![]() This sharpens the importance of great icon design on iOS: because apps in the dock are unlabeled (likely for the same reason – a lack of space), having a unique, strongly recognizable icon that can stand out in the dock at all sizes is more important than ever. The dock’s touch targets require more attention and dexterity to ensure you’re tapping the right icon. To accomodate both use cases, they came up with a gesture split in two parts and an integrated app switcher design, with the dock being the only constant. We can then infer that Apple sees switching between apps easily as a more compelling enhancement for iPad users than quickly reaching Control Center. The momentum required to “cross” the first half of the swipe takes a longer commitment than its iOS 10 equivalent. This is a fascinating change of priorities: even though, technically, a continuous swipe can still open Control Center, the gesture is skewed towards activating the dock. Inside apps, the gesture can be a one or two-stage activation method: swipe once and let go to reveal the dock as an overlay, or swipe and keep going until the frontmost app recedes and becomes a thumbnail in the new app switcher, which integrates dock, spaces, and Control Center. ![]() On the iPad, where no virtual pointer can simulate hovering over the edges of the screen to open the dock, the cursor is replaced by a swipe. The result is Mac-like, but it feels right at home on iOS 11. ![]() ![]() For the iPad, this is the first of many steps in the quest to rid iOS of its iPhone-first paradigms. If you’re a Mac user, none of this should come as a shock: the advantages of readily available app icons have been clear for decades. Abandoning the chunky, edge-to-edge appearance of the iOS 10 dock in favor of a floating bar lets the new dock feel svelte and versatile. It’s impossible to miss the dock on the iOS 11 Home screen: it’s the first thing you notice after unlocking the iPad, and its denser layout makes the old version look ridiculously oversized in comparison. ![]()
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