Apple has stuck to the same old method of multitasking since first introducing it with the launch of iOS 4. To multitask or switch between applications in iOS, you will have to double click the Home button, which then reveals the App Switcher. You can get a different App Switcher if you’re jailbroken and can [...]
Dash is self-described multitasking revamp for the iPhone and iPod touch which replaces the standard multitasking tray. Instead of putting icons of previously used apps in a tray below the screen, Dash allows users to swipe between cards which represent open apps. These cards contain screenshots and icons of the apps they represent. Users flip [...]
Quasar is a tweak that was impressive in its early, buggy stages, and continues to shine as it is refined. It’s a tweak that did the impossible: it turned the iPad’s fullscreen apps into windowed pages. Originally I just bought Quasar for the few tasks that really, really needed multitasking support (my halfling rogue thanks [...]
Apple’s multitasking app switcher is awesome, it lets you quit apps, background them and change between multiple programs with ease. However, if you have a lot of apps running, it can get a little annoying to scroll through all of them and delete them one by one. The app switcher only shows 4 icons on [...]
Quasar is one of my favorite Cydia tweaks on the iPad. But one of the biggest complaints I had was with Quasar was its stability. Luckily, the newly released update not only adds new features but improves day-to-day stability as well. Certain apps which would freeze if immediately switched to fullscreen now work fine, even [...]
Microsoft announced some huge improvements for the Windows phone platform in Windows Phone 8. In fact, in our last article on the Windows Phone 8 we covered the 8 platform announcements Microsoft presented in their keynote. These included new hard improvements, Nokia map technology, NFC sharing, native code and so much more. With all of [...]
We recently reviewed Quasar, a window manager which enables true multitasking on the iPad. Quasar is a great interface tweak but its support for iPhone apps is limited. Features like window scaling, fullscreen mode, and landscape rotation only currently work with iPad applications. What’s more, iPhone apps seem to be the most vulnerable to Quasar’s bugs. [...]
Zephyr, the jailbreak tweak that brought true multitasking and multi-touch gestures to iOS, has received another update. Developer Chpwn is always providing updates for this tweak, with new features, improvements and bug fixes. The latest update adds landscape support to the iPhone, landscape app switching and notification peeking. Zephyr 1.3 and all the previous versions have been [...]
Few days ago, we posted a nice article on how the iOS multitasking bar really works, and we tried to clear the big confusion caused by it. It was based on a developers blog post, which went on to cause a lot of uproar on the Internet. A lot of people believed, that killing the [...]
The SuperSwitcher Cydia tweak will allow you to bookmark up to 9 of your favorite applications in a menu above the multitasking bar. The SuperSwitcher Cydia tweak also allows you to change certain system settings such as Bluetooth, WiFi, screen brightness, volume and so much more in this menu. Are you ready to take your [...]