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iOS 6 |OT| New Maps? googy pls
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Re-posting for new page. Surprisingly little information to be found on Google.
TheGreatDivide
Banned
I appreciate being able to use Siri to set an alarm while I'm in bed without having to pick up the tablet.
That's about it.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
So I just found out that Do Not Disturb does not allow calls from my favorites even if I have that option selected. Anyone else with a similar issue? My wife's phone also does the same thing. :/
When the hell will Apple enable turn-by-turn navigation for Australia? All the other countries where support would be added in October has had it enabled already. Only Australia is on the list coming soon now.
http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#maps-turn-by-turn-navigation
http://www.apple.com/ios/feature-availability/#maps-turn-by-turn-navigation
It works for me. You can see that number in the favorites list of the phone app? Each number has to be listed, not just the contact.
If there's no information on Google on it, I'd think it's an anomaly and something that you could hopefully fix via a wipe and restore. Otherwise it's probably a hardware issue.
Due to Google's policy on replacement text apps, you can also get text messaging apps that replace stock that have the pop up functionality. That's without rooting.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
likedamaster
Member
Anyone know how to enable the arrow when using maps to navigate? I just have the little dot showing, no arrows or anything. Is that how the new navi works? Btw, I have iOS6 on an iPhone 4.
Edit: Silly question I know, but I'm curious. I have other navi's I could use instead. I'm just asking.
Edit: Silly question I know, but I'm curious. I have other navi's I could use instead. I'm just asking.
Big Takeover
Member
Same as before, double tap the arrow in the bottom left to see your direction. I think that's what you're asking.
Ken Masters
Banned
Is Apple going to fix this WIFI issue when signing on to secure networks?
Yeah, I would give it a shot. Back it up to both iCloud and iTunes, just to be safe.
NYR
Member
Take it to the Apple store, sounds replaceable, for sure.
Technosteve
Banned
Scott's under a lot of pressure
Ken Masters
Banned
Not sure where to put this. I pre ordered an album on iTunes and the available track downloaded but it still lists the album at 12.99 instead of purchased, the album isn't out yet. Is that normal?
Treefingers
Member
Yeah as far as I remember that sounds right. If you check your preorders in your account page and it's there then everything should be fine.
Mecha_Infantry
Banned
I thought you still need to press the button though
TheGreatDivide
Banned
Yeah but I have a dock so I just reach over and hold the button.
It's a very minor convenience.
LyleLanley
Banned
I feel like you've already answered your own question.
I suppose. But was kind of hoping someone on here would pop in and remind me why I need iOS6 instead?
chickdigger802
Banned
No real reason to update tbh. But i've been using it, and it's fine.
Wait until there is a must have game that needs 6, then update.
Ken Masters
Banned
thanks, just checked and it's there
No reason. I have a 4S too and I would've stayed on iOS 5.0.1 if Apple still offered 5.1.1. I was having battery issues and unfortunately iOS 6 was my only option.
6 is okay, nothing groundbreaking. Apple Maps is bad, Google Maps is better. Once I saw Sentry's post about the Google Maps app being in alpha I felt better on making the update.
I think it depends on where you are. If maps sucks in your town and you need it, then don;t upgrade. Otherwise, do the upgrade, because new maps is much better (in major us cities, anyway), siri is much better, dnd is handy, panorama photos are cool, and there's lots of little convenience improvements.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I guess you mean by default, because there are a million of them on the store, most of which are free.
Realized that there's somehow still no decent jailbreak tweak that brings real multitasking to the iPad, so I started on this concept;
Runs two portrait apps in landscape mode (or two landscape apps in portrait, but this works/looks better), with a little carousel app slider at the bottom of each showing all the apps from the switcher. Still incomplete, but you get the general idea. Activation method would use the current four finger gestures to switch between apps, except stopping in the middle and releasing to join the two.
I'd love to do something as simple as browse gaf while watching a YT video, or writing while studying/reading from safari, etc. Pretty much the main advantage my MBP has over my iPad tbh.
Ah well, might post this one on the verge and hope someone turns it into a JB tweak as well. :lol
Runs two portrait apps in landscape mode (or two landscape apps in portrait, but this works/looks better), with a little carousel app slider at the bottom of each showing all the apps from the switcher. Still incomplete, but you get the general idea. Activation method would use the current four finger gestures to switch between apps, except stopping in the middle and releasing to join the two.
