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RE: Meh
By nafhan on 5/30/2012 11:33:09 AM , Rating: 2
So, you're saying that you get the full benefits of multi-tasking for certain types of applications where Apple has given their permission. That is exactly what I said. I was responding to your statement that "if this isn't multi-tasking..." by explaining how, often, it's not.

For mobile applications Apple's take on this stuff may be superior. That's not what I was talking about, though. I was talking about how "getting the benefits of multi-tasking" isn't the same as actually multi-tasking. I'm not sure what point you're arguing with. I guess maybe the definition of multi-tasking?

RE: Meh


RE: Meh
By testerguy on 5/31/2012 9:42:05 AM , Rating: 2
However, you're actually describing an aspect of how Apple's task switcher works - it's showing a list of recently used apps. Not multi-tasking.

This is what I'm arguing with. To the end user, it isn't a list of recently used apps. It has the user interface equivalent of being RUNNING APPS, ANY of which can multi task if it is appropriate (as decided by Apple, which I have no issue with). In other words, if any app actually needs to do something in the background, and Apple agrees that it is necessary, it happens. If neither of those conditions are met you wouldn't want that anyway, so you lose nothing.

Whether they run in the background or not, it is NOT the same as being a list of recently used apps, because those apps can a) Be running in the background, or b) Resume exactly as you left them - being exactly the same as any multi tasking that you could ever require.

So while you tried to make a distinction between the task switcher and multi tasking, I proved that there is no difference to the user, the Apple approach is just more efficient.

