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What’s the tiniest thing about iOS / iPadOS / macOS that really bugs you?

https://thelemmy.club/post/6740118

What’s the tiniest thing about iOS / iPadOS / macOS that really bugs you? - The Lemmy Club

As much as I don’t like negative threads, there’s one thing in iOS that really irritates me, and I want to air it… Pressing and holding the tab button in Safari to access tab groups, should have a haptic response. Because it doesn’t, I often end up opening the tab view instead, so I have to huff a little, hit Done, then try again. I don’t know why it annoys me that it doesn’t because none of the other buttons in Safari do, but I feel like it should. No, I have not contacted Tim Apple about this. Yes, I probably should.

Dec 29, 2023 at 11:55amWeb
Show threadioslifeDec 29, 2023
The removal of 3D Touch
Show threadNotSteve_Dec 29, 2023
I’m still so mad about that. I was so excited to have that feature but I was a broke college student through the whole of its lifespan. I ended up jumping from an iPhone 6 to a 12 mini, missing 3D touch entirely.
Show threadDJDarrenDec 29, 2023
6 to XR, so yeah, same.
Show threadignismDec 29, 2023
6 to 12 mini gang! I hate it they abandoned the mini’s. I’ll prob get an SE next.
Show threadNotSteve_Dec 30, 2023
I hate it too! I got a good deal on the 14 pro but really wish it was the size of the mini. Just felt so much easier to hold
Show threadJimmyBigSausageDec 29, 2023
Itunes to Music. iphotos to photos Yikes
Show threadBonezeyDec 29, 2023
That you can´t disable the open camera gesture on the lock screen. Drives me crazy …
Show threadburlimanDec 29, 2023

Dude, I miss when lock screens were lock screens. I want nothing on my lock screen other than an unlock method. I’m always hitting flashlight and camera when I pick up my phone. Then when I cave, and decide to start using the camera button for quick pictures, it requires the most perfect press, right in the center, otherwise it refuses to register. It’s engraging.

Edit: as I type this on an iOS device, I am deciding I hate autocorrect more.

Show threadBonezeyDec 29, 2023

I like the new widgets for the lock screen in iPad OS 17 but I really hope Apple decides one day that camera is an option.

Agree. Autocorrect is really annoying, especially on the iPad so I installed Google keyboard. Using an Android smartphone makes using the Apple keyboard even worse.

Show threadpaddirnDec 29, 2023
Spellcheck, and it perfectly encapsulates Apple’s view of their customers, that Apple knows what’s best, better than their customers. In iOS, if you have spellcheck turned on, it automatically changes your words based on what it assumes you meant. You have to actually tap the word bubble to cancel it, which seems completely ass-backwards to me. They just assume you’re the idiot and they’re right. Sometimes that’s fine, but sometimes I’m just using slang or an abbreviation or a foreign word or it completely picks the wrong word and spellcheck fucks you over.
Show threadmaxprimeDec 29, 2023
Yeah that’s so ducking annoying.
Show threadDJDarrenDec 29, 2023
Incredibly, I went out to buy a duck for our Christmas roast the other day, and at one text my wife to tell her “I’m just looking for a fuck”.
Show threadSatansMaggotyCumFartDec 30, 2023
At least it wasn’t your mother.
Show threadderangerDec 29, 2023

They just fucking changed this so it autocorrects to your most commonly fucking typed words, they even fucking pointed it out in the presentation.

Autocorrect has gotten significantly better. I don’t even need to swype anymore.

Show threadburlimanDec 29, 2023

Yes, spell check… autocorrect. Rage inducing.

Also, something happened in newer releases of iOS, where sometimes you can’t tap your finger to place the cursor on a paragraph of text. Ends up selecting an entire word instead of putting the cursor between words. Sometimes does that, sometimes places cursor. It’s random, or at least I don’t know what causes it to get in that mode.

Also, another thing that boils my blood. Typing on this thing, getting almost an entire paragraph typed out, then suddenly the last sentence is selected, and the next character I type replaces it all, essentially deleting everything. Sure I can undo but it completely demolishes the stack in my brain that I was trying to convey.

Show threadUgurcanDec 30, 2023
A little known feature, you can hold space and swipe left/right to control text cursor.
Show threadawesomesauce309Jan 23, 2024

It works but it was so much better on 3D Touch. You could 3D Touch the entire keyboard and swipe.

