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Originally Posted by tomsem
Maybe it is because I’ve been on beta for awhile but I think it is a clear improvement. I would give it more time.
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I guess you're probably right...
I also really don't mind the new control center gesture but the clock layout. There's no reason to put that on the side on current iPads, and it's probably only due to laziness at Apple that we are getting the same layout as the presumed new iPads.
As to consistency: the old iPhones did not get the new gestures, so anyone who uses one of these with his old iPad now loses the same consistency, the new iPhone users get. I think that is an objectively stupid move, but I guess in line with what Apple has been doing in terms of consistency in the past couple of years...
Lastly: the app switcher view could formerly (in addition to the four finger gesture) be accessed by simply swiping up, without any holding or side swiping. That was the optimal gesture for any device that has a separate home button and it was replaced for consistency with new devices (and probably economical reasons, because it saves on development for possible home-button-less new iPads).
All in all, what we got was a worse app switcher gesture and the ability to do stuff we could do before, but now in line with iPhones we probably do not have yet.
(also, again, the clock on the left just looks terribly stupid, but I guess we will get used to it...)