This screenshot perfectly illustrates just how incompatible a macOS-style app switcher is on iPadOS, where the primary user interface element is screens. In this screenshot, the current screen contains both Shortcuts and Marvis Pro, but only Shortcuts is the frontmost app so only it can be leftmost in the App Switcher. You might think Marvis […]
Monthly Archives: March 2021
I am not the first person to point out that iPadOS multitasking is broken. I mean, it’s kind of obvious to anyone that’s ever attempted to multitask on an iPad. This particular post was just going to be about the iPad’s poor command-tab implementation, but comparing iPadOS’s app switching to that of other user interfaces […]
Intel is doing an ad campaign with Justin Long to sell PCs because Justin Long used to play the Mac in an Apple campaign from over a decade ago. I find them off-putting, and not because they aren’t funny or because they make fun of Apple, but because they make no sense. First off, Apple […]
The original HomePod has been discontinued. I can’t say that I am surprised. It was a $350 dollar speaker that ulitmately didn’t sell well because it was competing in a market dominated by sub-$100 home assistants. That said, I have four HomePods. Before you judge, know that I didn’t buy them under the illusion that […]