#THINGS FOR MAC 3.6 UPDATE#
#THINGS FOR MAC 3.6 PRO#

First, thereвЂ™s selection of tasks in the app. There are a few key concepts at play here. The idea behind Things 3.6 is that you should be able to fully interact with and navigate through the app without ever leaving the keyboard. With version 3.6, Things has the best implementation of external keyboard support IвЂ™ve ever seen in an iPad app. Instead, the developers at Cultured Code have focused on an all-encompassing keyboard control framework for the whole app, from task lists to popovers and multiple selections.

#THINGS FOR MAC 3.6 UPDATE#

This isnвЂ™t another вЂњkeyboard-centricвЂќ update that only adds a handful of shortcuts to trigger specific commands.

#THINGS FOR MAC 3.6 PRO#

IвЂ™ve been able to play around with Things 3.6 on my iPad Pro for the past couple of weeks. ItвЂ™s with this context that I want to cover Things 3.6, a major update to the task managerвЂ™s iPad version that gives us a glimpse into what Apple could do with external keyboard control on iPad if only they understood its potential. For the most part, the iPad treats external keyboards as inferior, bolt-on input devices. There are dozens of similar instances elsewhere in iOS.

As much as Apple argued against vertical touch screen surfaces in laptops years ago, the iPad Pro ended up in this very situation: if you want to take advantage of all the great features iOS 11 offers to pro users, you will have to take your hands off the Smart Keyboard and touch the screen. If you buy an iPad Pro with a Smart Keyboard and assume that youвЂ™re going to be able to assign an app to a side of the Split View, or maybe resize it, or perhaps change the keyboardвЂ™s focus from one side to anotherвЂ¦ well, do not assume. Take multitasking for example: after three years, Split View, one of the iPadвЂ™s marquee exclusive features, still canвЂ™t be controlled from an external keyboard. The iPad Pro line, however, is nearing its third anniversary, and its external keyboard integration still feels like an afterthought thatвЂ™s hard to reconcile with the companyвЂ™s marketing. This isnвЂ™t surprising at all: iOS was designed with multitouch in mind as long as the iPad shares a common foundation with the iPhone, itвЂ™ll always be first and foremost a touch computer. Despite AppleвЂ™s message that the iPad Pro can be a viable PC replacement because, among other features, it natively supports a dedicated external keyboard, its software still isnвЂ™t fully optimized for keyboard control.

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