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Originally Posted by Faterson
Not really. But, you know, due to the small screen real estate on handheld devices, there is not much difference (to me) between "having tabs" and "not having tabs". In Nebulous Notes, switching between any 2 files takes 2 taps. I agree that a single tap would be more convenient (for example, GoodReader employs a tabbed interface for reading/annotating multiple PDF files), but in practice, I don't find that the difference between 2 taps and a single tap matters. That's because I generally find handheld devices unsuitable for any heavy-duty editing or multi-tasking work. For such work, I fire up my laptop or desktop machine. For lighter editing or multi-tasking, I find that the file switcher (2 taps) in Nebulous Notes suits my purposes just fine; I don't perceive it as slowing me down or decreasing my efficiency.
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Sure, two taps or one doesn't overly matter (though as you said one is better). The importance is being able to keep multiple documents open and under edit at the same time. It sounds to me that you can do that in nebulous and that we are misunderstanding each other. I used the term 'tabbed' loosely.
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Originally Posted by Faterson
What I do deplore about iOS is the inability to split screen between 2 (or more) apps, or perhaps between two files in the same app (including e-readers: display 2 books simultaneously!), or two different sections of the same file simultaneously. Such functionality is pretty difficult to come by on iOS devices, but I'd find it very useful.
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I think you're getting into multitasking, and indeed, it seems iOS deliberately hobbles this functionality. I find it horrible.
As for an editing app that allows split panels for multiple files, I don't know if it exists in Apple or Android. This would be a shame not to have on larger devices as their ample screen space to make it useful. Quick tabbing between open files means it's less important, at least for my needs.