Comments on: iPhone 3.0 Software Adds Small But Useful Feature

By: joetomasone

joetomasone — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 03:57:40 +0000

In reply to Jojo10040. The difference is that when it slides to the next screen, if you hold your finger still, it will continue to slide to the next screen until you let go or pull back. Previously, it would stop on the next screen and wait there, forcing you to pull it back and push it to the next screen.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:30:05 +0000

In reply to Jojo10040. The sliding has been there for some time, but it has definitely become much smoother and easier to work with in 3.0.

By: patrickj

patrickj — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 01:29:20 +0000

In reply to ideasmatter. I tend to use that method a lot as well.

By: Tony

Tony — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 00:18:00 +0000

In Google Maps while getting directions from one place to the next, you now have the distance you're traveling on the same "step" page as the instruction on what to do once you're done with the step..
This is a great.. because otherwise I used to keep going back a step to figure out what the distance was again to the next step.

By: Jojo10040

Jojo10040 — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 18:40:51 +0000

Ummm I've been doing this "app sliding" thing since I got my 2G iPhone! I don't think it's a new feature in 3.0

By: ideasmatter

ideasmatter — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:55:19 +0000

I found it easier to go back to the main app page (2nd page) by pressing the home button from any other page. It will easily jump you back. And if you press it while on the main page, it takes you to spotlight. Yet another press takes you back.

By: aflorence

aflorence — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 15:31:26 +0000

The change to the media scrubber is welcome. Just slide your finger downward to half or quarter speed and precisely go back or forward to a specific location in any audio or video track.