RIP

Show threadEggyheadDec 31, 2023

I was going to mention this if nobody else had. Easily the thing that makes me angriest most frequently on my iPhone is its behavior when trying to type out and edit longer comments. I honestly don’t know what’s going on when it starts acting funky, but the more time I spend, the weirder it gets. Sometimes I’ll try to place the cursor and it will select a word on a completely different line (it just happened when typing this up that I selected a word in the latest line of this comment and it selected the very first “I” at the top and started overwriting it). Sometimes when I try to change or retype a word, autocorrect suggests the new word mashed together with the old word. When a comment gets too long, the screen bumps up to the top of the page after every new word is added so it’s almost impossible to see what I’m typing. I don’t know if it’s the iPhone, the browser, or the webpage, but it’s a terrible experience.

Then sometimes it’s perfectly fine.

Show threadxorDec 29, 2023
settings > keyboard > auto-correction: off
…
that was pretty easy…
Show threadDJDarrenDec 29, 2023
Right, but now there’s no autocorrect at all. A middle ground would be nice.
Show threadxorDec 29, 2023
it underlines misspelled words… works pretty good for me
Show threadteftDec 29, 2023
The latest version of iOS changes the words if you have spellcheck on. I think it underlines the misspelled words if you have spellcheck off.
Show threadxorDec 30, 2023
no, it only changes it with autocorrect
Show threadStovetopDec 29, 2023

The lack of real mouse support in iPad OS.

My gaming rig is currently out of commission undergoing repairs, but I was luckily able to continue participating in my multiplayer Baldur’s Gate 3 nights using Nvidia’s GeForce Now streaming. However, I’ve been forced to learn how to play using a controller, because iPad OS does not have real mouse support.

I was able to plug my iPad into a thunderbolt dock which gives me keyboard input, wired internet, and a “cursor”, but the cursor is only a simulation of touch input rather than an actual cursor.

Show threadgarretbleDec 29, 2023
I can see how for games that could be frustrating, but when going around the general interface I quite like the adaptive cursor and how it snaps to buttons and changes based on context.
Show threadStovetopDec 29, 2023
Oh yeah for native iPad features it’s kinda neat, albeit it takes some getting used to. But when you just want a basic mouse, it would be nice to have it behave that way when there aren’t fancy native UI elements to snap to.
Show threadDJDarrenDec 29, 2023
It bugs me immensely that, in order to have Hot Corners, you have to turn on Assistive Touch and have that button floating on the screen.
Show threadEggyheadDec 31, 2023
I dislike how inconsistent or broken scrolling can be for third party mice. And the lack of customization options for extra buttons.
Show threadHarrisonDec 29, 2023
Complete lack of support for clipboard history. This annoys me daily.
Show threadjefffDec 29, 2023
I’ve been using Maccy for this
Show threadHarrisonDec 29, 2023
Sorry, right, I was referring to iOS. On macOS I use Alfred for clipboard history. Works great.
Show threadludDec 29, 2023
Can’t you use a third party keyboard for clipboard history on iOS? That’s how it works on Android.
Show threadNoneYaDec 29, 2023

I think we do have this ability, but then we also have a few apps that will straight up block third party apps, mostly related to security, which is when you may want clipboard history sometimes like when copying a password from a password manager.

My job recently implemented new measures that extend to Outlook and Teams on my iPhone that won’t let me use third party keyboards in these apps anymore.

Show threadQuaternionsRockDec 30, 2023
Not perfect, but I use this.
Introducing Clip

One year ago, I was preparing for the upcoming launch of AltStore — my attempt at building an alternative App Store for non-jailbroken devices (maybe you’ve heard of it). I originally built AltStore as a way to distribute Delta, but soon pivoted towards a more general distribution platform for all sideloadable apps. However, if I was going to launch a whole app store and frame it as such, surely there needs to be more than just one app in there, right?

Riley Testut
Show threadHarrisonDec 30, 2023
Yeah that’s probably the best solution but like you say, pretty inelegant.
Show threadQuaternionsRockDec 30, 2023
Once they allow side loading we will be freee :)
Show threadHarrisonDec 31, 2023
If you’re in the EU or Japan, possibly. My guess is really doing it right (without impact on battery life) would require root. Or Apple supporting it officially with apis and everything.
Show threadQuaternionsRockDec 31, 2023
The solution I linked above is installed through AltStore and works perfectly. No jailbreak required.
Show threadeek2121Dec 29, 2023

How useless the mail app is.

The calculator needs to allow a few more digits.

