iOS 13: Apple Brings Dark Mode To iPhones and Multitasking Overhaul To iPads (arstechnica.com) 51
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: iOS 13 will introduce Dark Mode to iPhones, iPads, and iPods for the first time. Apple brought Dark Mode to Macs via macOS Mojave last year, to much fanfare. As was the case there, Dark Mode doesn't actually change anything about the interface -- just the aesthetics. Apple showed Dark Mode running on the company's first-party apps for news, calendar, messages, and more. Dark Mode may also save battery life on devices with emissive OLED displays -- savings like that were discovered in our own tests comparing Android devices with LCD and OLED displays. But we'll have to test the new OS to be sure.
Every iOS update brings changes to key apps made by Apple itself, and most of the apps included with a new installation of iOS have seen some changes. Mail now allows you to mute certain conversations. Maps has a new, easier way of accessing saved locations. The upgrade to Apple Maps will bring far more detail to the overhead view of roads and landmarks, with this rolling out to the entire United States by the end of 2019 and "select countries" next year. Reminders has seen a ground-up interface overhaul, with natural-language processing similar to what's seen in third-party apps -- you'll be able to type the relevant details and Reminders will understand when and where the reminder should be set for. Apple is also adding a swipe-typing ability to its iOS keyboard for the first time, replicating something that has been available in third-party keyboards for years. Notes will have a new gallery view and support for shared folders. Safari will have new options to change text sizing, with per-website settings. The iPad's multitasking UI has also been overhauled, bringing a new window-based experience and an easier way to switch between apps in Slide Over mode. You'll also be able to plug thumb drives into newer iPads with USB-C.
Every iOS update brings changes to key apps made by Apple itself, and most of the apps included with a new installation of iOS have seen some changes. Mail now allows you to mute certain conversations. Maps has a new, easier way of accessing saved locations. The upgrade to Apple Maps will bring far more detail to the overhead view of roads and landmarks, with this rolling out to the entire United States by the end of 2019 and "select countries" next year. Reminders has seen a ground-up interface overhaul, with natural-language processing similar to what's seen in third-party apps -- you'll be able to type the relevant details and Reminders will understand when and where the reminder should be set for. Apple is also adding a swipe-typing ability to its iOS keyboard for the first time, replicating something that has been available in third-party keyboards for years. Notes will have a new gallery view and support for shared folders. Safari will have new options to change text sizing, with per-website settings. The iPad's multitasking UI has also been overhauled, bringing a new window-based experience and an easier way to switch between apps in Slide Over mode. You'll also be able to plug thumb drives into newer iPads with USB-C.
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It's WWDC.
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Even so 5 in a fucking row? Like there's NOTHING ELSE going on?
Nope, just fake news from China trying to pretend their tech news is real.
You could moderate and use the firehose too, you know.
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I think I had Dark Mode in the 1980s on my Commodore PET.
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It's a dark color palette. Why do they make it out like they invented sliced bread or something?
why did the inventors of sliced bread make out like they invented bread or something?
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It's a dark color palette. Why do they make it out like they invented sliced bread or something?
Because that is the state of mobile in 2019. People wonder why no one is super excited about phone updates. It's not like we're releasing multi-touch support, or copy / paste. These days the changes are so incrementally poor that people are more excited for *not* having to go through some update.
I Don't Get The Apple Design Paradigm (Score:2)
3rd party GNU/Linux (Score:2)
However, I would be happy if something better comes along.
Go install some 3rd party GNU/Linux on a phone, like Sailfish OS [sailfishos.org] (by the guys formerly doing Meego/Maemo at Nokia, before the whole Stephen Elop and Microsoft disaster happened unto them). They even have a paid license with customer support [jolla.com] for a few select devices (lall the Sony Xperia XA2 series of models). This paid license also includes a LXC container-based Android Application Compatibility Layer (Alien-dalvik) that allows to run that stupid app that you need.
