iOS 8, beta 1 Multitask Favorites/Recents

[iknrisms]

Does anyone else hate the contact bubbles that appear at the top of the app-switcher screen? They are God awful and really I find no use for them.

What are your thoughts?? Also, does anyone know if this can be switched off?

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[austriak]

I am not a big fan but can live with it. I could be wrong, but it seems like the multitask screen pulls up faster with iOS 8, which is nice.


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[yonkastone]

yeah i hate it, especially since it syncs contacts from all your devices. hopefully they have a way to disable it in the future

 

[jsntrenkler]

I actually find it useful. Been working well for me.

 

[HankAZ]

yeah i hate it, especially since it syncs contacts from all your devices. hopefully they have a way to disable it in the future

I actually find it useful. Been working well for me.

I noticed that too. My wife and I share contacts. Now my Task Switcher “recents” show all of her calls, texts, etc. Grrr.

 

[pappy53]

Does it only show "recents"?

 

[HankAZ]

Does it only show "recents"?

When you double tap the home button, you see the Task Switcher screen. Across the top are a list of circular icons with contact’s photos or initials. The initial display shows seven "recents" across the screen from left to right of the most recent 7 contacts with whom you have interacted (text or phone call). You are actually only able to see about 4 ? icons, but you can scroll to the right to see the remaining “recents”.

However, if you scroll left from that initial screen, you see the “favorites". There are actually 10 icons representing your favorites. The thing that I don’t like is that when you scroll left from the initial screen, and away from the “recents”, the “favorites" are in reverse order - meaning that the right-most in the “favorite" row is actually the TOP/FIRST favorite in your list. Scrolling farther to the left effectively takes you “down” your the list of favorites in the order they appear in the phone app. I would prefer them to be listed LEFT to RIGHT representing TOP to BOTTOM. But I can see how it might be a usability thing - scrolling away from the center point.

The neat thing about these icons is that they are links to the contact. When you tap one, you get an expanded horizontal “menu” (for lack of a better term) with actionable icons for phone calls to each phone number listed in the contact profile (home, work, mobile, etc); an icon representing a text message and another icon representing FaceTime, if that’s appropriate).

Hopefully I described it well enough.

 

[ghostface147]

I can't stand it. Give us the option to turn it off.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

If they want to make a shortcut for that then they should make a toggle in Control Center that brings up those contacts.

 

[iOS Gravity]

I noticed that too. My wife and I share contacts. Now my Task Switcher ?recents? show all of her calls, texts, etc. Grrr.

Probably shouldn't be happening unless you have the same iCloud account.

 

[iOS Gravity]

If they want to make a shortcut for that then they should make a toggle in Control Center that brings up those contacts.

I actually like the fact that it's in the multitasking menu. It looks cool in my opinion.

 

[BreakingKayfabe]

I actually like the fact that it's in the multitasking menu. It looks cool in my opinion.

For me it doesn't because I'm not one to have pictures for contacts. So it looks really bland with each circle containing two letters.

 

[iOS Gravity]

For me it doesn't because I'm not one to have pictures for contacts. So it looks really bland with each circle containing two letters.

I don't use pictures either. I still like it though.

 

[HankAZ]

Probably shouldn't be happening unless you have the same iCloud account.

Umm, yeah, that's the essence of "sharing contacts". Duh.

 

[gazoo2010]

I like it. Has come in handy for sending a quick message to a frequent contact.... Not really intrusive since its on the multitasking......

 

[acerace113]

I wouldn't mind a toggle...


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[iOS Gravity]

Umm, yeah, that's the essence of "sharing contacts". Duh.

Too bad Apple doesn't give a choice of what to sync.

 

[nikkisharif]

The thing that I don’t like is that when you scroll left from the initial screen, and away from the “recents”, the “favorites" are in reverse order - meaning that the right-most in the “favorite" row is actually the TOP/FIRST favorite in your list. Scrolling farther to the left effectively takes you “down” your the list of favorites in the order they appear in the phone app. I would prefer them to be listed LEFT to RIGHT representing TOP to BOTTOM. But I can see how it might be a usability thing - scrolling away from the center point.

It doesn't bother me as much but I do like how it shows right to left as meaning top to bottom since that's where the scrolling starts. I think it would drive me nuts if I had to scroll all the way left to see my first favorite

 

[Good OL MC]

I'm excited to try it and I admit to liking it almost only because it looks cool in demo. I'm just not sure it will actually be practical or useful. Sort of like the tabs in Notification Center.


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[HankAZ]

It doesn't bother me as much but I do like how it shows right to left as meaning top to bottom since that's where the scrolling starts. I think it would drive me nuts if I had to scroll all the way left to see my first favorite

After a week, I am used to how it works. Still prefer it to work the other way, but I can live with it this way, too.