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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.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

This is for watchOS, but when you add a watchface, look closely at the activity digital face... There is an activity complication in the corner. It makes me SO mad, I chatted with Apple and they just ended it. I really hate it.

[–] zero_spelled_with_an_ecks 2 points 11 months ago

No option for focus follows mouse. And no way to implement it due to the way the menu bar works.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Clipboard management on iOS. At least I can get Maccy on macOS, but on iOS I’m just stuck to suffer through copy/paste hell.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (3 children)

The iOS message interface, specifically the audio message button. I goddamned always hit that goddamned recording button right after hitting send, or sometimes when picking up my phone if the screen is still on. And then I have to both x the recording to stop it, and delete the blank 1-5 second message. Just put that button somewhere else like on the other side, not replacing the send button. It sucks. I hate it passionately.

Happens multiple times a day, drives me absolutely batty. I have literally never used speech to text or voice messages on my phone, except by accident. And I don’t want to, either. I’d like to disable it but 1. I haven’t found a way, and 2, I assume if I manage to do so, it will cause other problems, like it’ll probably disable speech to text on my watch also (which I do want to keep, because I’ve used it there), because Apple -sucks- at user control and configuration.

Also, the fact that I can’t change ringtones to non-default options without either spending money or going through a massive process to convert an existing ringtone with their software, which conveniently only runs on Mac (which I don’t have because fuck apple walled garden bullshit). Seriously, wtf is that shit? Greedy swine.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I don’t think I have ever done that. But don’t you have to hold it down now to record? Probably to fix this exact issue.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

No, it still only takes a single press, just checked it.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)
  • No back button or consistent back action, can't swipe back from either side of the screen like you can with Android.
  • When there is a back button, it's in the #1 most inaccessible part of the screen
  • Can only use Safari (other brosers are just themed Safari)
  • Because you can't have other browsers, you can't have browser plugins.
  • You can use a custom keyboard... But only sometimes. It won't let you do it for passwords. This is very frustrating as their stock keyboard sucks ass and you don't have that muscle memory, they should just do it all the time.
  • iMessage
  • Inability to side load apps or install from places outside the app store that extorts developers

These are a few things that if resolved, would make me decide to use iOS over Android.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Swiping from the left side of the screen is almost always back

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

When I save things and then go try to find them in Files and they aren't there, only to find out later they ended up in some hidden part of the file system that Files doesn't see.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Intercom messaging from an HomeKit automation trigger.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (3 children)

How useless the mail app is.

The calculator needs to allow a few more digits.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Thunderbird, or at least it supports the bridge app on Linux.

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