to display reading status!
That seems like it would lead to confusion. I would want to put my finger where the finger print symbol is.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
That's what I want to know. I needs it so bad.
Oh happy day!
On a less joyful note, the Favorites search bar popping up issue is still present.
Yes, you can have folders in the Dock.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
Another neat feature of the latest beta is the App Switcher. If there's no apps open, it just won't show you a blank screen. It'll give an animation and a vibration telling you "Nope, nothing there" where it starts blurring then bounces back to the home screen. If you are closing apps and close the last one it also exits out back to the home screen. So nice. And the removal animation is so smooth now it lightly floats off screen while the next app floats into place. I love it. Feels so much better than the previous beta.
I guess the only drawback to it exiting out immediately is that you can't tap the bottom "Handoff" button. Which is probably a small oversight. Maybe they'll fix it. I mean since it no longer shows up as an icon on the lock screen it's the only place to get Handoff access. Personally I'd rather keep it like this and figure out a better place for Handoff or something. Maybe in the Control Center or something.
I guess the only drawback to it exiting out immediately is that you can't tap the bottom "Handoff" button. Which is probably a small oversight. Maybe they'll fix it. I mean since it no longer shows up as an icon on the lock screen it's the only place to get Handoff access. Personally I'd rather keep it like this and figure out a better place for Handoff or something. Maybe in the Control Center or something.
The worst part of that for me was how unreliable it was. I would force touch the notification, and then when I let go it would register another touch. I just wanted to expand it so I could read on the lock screen!
badcrumble
Member
Yeah, it's definitely improving, but it also feels dangerously like there's nobody at the wheel here because the design choices keep self-contradicting and nobody's going for obvious options like grouping by app.
I'd honestly prefer to see app clearing/opening handled *only* by normal taps and swipes and 3D touch to be used for native snoozing and/or jumping straight to that app's notification preferences so you can immediately perma-mute apps that are being shitty.