Show threadSubstance_PDec 29, 2023
I second this, everytime I shut the mail app down or sleep my Mac the mail app prompts me to sign in again with my Gmail accounts. (could also be Google of course) - if anyone has a good suggestion for a better email client that supports ProtonMail bridge, I’d love to hear about it.
Show threadTrickDacyDec 29, 2023
Thunderbird, or at least it supports the bridge app on Linux.
Show threadTrickDacyDec 29, 2023
Thunderbird, or at least it supports the bridge app on Linux.
Show threadAA5BDec 29, 2023
I’m curious what you dislike about mail. I find it nicer that Outlook or gmail, and generally read all email there (on iOS). I currently use it for about half a dozen email accounts, including several gmail and outlook accounts, as well as my work email
Show threadludDec 29, 2023
Soon thunderbird will come to iOS so that’s great for those that use iOS.
Show threadjacobc436Dec 29, 2023
The mouse acceleration present in all Apple platforms that you can’t turn off unless you change system files on a Mac. It makes using an iPad as a work computer difficult.
Show threadBonezeyDec 29, 2023

I don’t experience this on my Mac. Because I am using an app called “Linear Mouse”. Maybe that would help you.

linearmouse.app

LinearMouse | The mouse and trackpad utility for Mac.

Customize mouse and trackpad's scrolling direction, pointer acceleration, pointer speed and so on...

Show threadjacobc436Dec 29, 2023
It would! If it worked on an iPad. But I’ll keep it in mind if I get a Mac in the future. Ty!
Show threadBonezeyDec 29, 2023
I thought you do because you mentioned a Mac.
Show threadjacobc436Dec 29, 2023
Nah. But it is present on all Apple platforms. You can pair BT mouse or use an OTG adapter for iPad and you’ll see it’s awful there too.
Show threadcustard_swollowerDec 29, 2023
MacBook: I use two screens and I constantly move the bottom bar between them by accident. The only built-in way to override that is to fix both screens as the same workspace, but this means any time you use fullscreen, the other screen also switches to “another” workspace.
Show threadXanvialDec 29, 2023
This is really annoying, also sometimes (usually after going fullscreen) when double clicking the window bar. When it should go almost from windowed to maximize, it ignores the bottom bar and go almost full screen with the bottom bar obstructing the maximized windows
Show threadjefffDec 29, 2023

I switched from Windows a few years ago, and I had the hardest time getting used to moving/maximizing/resizing windows on Mac.

Not sure if that’s what you mean, but if so then “Rectangle” solved all my window management problems, so much so I bought the pro version almost immediately.

Show threadthe_qDec 29, 2023
The weird, cult like mindset that both developers and users have for Apple.
Show threadDominusOfMegadeusDec 29, 2023
This is actually only a thing in your mind, it’s not a thing in objective reality.
Show threadthe_qDec 29, 2023
Oh it isn’t? The blue bubble thing isn’t real? The standing in line for a phone? Devs living inside the walled garden on a platform that has 10% market share? Ok, kid…
Show threadjardDec 29, 2023

This has absolutely no relevance to the UX of Apple software (which is the topic of this post), but everything to do with the fact that you’re trolling in a community of Apple users.

It’s also ironic how you’re willing to point out trolling, then exhibit that behavior yourself. Practice what you preach.

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Show threadthe_qDec 29, 2023

I didn’t know this topic was specific to UI stuff. I’m not trolling. These are my honest views and I thought I was sharing them like everyone else here.

Just because you don’t like what I’ve said doesn’t make it trolling.

Show thread嫦曦~Dec 29, 2023
Have been alive 30 years and yet to see even one of these cult-like rabid apple fanboys Android people online talk about. In fact, almost any time anyone has ever mentioned their phone to me is because they had an Android. Pretty sure you’re misconception is based on the day 1 lines people would form for Apple products but that’s because they were new and exciting technology. Everyone wanted the iPhone 4, now every phone is just a faster iPhone 4 with more camera.
Show threadthe_qDec 29, 2023
So if you’ve never experienced something that means it doesn’t exist? Must be nice.
Show thread嫦曦~Dec 29, 2023
That’s not what I said, what I said was I have never encountered somebody like that. Therefore rabid Apple fans are not nearly as common as everyone on the internet says it is. The internet acts like they can’t go a day without somebody shoving an iPhone in their face trying to get them to convert. I have only had people try to convert me to Android, which I tried for three straight years. Not once in those three years did an iPhone user tell me I should switch to iPhones. Nobody above 12 years old cares irl, it’s just a cell phone. They all do the same thing…