[New post] iOS Pro: The Drumbeat Begins …

mikecane posted: "iOS Pro, part one iOS 9, in anticipation of the iPad Pro, adds split-screen multitasking. It's clear a lot of thought went into this particular approach, and it's naturally much cleaner than wrangling a mess of floating windows. But it has one major draw" Respond to this post by replying above this line New post on Mike Cane's xBlog iOS Pro: The Drumbeat Begins … by mikecane iOS Pro, part one iOS 9, in anticipation of the iPad Pro, adds split-screen multitasking. It's clear a lot of thought went into this particular approach, and it's naturally much cleaner than wrangling a mess of floating windows. But it has one major drawback that stems from the very core of the iOS app-centric model. It's actually a little absurd: In the on-stage demos, Microsoft's Kirk Konigsbauer demonstrates the ease with which you can load up a Word document and a PowerPoint deck side-by-side. What he doesn't show is that the moment you want to load a second Word document into that other pane, something possible since Microsoft's Multiple Document Interface in the late 1980s, iOS will stop you: There's simply no way to do it, because the app-centric paradigm of iOS has no room for document-level UI separation. He goes on to illustrate a Sildeover side panel file picker. Something the marvelous Blogsy app for iOS has had for quite some time. Ahem. Get out more. I don't own an iPad and even I knew that. Previously here: iOS Pro Coming? I Think So. mikecane | September 20, 2015 at 8:07 am | Categories: iOS | URL: http://wp.me/p11VgL-hHN Comment    See all comments Unsubscribe to no longer receive posts from Mike Cane's xBlog. Change your email settings at Manage Subscriptions. Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser: https://mikecanex.wordpress.com/2015/09/20/ios-pro-the-drumbeat-begins/ Thanks for flying with WordPress.com