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One word: security
Sorry to be blunt, but if you care about security and you're using Android, you are in denial or clueless. I dare you to review how many apps with malware were found in the Play store last year vs the number in the Apple store. Go do it and get back to us.
Then tell me how often the average person's Android phone gets security updates, vs how often the average iPhone does. We're not going to ignore the ones who are still locked on Nougat or Oreo by their manufacturer either, since the Apple
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How do you spot whether a programmer uses Rust?
You don’t need to. They’ll tell you.
Re:I Don't Get The Apple Design Paradigm (Score:5, Insightful)
I have a relative who loves iPhones, iPads and so on and lets me play with them occasionally (I'm a PC/Android person myself). Having tested them, I found them to be ultra-dumbed-down and ultra-simplified devices.
You say that as if complexity is something people value, for most of us it's something we tolerate if it adds value. My washing machine got at least a dozen programs, I usually use a few settings and split into white/colored. The few things I can't wash at my default settings, well they tend to go to the back of the closet or lie in the dirty clothes bin for a long time. Could I also have split out the towels and run those at a higher temp? Probably, but I can't be arsed. I already have my PC if I want to do anything advanced, if I'm on my phone or tablet it's for mainstream things and Apple has been quite good at making the easy things easy. It's made a bunch of people who felt didn't didn't understand much of that mumbo jumbo feel empowered, because they can actually master it.
It's something of a culture clash, it's like a photographer fiddling with all the dials and buttons on manual everything meeting a guy who puts everything on auto and just try to point and shoot something interesting. You could point out that he could take better photos if he learned more about controlling the camera, but short term he'd probably get less shots because he's fiddling with the camera rather than finding the right subject/timing. And the auto settings get smarter, sure it's easy to scoff at "AI" auto focus compared to a little human intelligence, but it's not really competing with that. It's competing with its former self and the customers are happy for the "free" improvements without having to invest any time or effort themselves.
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You say that as if complexity is something people value, for most of us it's something we tolerate if it adds value
*gasp* you can't say that here on Slashdot. If you're not hand editing config files in the /etc folder of your mobile phone just to change the vibration strength then you're doing it wrong.
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Apple phones let you control app by app permissions to geolocation, uids, etc. when Android still was making location all or nothing, had no controls on UID, etc. Android permissions still are, AFAIK, all or nothing when you install an app. I mean, maybe you like running all software with tons of permissions, but I don't trust developers that much.
Also, I spend all day working on a computer. I want my phone to work without me thinking about it. I want to secure it in 3 minutes so I don't have to stress
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1) Google is evil.
2) Android sucks. It is fundamentally broken, and inevitably becomes unusable after a short period of time. I switched to iPhones because my $600 android phone was so fucking slow I couldn't get a girl's phone number in a timely fashion. It was a joke.
3) Girls all use iPhones and will think less of you when your texts are green.
4) There is no appreciable difference between apps on the two platforms to warrant google evilness and android insecurity/instability.
At the end of the day, most p
I have always used Dark Helmet Mode (Score:2)
It works great. Just watch out for the escape pods.
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Let There Be Light! (Score:2)
I don't give an F about Dark Mode. It is just a fad,
What's old is new again (Score:2)
Dark mode was common when most monitors were CRTs. It saved power. There even was a site that was just a dark mode copy of Google. However, with LCDs it actually increases the power costs on PCs and, more importantly, phones. Now, with OLED, it's back to saving power on phones, so it's coming back.
It's not a big deal and I don't see why it gets so much play.
No IPhone 6 support (Score:2)
Apple pretends to be green but there is nothing environmental about forcing people to upgrade their phones needlessly.
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Apple pretends to be green but there is nothing environmental about forcing people to upgrade their phones needlessly.
iPhone 6 has only 1GB and is 5 years old.
Google will be releasing Android Q for the original Pixel, which is 6 years old, but better hardware, including 4GB of RAM.
Maybe Apple was being "green" by being stingy with their hardware in the first place?
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Pixel, which is X years old,
Mod parent down - I was completely wrong on that age :-)
Apple has unmatched support for old phones!