jeremy dickson @jeremydickson4 7h7 hours ago@fraserspeirs saw my daughter doing that yesterday. I immediately had a conversation with her about it. At 11 maybe there's still hope.
― r|t|c, Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:53 (seven years ago) link
can we meme spiers headshot? his is the true apple user face
― r|t|c, Saturday, 17 September 2016 17:56 (seven years ago) link
that's not actually a thing is it
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Saturday, 17 September 2016 20:20 (seven years ago) link
Not loving the new home button
― Sentient animated cat gif (kingfish), Saturday, 17 September 2016 21:00 (seven years ago) link
I didn't realize you didn't have to close out apps!
Whenever you read anything about preserving battery life, someone will offer the tip to turn off Background App refresh, which allows open apps to continue to suck power from your battery. The solution then would seem to just knock out every app after you're done using it, right?
You even have Mac users on official support.mac forums saying the same thing with no one disputing them. Lord knows the thing you hear with desktop computers is "you've got too many software programs running at once."
So it all seems to have alluded to closing out apps when you're done with them, and Apple hasn't really gone out of its way to correct anyone.
― pplains, Saturday, 17 September 2016 22:06 (seven years ago) link
iirc closing apps isn't a silver bullet in ios. it's good if an app is misbehaving and needs a flush, but generally it doesn't improve phone performance or battery life. ios is pretty good at power management.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 17 September 2016 22:29 (seven years ago) link
you see a lot of ex-android users feverishly closing all their iphone apps, and coming from android you couldn't blame them tbh
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 17 September 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I went Apple -> Android, and I'm all "see? now why didn't my iPad have a 'task manager'?"
― pplains, Sunday, 18 September 2016 00:26 (seven years ago) link
it's critical in android in my experience
― Autumn Almanac, Sunday, 18 September 2016 00:52 (seven years ago) link
there's always a high noise/signal ratio on forums but from a decade ago, when it was a growing community to now, it's really blossomed into full-blown conspiracy theory territory
it's like mid-90s microsoft users, with folk wisdom, blind dismissals of anything without an apple logo, other blind dismissals of any apple product other than one that is stumped for, and who knows what else
there have been a handful of really badly-behaving apps that have had bugs requiring a force-close, but it was mostly in the days soon after apps actually got the ability to run background tasks. in either macOS or iOS, closing applications is no longer a big deal. it might speed some things when opening new stuff, since there's some maintenance overhead when the OS throws things into stasis and out of memory, but it's not necessary
even closing tabs in safari isn't going to help a lot. those get dropped out of memory as needed.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Sunday, 18 September 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
Love the new shortcut to close all mobile safari tabs.
― Jeff, Sunday, 18 September 2016 02:36 (seven years ago) link
Got my iPhone 7 and considering returning it. Lightning audio sounds noticeably worse than 3.5, Taptic home button is irritating and not much else here that's a noticeable improvement
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Sunday, 18 September 2016 05:09 (seven years ago) link
even closing tabs in safari isn't going to help a lot. those get dropped out of memory as needed
I tend to end up with several tabs open in safari on my iPhone simply as reminders of things I want to go back to: simpler for me than bookmarks or copying to Evernote
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Sunday, 18 September 2016 06:24 (seven years ago) link
― For bodies we are ready to build pyramids (wtev), Sunday, 18 September 2016 06:32 (seven years ago) link
I like this 7 phone so far
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:48 (seven years ago) link
I have taken low light pictures of two toddlers and a cat and they look really nice.
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Sunday, 18 September 2016 17:49 (seven years ago) link
Completely baffled at the iMessage options. Make a watercolor heart animation with two fingers?? Why? I tried like 15 of them in a message to my dad, thinking I would have the chance to cancel, but they all sent straight away so he got like 20 weirdo messages (I guess? Even though I didn't tap 'Keep'?). One of them had a cartoon exclamation point added to it - and now my message history contains a separate message reading 'Emphasised Digital Touch Message', as if I sent a message to him that says that. Except I didn't - it's some kind of 'receipt', or confirmation of an effect that I added to a message? Almost feels like some kind of debug code that got left in. Bad!
― illegal economic migration (Tracer Hand), Sunday, 18 September 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
I made this happen finally. http://i.imgur.com/um1CRBQ.jpg
― calstars, Sunday, 18 September 2016 22:49 (seven years ago) link
huh?
― Nhex, Sunday, 18 September 2016 23:23 (seven years ago) link
I think it's the Eiffel tower
― dr. mercurio arboria (mh 😏), Sunday, 18 September 2016 23:56 (seven years ago) link
the iMessage options are such a hilarious mess -- cluttered, unintuitive, and also completely useless, it is so antithetical to Apple's streamlined minimal only-give-them-what-they-need approach! I don't understand! It feels like some goofy cobbled-together beta thing some devs made just to fuck around w/ each other and then it like accidentally made it into the final release
also this http://gizmodo.com/why-would-apple-turn-its-messaging-app-into-such-a-nigh-1786616252
― laraaji p. henson (Stevie D(eux)), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 13:49 (seven years ago) link
Planning to return my 7 today. Can't justify $31/month for this minimal improvement over my current phone, and the audio thing is a big drawback for me.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 13:55 (seven years ago) link
yea the headphone jack thing is really bad
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 13:57 (seven years ago) link
im due for an upgrade in march and im just gonna do the SE
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 13:59 (seven years ago) link
i never liked the design on the 6 anyways
yeah I'm just going to fix the screen on my 6 I decided, and either trade in for a 6s or just hold off. The only thing that makes me not want to hold off is that my last iPhone started to have really bad touchscreen and other functionality problems around the 2-year mark.
