Hobbyist iPadOS dev, full time iOS/iPadOS dev.
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https://mutatingfunc.github.io/blog/2026-05-23-ipados-2026-wishlist/
So, looking back at my wishlist for this release, we got… The death of UIRequiresFullscreen!
We actually seem to be approaching best-case scenario for this, where they might actually enforce this for games - which can use minimum window size APIs - and finally unlock full desktop gaming on iPad with external displays. 🥳
Now that’d be a big win for the year.
With just a few weeks to go before WWDC 2026, here’s my wishlist for iPadOS in 2026! OS-level tabs This feature massively benefits screens with less real-estate to work with. It seems especially suited to iPad. It exists as a macOS feature, but I’ve pulled this out of the grab-bag because I’d like to see Apple go further than the current macOS implementation, by allowing tabs from multiple apps in the same window.
I’m on the iPadOS beta!
Loving the performance improvements, the persistent menu bar (when it works).
Siri is a buggy mess right now, but has potential. I’d love an Agents.md equivalent. Siri app gaining spotlight indexing would be an amazing memory solution. Shortcuts access broken?
New Sidebars… Meh.
Spotlight Search has been completely destroyed: cmd-b to web search, gone; keyboard navigation, gone; search results, gone, behind a button. *Who removes search results from a search UI?*
RE: https://mastodon.social/@alexcox/116721603859293405
100% this.
“Me and most of my friends might be dead if we had to grow up under this kind of constant parental surveillance“ is a fucking dramatic statement, and yet it's the plain truth. A truth with cascading causes and effects.
RE: https://myke.social/@imyke/116721068646749888
Most of the cis white men commenting Apple's announcements regarding increased parental controls and restrictions on their children's devices are failing to see how dangerous these can be for queer and marginalized kids.
> “It feels like parents today need help to have better tools and guidance to make the right decisions for their children.”
Fuck no. Ask any trans kid whether their parents can make the right decisions for them. It's one thing to want to protect kids (who doesnt?), it's another to provide absolute power to the parents over them like they're their property.
Kids' rights are human rights should not be an empty statement. It should mean fight back against age verification, fight back against their systematic surveillance, fight back against removing kids' rights to digital privacy. And fight back against this insane idea that parents should inherit an almost divine right to police everything about their children's lives.
@viticci Time to get out your MacPad for the first ever touchscreen MacBook with SideCar now having touch support :)
Inspired by @Slatepad, I’ve put together my own wishlist for iPadOS in 2026!
https://mutatingfunc.github.io/blog/2026-05-23-ipados-2026-wishlist/
With just a few weeks to go before WWDC 2026, here’s my wishlist for iPadOS in 2026! OS-level tabs This feature massively benefits screens with less real-estate to work with. It seems especially suited to iPad. It exists as a macOS feature, but I’ve pulled this out of the grab-bag because I’d like to see Apple go further than the current macOS implementation, by allowing tabs from multiple apps in the same window.
With about two weeks to WWDC, I’ve got my iPadOS 27 wish list ready. Not expecting any huge changes this year, but hoping for some improvements to smooth out some of the Pro workflows.
https://slatepad.org/2026/05/23/what-i-want-from-ipados-27-wwdc-2026/
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