because, whereas iPads have long had an
irritating tendency to load mobile rather than
desktop versions of websites, Safari has now
been configured to load the latter by default. As
a result, web-based productivity apps like those
of Microsoft Office and Google’s G Suite are now
accessible and usable on iPads, sparing you from
having to settle for the (possibly more feature-
limited) app versions.
CLEVER NEW MULTITASKING FEATURES
AND OTHER GESTURES
You might already be accustomed to using Slide
Over, which displays an app in a side panel for
you to easily slide onto and off the screen as
convenient. However, even if you’ve replaced an
app in Slide Over with a different app, you can
easily switch back to the old one; just drag from
the bottom to see it and then tap it to bring it
back into the full Slide Over window. Meanwhile,
in Split View, two windows from the same app
can now be displayed side by side.
Things get even better if you have an Apple
Pencil and would like to annotate a screenshot.
Now, once your iPad screen is showing a web
page, document or email you want to capture,
you can swipe up with your Pencil to show a
screenshot ready for you to annotate with that
Pencil. If you would prefer traditional typing
with an on-screen keyboard, though, you could
embrace the new floating keyboard ideal for
typing one-handed, including swiping straight
from one letter to another.
While on the subject of text entry, have you ever
noticed that the particular font you want isn’t
available in the app you are using? Fortunately,
the App Store now allows you to download new