― the last famous person you were surprised to discover was actually (man alive), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 14:25 (seven years ago) link
my 30 year old 5 has finally started to literally come apart at the seams so I'm gonna preorder an SE later today I guess
― Clay, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 17:22 (seven years ago) link
when my 5 started coming apart at the seams (literally) earlier this year I took it to an apple store & for 70 euros I got a brand new 5. lots cheaper than an SE, which mattered a lot at the time. worth a shot?
― droit au butt (Euler), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
oh btw the problem was that the battery was bulging and they said it could have exploded I dunno
idk I'm about ready to upgrade, thing feels sluggish and obv needs a ram upgrade to hold onto more than 2 safari tabs at once, and I can deal with the $18/mo at&t is asking, I just haven't found the recent iterations v inspiring. I'll spend some time with a friend's 6s later and see if I can deal with the larger form factor but the design of the 5 is m/l perfect to me
otoh ideally it will now explode and kill me
― Clay, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:52 (seven years ago) link
I'm not even remotely considering the 7 tho so good job on that apple
― Clay, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:55 (seven years ago) link
My 5s is probably the end of the Apple road for me. I love it, love the shape, and absolutely hate the design from 6 on,which to me just looks and feels so cheap, imitating Samsung edges.
I have nowhere to go once this one breaks down tbh
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:58 (seven years ago) link
you could get the SE which is the same design as the 5s but has some update stuff inside? idk
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
Oh it is? I dont know anyone with an SE. If they continu that line I'm a happy camper
― Le Bateau Ivre, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 19:59 (seven years ago) link
yea me too
― marcos, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 20:00 (seven years ago) link
huh didn't know about the SE -- seems pretty perfect for my needs, and might be the thing that keeps me from going to android/google fi
― jason waterfalls (gbx), Tuesday, 20 September 2016 21:02 (seven years ago) link
I dont know anyone with an SE.
a lot of the time when people are using what looks like a 5/5s, it's an se. there's loads out there. the giveaway is that the chamfering around the screen is matte and matches the sides/back of the phone, rather than being super-shiny and chipping off.
― Autumn Almanac, Tuesday, 20 September 2016 21:50 (seven years ago) link
the magic mouse works pretty well but i have to say this is the dumbest shit ever, first time i've had to do this since i got this mac at my new job
http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/magic_mouse_2_charging.jpg
― marcos, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:15 (seven years ago) link
the fuck
at least the mouse lasts a fairly long time without having to do that
― marcos, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:16 (seven years ago) link
Tried the Magic Mouse several times, so annoying. Maybe it's because of my default claw grip but I hate it how it's designed to "alt-click" which means forcing your hand into a curve posture so you're only touching certain portions of the mouse.
― Nhex, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
so disruptive....brilliant
― Pull your head on out your hippy haze (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 23 September 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
magic mouse is the pits
― Spottie, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:26 (seven years ago) link
Magic Trackpad awesome though.
― Jeff, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:32 (seven years ago) link
i have both at work but i think i prefer the mouse to the track pad, it's easier on my wrists
― marcos, Friday, 23 September 2016 19:38 (seven years ago) link
prefer in use that is, the charging thing is bullshit
there's a lady at the place i work who has been using a magic trackpad as the mouse pad for her regular old PC mouse. the person she took over for used it w/ their iMac but i guess just left the trackpad in a drawer or something. i'm not sure how she came to the conclusion that it should be used as a mouse pad but i don't have the heart to tell her what it is.
― dynamicinterface, Friday, 23 September 2016 22:07 (seven years ago) link
Is she holding it to the screen and moving it around?
― Acting Crazy (Instrumental) (jed_), Friday, 23 September 2016 22:15 (seven years ago) link
somewhat related, I always found it funny when mac users explain why having only one mouse button is actually an advantage
this thread for instance: https://tech.slashdot.org/story/05/01/30/1826233/why-apple-makes-a-one-button-mouse
I know (from experience) that it takes at least six years to explain left- and right-clicking to my father, who was 57 in 1999 when he got his first Windows PC. Ever since he found the right button, he has insisted on using it for literally everything, all the time, for no reason at all. Everything that you or I would just click on, he right-clicks, moves the mouse the requisite six inches up to the top menu choice, "Open," and clicks. No amount of explaining will do. He just will not use the left button. Every time I give him instructions and use the verb "click," he asks me, "Right or left click?"So don't pretend that just because you told your three-year-old, "Only use this button," that everyone else has the luxury of such obedience from users. Many users (yes, PC users) have asked me repeatedly, "Right or left click?" because to them, it's simply not self-explanatory. They don't really understand what a context menu is, let alone the rule that "the right button always makes a context menu appear." My father would waste a lot less of his time if I plugged in an Apple USB mouse to his PC (it works, I tried it.) Of course, it'd be impossible to do certain things, but it's poor software design that requires two mouse buttons.
So don't pretend that just because you told your three-year-old, "Only use this button," that everyone else has the luxury of such obedience from users. Many users (yes, PC users) have asked me repeatedly, "Right or left click?" because to them, it's simply not self-explanatory. They don't really understand what a context menu is, let alone the rule that "the right button always makes a context menu appear." My father would waste a lot less of his time if I plugged in an Apple USB mouse to his PC (it works, I tried it.) Of course, it'd be impossible to do certain things, but it's poor software design that requires two mouse buttons.
― niels, Saturday, 24 September 2016 10:16 (seven years ago) link
i've been a mac user for six years and i still miss right click and middle click. they're good functions and they don't need to go away.
― Autumn Almanac, Saturday, 24 September 2016 11:49 (seven years ago) link