I'd love to do something as simple as browse gaf while watching a YT video, or writing while studying/reading from safari, etc. Pretty much the main advantage my MBP has over my iPad tbh.
Ah well, might post this one on the verge and hope someone turns it into a JB tweak as well. :lol
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
Well thought-out. I like it!
Good Job Bob
Member
Nah, the stuff he's coming up with is actually useful, Forstall ain't having none of that.
VanMardigan
has calmed down a bit.
Looks similar to Win8 multitasking, but with the app wheel. iPad definitely needs some sort of split screen solution.
Dreams-Visions
Member
I approve.
Particle Physicist
between a quark and a baryon
I really wish the colors/layout were all uniform for the music player. I have no clue what they were thinking, some of it looks nice, then the other parts left to be desired.
Is this lack of attention to detail is really unApple like.
And yes, I'm sure people already brought this up way back during iOS6 Beta.
Is this lack of attention to detail is really unApple like.
And yes, I'm sure people already brought this up way back during iOS6 Beta.
His ideas, altho useful, clashes with Apples design principles.
Good Job Bob
Member
Yeah, needs more stitched leather.
I meant more that Apple's philosophy is a scaled down experience. They always talk about "getting rid of distractions". The thought of people doing several things as once, as in Sentry's mockup above, must seem foreign to them.
Liu Kang Baking A Pie
Member
What you're saying is partly true. If they believe there is a convincing scenario in which making that is necessary and that they have a solution that is simple and helpful, they'll do it.
They went three years without multitasking and cut/paste. They're not afraid to hold things off until they feel they have something good (even if their multitasking is pretty garbage right now).
I see your point, but I would go as far to say that the philosophy with the iPad is an incomplete one. Compared to iOS on a 3.5" the OS is more or less the exact same as far as functionality goes. That's definitely missed opportunity.
If you remember how apple revealed it, the iPad was supposed to be at the crossroads between an iPhone and a MacBook, yet that's only true in form factor. I remember everyone expecting OS X on it or some kind of iOS hybrid, but instead it was just the same os on mobile, stretched.
And I doubt the idea is foreign to them, anyone who's ever used a desktop OS in their lives (90% of iPad users?) have probably multitasked before in some fashion. Hell, on a screen just an inch or two bigger than the iPad, even (MacBook Air). Also, that's still quite a scaled down experience as it is. The access method is intentionally subtle and non convoluted with other iOS elements (like the switcher).
As Liu said, as long as it's a simple solution that offers something they think their user base will benefit from, while not interfering with what already exists, there's nothing they won't do.
The app store is even worse. I'm trying really hard to avoid saying that "Steve would have never allowed this." In most cases it's not true, Steve would have allowed Maps for example as his hatred for Google was clearly clouding his best judgement by the end.
But this?
Or this?
Or this?
Or this?
No.
What am I supposed to be seeing that's so wrong here that Steve Jobs wouldn't have allowed? Most of that shit was already around when he was..But this?
Or this?
Or this?
nhlducks35
Member
SJ wouldn't have allowed "Apps by Apple" or ways to categorize apps?! NOOOO!
1) The charts and categories buttons pushing the title of the section from the centre of the screen (the category button, if there at all, should be aligned left).
2) The editor's choice and free banners are completely different sizes while right next to each other on a swipe, and not aligned together.
3) Not vertically centred in any way.
4) Kearning disaster.
I don't really see how any of this crap was there when Jobs was around. Maybe it is just a co-incidence, but it's typical of the shoddy design of the new app store.
I know you're joking but the guy still has a point. It doesn't look THAT bad to me but the first and last example definitely look awkward.
AstroNut325
Member
Ok... I officially hate the traffic data system in the new Maps. I can't tell if a specific highway/freeway is clear or data hasn't been retrieved. It's easier to interpret Google's traffic data. Green means clear, red means traffic. If there is no data, there is no traffic color. Simple and very easy/quick to understand.
StopMakingSense
Member
Yeah, that's my main beef with Maps. Especially here in LA.
I've been using the Bing Apps for my traffic since iOS6.