Pavel Jelic It's been a few weeks since we saw the introduction of new operating systems from Apple, led of course by iOS 14. Some of you may have already installed the developer or public beta versions of the new systems, so you can "touch" all the news on your own skin. Let's take a look at 5 things we both love and hate about iOS 14 in this article.
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Emoji search
…what we love
Some of you may be thinking that it's about time - and of course you're right. There are currently several hundred different emojis in iOS, and finding the right one among the categories was often a real struggle. Finally, we don't have to photogenically remember where which emoji is located, but it's enough to enter the name of the emoji in the search field and it's done. You can activate the emoji search field very easily - just tap on the emoji icon in the keyboard, the field will then appear above the emoji. Enjoying this feature is great, simple, intuitive and everyone of you will definitely get used to it.
…what we hate
Emoji search is absolutely great on the iPhone… but did you notice I didn't mention the iPad? Unfortunately, Apple has decided that emoji search will (hopefully for now) only be available on Apple phones. If you own an iPad, you're unfortunately out of luck, and you'll still have to search for emoji using categories only. Within the new iPad systems, Apple has discriminated in more features than just emoji search.
Home screen
…what we love
The iOS home screen has simply looked exactly the same for several years now, so many of us will definitely appreciate the new look of the home screen. Apple said during the presentation that users only remember the placement of apps on the first two screens, which I'm sure many of you will confirm. After that, you can now hide some pages with applications. In addition, you can add widgets to your home screen, which is really cool, although many people say that Apple has "monkeyed" Android. I would call the home screen in iOS 14 modern, clean and intuitive.
…what we hate
Even though the home screen is finally much more customizable, there are various things that simply bother us. Unfortunately, apps and widgets are still "glued" to the grid, from top to bottom. Of course, we don't expect Apple to remove the grid completely, we only expect that we could place applications anywhere in the grid and not from top to bottom. Someone would perhaps like to have applications at the very bottom, or perhaps only on one side - unfortunately we didn't get to see that. In addition, as regards page management and general management of the entire new home screen, the procedure is quite unclear and incomprehensible. Hopefully Apple will fix the home screen management options in future updates.
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Application library
…what we love
In my opinion, the App Library is perhaps the best new feature in iOS 14. Personally, I set the Application Library right on the second screen, when I only have a few selected applications on the first screen and I search for the rest via the Application Library. With this feature, you can easily search for apps using the search box, but apps are also sorted into certain "categories" here. At the top, you will find the most recently installed and most used applications, below are the categories themselves - for example, games, social networks and others. You can always launch the first three apps from the App Library screen, then launch the other apps by clicking on the category. Using the App Library is simply great, simple and fast.
…what we hate
Unfortunately, the application library has a few negative features. Currently, there is no option in iOS 14 to modify it. We can only turn it on, and that's all - all the division of applications and categories is already on the system itself, which certainly does not have to please everyone. In addition, sometimes in the case of Czech characters, the search of the application using the search field falters. Hopefully Apple will add editing options and more in one of the future updates.
Widgets
…what we love
I honestly didn't miss widgets in iOS at all, never used them much and wasn't a fan of them. However, the widgets Apple added in iOS 14 are absolutely brilliant and I've actually started using them for perhaps the first time in my life. What I like the most is the simplicity of the widget design - they are modern, clean and always have what you need. Thanks to widgets, it is not necessary to open certain applications, as you can access selected data directly from the home screen.
…what we hate
Unfortunately, the selection of widgets is very limited for now. However, this should not be taken as a complete drawback, as widgets should be added after the system is released to the public. For now, only native application widgets are available, later, of course, widgets from third-party applications will appear. Another downside is that you can't freely resize the widgets - there are only three sizes available from smallest to largest, and that's a bummer. For the time being, the widgets do not work as expected, as they often get stuck or do not display any data at all. Let's hope Apple fixes all these issues soon.
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Compact user interface
…what we love
In addition to making some big changes, Apple has also made some smaller ones that are also very important. In this case, the compact display of the incoming call and the Siri interface can be mentioned. If someone calls you in iOS 13 and earlier, the call will be displayed in full screen. In iOS 14, there was a change and if you are currently using the device, the incoming call will only be displayed in the form of a notification that does not take up the entire screen. It's the same with Siri. After activation, it will no longer appear across the entire screen, but only in its lower part.
…what we hate
While there is nothing wrong with displaying a small notification about an incoming call, unfortunately the same cannot be said for Siri. Unfortunately, if you activate Siri on your iPhone, you have to stop whatever you're doing. If you ask Siri something or simply invoke her, then any interaction will interrupt Siri. So the procedure is that you activate Siri, say what you need, wait for a response, and only then can you start doing something. The problem is also that you can't see what you said to Siri - you only see Siri's response, which can be a big problem in some cases.
So, after Apple copied widgets from Android, they started to be great, but then they lack the adaptability of widgets from Android, which I hope Apple will copy in the future :-)))
you have to understand that apple didn't add widgets to the home screen primarily for its current users, but for the android users it wants to drag :-)
Around 2005, Jobs introduced wingets in macOS. That android was still asleep a long time ago. So it's not entirely clear who went ape after whom
Those widgets for Mac OS X were covered by Konfabulator.
Are we evaluating something that isn't finished yet? This is what differentiates amateurs from professionals.
Then, what irritates me the most is that the choice of browser and mailer was not included in the current beta. (And that the possibility of having browsers with a different engine than webkit will not even reach the finals.)