Why are the iOS apps so badly designed?
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David A Egolf said:alabama24 said:David A Egolf said:
I don't see a way to turn off split screen on the iPad I drag the boundary to one edge
The only app that can't be switched to a single pane is Faithlife. All the other apps can be single pane.
O.K. How for iPad?
I think I misunderstood you. You seem to be using some terminology incorrectly.
How do you turn split screen off? Simply move the slider down to one end or the other! I think what you were trying to say is that you accidentally open a second pane. Is that right?
David A Egolf said:The entire "edge" should not be an active widget.
A "widget" is a small application. There are no "widgets" in the app. I think you mean to say that the edge should not function as a button or trigger to turn on split screen. Right?
Are you primarily using this in portrait or landscape? I know another user had difficulties with this in landscape. I don't encounter this problem often.
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Kevin Byford said:
Are you aware of the two-finger left/right swipe gesture on iOS devices? This will switch back and forth between panels - resources, guides, search results, etc. It's a really easy way to move between resources. http://screencast.com/t/Eo3y6scd6w
That seems promising and it does switch between various resources, but which ones? How do I control the list of resources?
Thanks for your reply and thank you for writing up a case on the split screen problem.
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http://community.logos.com/forums/p/57158/409092.aspx#409092 has a workround to the inadvertent split screen problem
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David A Egolf said:
That seems promising and it does switch between various resources, but which ones? How do I control the list of resources?
It works with all resources and the order in which you open them is remembered by the app. There isn't a way to control or change the order of resources after the fact, unless you reopen them again in a different order.
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alabama24 said:David A Egolf said:alabama24 said:David A Egolf said:
I don't see a way to turn off split screen on the iPad I drag the boundary to one edge
The only app that can't be switched to a single pane is Faithlife. All the other apps can be single pane.
O.K. How for iPad?
I think I misunderstood you. You seem to be using some terminology incorrectly.
How do you turn split screen off? Simply move the slider down to one end or the other! I think what you were trying to say is that you accidentally open a second pane. Is that right?
David A Egolf said:The entire "edge" should not be an active widget.
I run in landscape and the entire "edge" of the screen is an active element. Moving the slider to one side doesn't work very well since the entire edge is easily grabbed in order to reveal the hidden pane. This may not be a problem in portrait mode, but I prefer to read in landscape.
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Graham Criddle said:
http://community.logos.com/forums/p/57158/409092.aspx#409092 has a workround to the inadvertent split screen problem
The ideal solution is not to turn pages from the very edge of the screen since page turns can be done from *anywhere* on the screen. http://screencast.com/t/0B2NRDEvKSoy
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Graham Criddle said:
http://community.logos.com/forums/p/57158/409092.aspx#409092 has a workround to the inadvertent split screen problem
Hi Graham,
I've tried this; i.e., putting the hidden pane on the right, but the problem just reappears as soon as I turn back a page. My point is that there is no good reason for the entire edge to be "active"; i.e., available to be grabbed. I also prefer the second frame to be a synchronized commentary of some type when I read the Bible and it is more natural to be on the right, but normally hidden.
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Kevin Byford said:
The ideal solution is not to turn pages from the very edge of the screen since page turns can be done from *anywhere* on the screen. http://screencast.com/t/0B2NRDEvKSoy
I would contend that the "ideal" solution would be to not make the edge of the screen "active". Frankly, this occurs most often when I am rushing to get around another problem which I had not mentioned; i.e., the audio reader on the ESV Bible sometimes neglects to turn the page. I find that if that happens I can sometimes recover by quickly flipping the page manually. If in my haste I "grab the edge" by mistake it's all over! [:(]
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It's not that I am trying to turn pages from the edge of the screen but it happens from time to time
i turn pages by tapping on the right of the screen - I normally try and tap about 5mm in and it works. If, by mistake, I tap 2mm in the screen splits in half (measurements not accurate, just to demonstrate the issue)
Edit: apologies this was in response to Kevin's post but, some how, I didn't manage to quote it
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Hi David
David A Egolf said:My point is that there is no good reason for the entire edge to be "active"; i.e., available to be grabbed. .
I agree
David A Egolf said:I also prefer the second frame to be a synchronized commentary of some type when I read the Bible and it is more natural to be on the right, but normally hidden.
One thing I sometimes do is leave the second panel slightly (1/2 inch) open which prevents the "edge tap" having any effect and doesn't take up much space. Not suggesting this is a solution but it might help at times
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David A Egolf said:
I would contend that the "ideal" solution would be to not make the edge of the screen "active".
I've written up a case for this, so it will get fixed.
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Kevin Byford said:
It works with all resources and the order in which you open them is remembered by the app. There isn't a way to control or change the order of resources after the fact, unless you reopen them again in a different order.
That might be quite workable. Is the order "per app", or is it shared between devices?
Thanks.
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David A Egolf said:
That might be quite workable. Is the order "per app", or is it shared between devices?
The order is per app - panels that have been opened in a given order are not synced to other apps.
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