A month after publishing his iOS 17 concept, the American designer Parker Ortolani announced this week on Twitter its ideas for the iPadOS 17system version expected for September this year.
In his most recent project, Ortolani tried to improve some of the features already present in the iPad’s operating system (such as Stage Manager) and bring to Apple tablets some of the new features that were limited to the iPhone in iOS 16, such as the new customizable lock screen.
★ Settings not Stage Manager
★ Stages names + Focus modes
★ “Mission Control” application switcher
★ The new lock screen + more widgets
★ Home screen with files and folders
★ Dock + context menu
★ Apple Pencil Dial no iPad Pro
★ Top left Shortcut Menu
To make things simpler, the designer decided to unite the user interface Stage Manager with the da Split View, allowing the user to see all of their open apps in one place. This interface would also allow searching for specific apps and linking groups of windows to a Focus determined by the user.
iPad Pro owners would have a new way to interact with their tablets when using the feature “Apple Pencil Dial”. According to the designer, it would be enough to bring the stylus of the iPad screen to bring up a contextual menu in the shape of a wheel, with a series of options for each application.
The Dock, in turn, would hold not only apps and folders, but also files for quick access and a shortcut to Siri. The contextual menu accessed by tapping and holding an app icon for a few seconds also received a redesign and would now be able to show all windows open in the background.
Anyone who owns an iPad knows that iOS 16’s new customizable lock screen didn’t come to iPadOS 16 last year. Therefore, Ortolani also imagined what it should look like when Apple takes the novelty to its tablets, which includes new widgets and fonts for the clock.
Finally, we have the new “Shortcut Menu”, located in the upper-left corner of the iPad screen, next to the clock and date. By expanding the novelty, the user would have access to a list with a series of keyboard shortcuts for your iPad.
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