Comments on: iPhone 2.0 SDK: The No Multitasking Myth via RoughlyDrafted http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/ #1 Source for iPad, iPhone, iPod, Mac and AppleTV Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:44:40 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.6 By: mike http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-550 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:44:40 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-550 The problem is what about apps that need to be able to run in the background? Instant Messaging, IRC, really anything that is interactive but that you don’t want to stare at constantly.

]]> By: Brandon http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-546 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:21:20 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-546 @ nacho – sorry. You’re right. I’ll fix that shortly. For future reference though, I’m a systems administrator, not a journalist or an english major, so while I do my best to catch stuff like that… If I miss a couple here or there I don’t lose much sleep over it. =)

]]> By: nacho http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-545 Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:08:30 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-545 Please, please, PLEASE learn the difference between yea and yeah.

You used yea improperly in the article.

Things like that remove any hint of real journalism, if things like that matter to you at all.

]]> By: patrick http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-543 Fri, 14 Mar 2008 06:33:54 +0000 http://isource.com/2008/03/13/iphone-20-sdk-the-no-multitasking-myth-via-roughlydrafted/#comment-543 Good article for sure. I think a lot of the system architecture and general approach points make good sense. One place I would disagree is in the section where IM apps are mentioned. The author seems to suggest that if the app just remembers its last state on exit, most IM users will be happy (I think, if I’ve read it right) – but my impression is that most heavy IM users (I’m not one) really want an app that can stay running in the background and alert them when they have a new message while in the background. Just being able to go back and re-launch the app frequently will not have the same effect …

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