I think I can actually break a new iOS feature! In iOS 17.1, the App Store app now lets you focus the search box by double tapping the search icon in the bottom nav.

Apple Music has had this since forever, and other apps like Letterboxd and Threads have adopted it as well over the years, but many Apple apps inexplicably haven’t.

https://cdn.masto.host/isfeelingsocial/media_attachments/files/111/144/785/657/135/587/original/1c1ae71a9af371b7.jpeg 

 Kagi is the best Google alternative I've ever used, and it's not even close.

https://youtu.be/spiBZSPJReM?si=nrgs0HLMeL7YkOxG

https://cdn.masto.host/isfeelingsocial/media_attachments/files/111/144/133/415/388/282/original/cd14925c3761fdeb.jpg 

 Same here. I’ve been using watchOS 10 since June and I still don’t feel like the new navigation is intuitive.

If they were going to change things, I think I would have made the side button an action button and let the user assign it how they wanted.

That would mean 2 action buttons on the Ultra, but what’s more ULTRA than that?

https://cdn.masto.host/isfeelingsocial/media_attachments/files/111/134/174/967/161/870/original/bb0dd195843eca25.mp4 

 Posting a photo of an iPhone 14 Pro with fingerprints on it apropos of no other "controversies" swirling around on the birdsite.

https://cdn.masto.host/isfeelingsocial/media_attachments/files/111/075/663/633/890/664/original/b390232707121d89.jpeg 

 Sharing my Apple Watch list only because surely I’m in the top 0.01% of buyers, right?

Series 0
Series 1 (underrated!)
Series 3
Series 4
Series 5
Series 6
Series 7 (first steel one)
Ultra

RT @6a7d05b7 https://mas.to/@rowan_johnson/111071265881447380 

 I am officially ready for my tiny baby phone next week.

https://cdn.masto.host/isfeelingsocial/media_attachments/files/111/071/298/832/751/927/original/e5664e5454815de6.jpg 

 Ok so I’ve been using AssistiveTouch on my Apple Watch since Tuesday and it’s an absolute game changer.

I LOVE THIS ❤️❤️❤️

If the new version of this that ships in the Series 9 and Ultra 2 is even better (and it should be), I retract my sentiment that these are minor watch updates.

*Although I do still think they could have made this a watchOS 10 feature for all watches if they wanted.* 

 The great iPhone price hike that wasn't…yet https://birchtree.me/blog/the-great-iphone-price-hike-that-really-wasnt/ 

 Thank goodness for Mastodon https://birchtree.me/blog/thank-goodness-for-mastodon/ 

 The iPhone USB-C “controversies” have already begun, but this one isn’t what you expected https://birchtree.me/blog/the-iphone-usb-c-controversies-have-already-begun/ 

 I am the 2% 🎉

https://mastodon.social/@caseyliss/111053651964917242