Well, this is from a public source. So hopefully it's OK to post here. Bummer. This and the loss of the ability to return to the previous app you were in from another app or unfortunate. I use that last feature a lot to go back to mail when I've gone to a website. I wonder why they're doing this. Mary
Removal of 3D Touch app switching gesture in iOS 11 confirmed as intentional change 9to5Mac / Benjamin Mayo Whilst iOS 11 includes a lot of new stuff to enjoy, there are also a few features that have been left behind. One such example is a lesser-known 3D Touch gesture that enabled faster access to the iPhone app switcher and a quick shortcut to move back to the previous app. Both of these elements are no longer present in iOS 11 and a bug report appears to confirm that this was an intentional removal rather than an outstanding bug. Bryan Irace filed a Radar about the removal of the 3D Touch convenience gesture and posted the Apple engineer’s reply on Twitter. Short but sweet, it unfortunately states that the feature has been removed on purpose and will not be returning: ‘Please know that this feature was intentionally removed.’ In case you aren’t aware exactly what feature we are referencing, try it out for yourself: on an iOS 10 device with 3D Touch, iPhone 6s or iPhone 7, press deeply at the left edge of the screen to open the app switcher. Instead of lifting immediately, drag across to seamlessly switch from the current app to the previous one. This was much faster than double-tapping the Home Button and dragging between open app ‘cards’, but will simply stop working when users upgrade to iOS 11. Apple engineering has confirmed that 3D Touch multitasking was intentionally removed in iOS 11. I am livid. pic.twitter.com/kiCcLq9XMB — Bryan Irace (@irace) June 30, 2017 You can see Craig Federighi demo the gesture at the original iPhone 6s event below, which heralded 3D Touch as a marquee feature. It’s fair to say that the functionality was not a critical part of the iOS experience; it was meant as a power user shortcut to a very common action. It’s unclear why Apple would remove something that was so useful — perhaps it interferes with the gestures of the upcoming bezel-less iPhone 8 somehow, although it’s hard to envision how it might clash. Original Article: https://9to5mac.com/2017/06/30/ios-11-3d-touch-app-switching-gesture-removed/ Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor. You can reach mark at: [email protected] and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
