Linked List: October 22, 2013

Tuesday, 22 October 2013

Apple Releases iOS 7.0.3 With Updated Reduce Motion Setting, Spotlight Improvements, iCloud Keychain, and More ★: Federico Viticci:

A subset of users asked Apple to reduce the motion of the OS as it was causing motion sickness for them; a setting that the company had included in the Settings app wasn’t enough, as it disabled the parallax effect of iOS, but not the new animations.

Apple has listened, and in iOS 7.0.3 the Reduce Motion setting (available in General → Accessibility) now truly reduces animations: switching to apps and back to Home screen, unlocking the device, and moving between folders is now a cross-fade that is much faster than Apple’s animations with Reduce Motion turned off.
Why Does Windows Have Terrible Battery Life? ★: Jeff Atwood:

Apple is clearly doing a great job here. Kudos. If you want a device that delivers maximum battery life for light web browsing, there’s no question that you should get something with an Apple logo on it. I just wish somebody could explain to me and Anand why Windows is so awful at managing idle power. We’re at a loss to understand why Windows’ terrible – and worsening! – idle battery life performance isn’t the source of far more industry outrage.
iWork for iCloud Beta: Supported OS and Browsers ★: Interesting that even the latest version of Firefox is only partially supported.
First Look at the Nokia Lumia 2520 Tablet ★: Somehow I think this won’t be the most talked-about tablet in the news today. Looks interesting though — especially the keyboard cover with a built-in battery extender.