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Armoured_Bear 3 Apr 2013 13:04:15 31,233 posts
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Ive making his mark

I'm very pleased to hear this and it's what I was hoping for, great when it comes to OS X too.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 13:08:47 31,979 posts
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Ive my ass. It'll look like Google Now and mac heads will pretend it's something new.

Deleted user 3 April 2013 13:10:06

No.

superdelphinus 3 Apr 2013 13:11:32 10,507 posts
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Google now looks like a series of trendy boxes

THFourteen 3 Apr 2013 13:14:44 54,987 posts
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widgets please for the love of god give me battery sapping beautiful crashy widgets

neilka 3 Apr 2013 13:17:27 24,021 posts
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To find out what Google Now looks like simply type "google Google Now now" into Google.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 13:22:06 31,979 posts
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@TarickStonefire

Imagine an Apple made iOS map.
Can you see that richly textured leather trim around the screen? The fake stitching? Or how about those glassy buttons looking like they've been polished using the same shoe cleaner that Ives put on his scalp.

That is the opposite of Google Now.

Which is the genius of it. Much like Win 8 "Metro" look before it they've intentionally looked at everything apple does design wise (in software) and gone to the oposite end.

So Apple are cock blocked. Either they stick with their horrible trompe-l'śil look or they end up aping MS and Google.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 13:23:17 31,979 posts
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THFourteen wrote:
widgets please for the love of god give me battery sapping beautiful crashy widgets

That is a myth propagated by people with little or no insgiht into widget.

Deleted user 3 April 2013 13:25:56

Widgets are ultimately fucking pointless though.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 13:26:36 31,979 posts
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For the most part yes. I much prefer shortcuts.

Deleted user 3 April 2013 13:28:46

Shortcuts aren't needed if you have an intuitively designed os and the speed to make it run. Which might explain why I use them a lot on my phone and tablet.

nickthegun 3 Apr 2013 13:30:02 87,711 posts
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I really hope it doesnt ape too much of androids shitty functionality.

Wacko_AK 3 Apr 2013 13:30:04 212 posts
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So Apple are cock blocked. Either they stick with their horrible trompe-l'śil look or they end up aping MS and Google.

Bravo Sir!

neilka 3 Apr 2013 13:31:20 24,021 posts
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What's everyone got against midgets all of a sudden?

mrpon 3 Apr 2013 13:31:39 37,366 posts
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mowgli wrote:
Widgets are ultimately fucking pointless though.

Lock screen widget? Very useful in a one click kinda way.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 13:47:32 31,979 posts
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nickthegun wrote:
I really hope it doesnt ape too much of androids shitty functionality.

What shitty functionality would that be? Personally I find Android to be years ahead of iOS.
OS specific stuff now.

Shortcuts
Homescreens I can do whatever I want with
How sharing works between apps
Lock screen widgets
The fact that third party devs can make apps like Swype or SwiftKey
That Google Maps show public transport directions (unfair of me to add this)
The way the notification center works

The only advantage iOS has (IMO) is some better third party apps. But the OS it self?

Edited by Tonka at 14:13:26 03-04-2013

Armoured_Bear 3 Apr 2013 13:50:46 31,233 posts
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Tonka wrote:

nickthegun wrote:
I really hope it doesnt ape too much of androids shitty functionality.
What shitty functionality would that be? Personally I find Android to be years ahead of iOS.
OS specific stuff now.

Shortcuts
Homescreens I can do whatever I want with
How sharing works between apps
Lock screen widgets
The fact that third party devs can make apps like Swype or SwiftKey
That Google Maps show public transport directions
The way the notification center works

The only advantage iOS has (IMO) is some better third party apps. But the OS it self?

It's a lot more stable and faster or a start.

Deleted user 3 April 2013 14:01:38

Stable yes, Faster no.

THFourteen 3 Apr 2013 14:03:35 54,987 posts
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Tonka wrote:

THFourteen wrote:
widgets please for the love of god give me battery sapping beautiful crashy widgets
That is a myth propagated by people with little or no insgiht into widget.

lol i was actually joking

i've just this morning set up two widgets to tell me what platforms the trains i need to take to go to and from work leave from.

widgets are ace.

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 14:03:49 31,979 posts
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I don't have a top of the line iPhone to compare to but I haven't found stability or speed a problem on my Nexus 4.

Anything else?

I'm not saying iOS is rubbish btw. I just think it's a year or two behind Android (and Win8 and BB) feature wise. I also doubt Apple will be able to close that gap since they seem hell bent on moving in the opposite direction AND lack the developers to do anything about it.

Armoured_Bear 3 Apr 2013 14:06:36 31,233 posts
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mcmonkeyplc wrote:
Stable yes, Faster no.

I have a Galaxy S3 and an iPhone 5 for work, the iPhone is miles faster, miles more responsive.

MrTomFTW Moderator 3 Apr 2013 14:09:30 47,501 posts
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Armoured_Bear wrote:
It's a lot more stable and faster or a start.

Not since Jelly Bean and Project Butter came along

Tonka 3 Apr 2013 14:12:44 31,979 posts
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TarickStonefire wrote:
One thing: "That Google Maps show public transport directions" is down to Google bothering to add it to their app on iOS, surely. Not an issue of iOS development by Apple, I don't think.

You right, it was unfair of me to add that since it's not an OS level feature. It will be interesting to see if Google adds it to their iOS app or if 2013 will indeed be the year of system lock in like Bruce Sterling said.

That Launch Center app does look like it adds some much needed functionality to iOS.

THFourteen 3 Apr 2013 14:13:05 54,987 posts
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TarickStonefire wrote:
@THFourteen So widgets are things that clutter up, sorry, appear on your lock screen?

I'm not sure what the incredible difference is between having that on a lockscreen and just unlocking the phone and popping open SimpleNote from the dock, where I have all that info and more...

Seriously, though, are they just thingies on the lockscreen?

not the lockscreen, but the home screens

as an example, if I want to check whether the jubilee line is running, I unlock my ipad, find the tube app in its folder, load up the tube app and click on jubilee line.

if i want to do the same on my android phone, you unlock the phone and glance at the screen.

obviously theres a limit to how many widgets you can have on one screen, before you have to start swiping left or right to go to other screens. for example my twitter feed takes up a whole screen on its own, and its two swipes to get to that screen. Is there much difference between that and iOS where you have to open up the twitter app? probably not.