iOS Quick-App-Switching Concept [Video]

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Posted February 17, 2013 at 11:40pm by Shalom Levytam

Sentry, the designer behind the popular Auxo tweak, has posted a new concept for iOS quick-app-switching.

This is a short animation mockup of an experimental app switching mechanism I was pondering the other day.

The concept is to allow for instantaneous app switching, via a simple swipe up from the bottom (splitting the screen). Without lifting your finger/thumb, you swipe to one of your (5-6) recently used apps, release, and jump into it in one swoop.

Take a look below...

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6italia0 - February 19, 2013 at 10:15am

Looks more like a re-tweaked version of zephyr and auxo

Sam - February 19, 2013 at 3:23am

Interesting !! Are the Ives and Cooks watching ??

Wulf - February 18, 2013 at 10:00pm

I Love it! Would be so easy to use with the thumb too! Please apple implement, I don't like the way it is now, it's so hard to reach with your thumb you have to bend it down too far making the phone hard to hold in one hand. This would solve it. Love it!

Bobby - February 18, 2013 at 6:32pm

I hate iOS multi-tasking. I miss backgrounder (. .)

falcon212 - February 18, 2013 at 1:18pm

not a fan at all ! splitting the screen into two ? seriously ? :p

Eran - February 18, 2013 at 6:55am

I love it! So original.

Aly - February 18, 2013 at 6:11am

In that multitasking where all those icons were to enable/disable (ie 3G or Bluetooth), that is a tweak from cydia. It looks exactly the same as the multitasking tweak called Auxxo. It's not the same way of multitasking, it's just a tweak keeping similarity to the regular multitasking.

Pontinha - February 18, 2013 at 1:07pm

Read the text and you'll find out that the tweak in the video is a concept done by the SAME designer of the Auxo tweak.

pkmaximum - February 18, 2013 at 5:31am

Not saying it is a bad concept, but I personally do not care for it.

pkmaximum - February 18, 2013 at 5:33am

I should elaborate further to as why I do not like it. The task switcher at the bottom of the screen allows for seamless app switching with your thumb while holding the iPhone with one hand. This would make it so you would need your other hand to interact with the device to reach up the screen.

Effendi - February 18, 2013 at 5:27am

when it will be avaiable and where?

Guest - February 18, 2013 at 5:04am

This looks awesome!

marco - February 18, 2013 at 1:58am

so this is free for all Auxo users? :p

Elizabeth - February 18, 2013 at 12:44am

wow,,,, I would love to have this - great addition to the auxo tweak which I purchased soon as I jailbroke my i5 :) (look forward to auxo for my ipad)