Notebooks on IOS gets side-by-side documents

Posted by MadaboutDana
Oct 24, 2015 at 11:24 AM

Owners of less-than-state-of-the-art iPads like moi might be comforted to know that they can emulate the iPad Air 2/iPad Pro’s ability to split the screen in good ole’ Notebooks. Okay, so you already knew that. But what not everybody knows is that Notebooks opens embedded documents (attachments) in its own screen - and also in split-screen view. This is very convenient if you’re working on multiple documents (and not just Notebooks’s own notes).

And there’s more: Notebooks also opens websites in its own screen, and also in split-screen mode. So if you tap on a link in a Notebooks note, it will open a viewer in the same screen, so you can work on a note and browse significant websites at the same time. Plus, of course, you can use the side-screen thingy (screen slide, or whatever it’s called) to create a third note-taking or reference-consulting window!

This makes Notebooks a must-have app for those of us who haven’t yet got a really good excuse to rush out and buy an iPad Pro…

Although I confess, okay, I’ve been bad, and couldn’t resist temptation when I saw a 2014 HP Pavilion x2 ex-display model on sale at a ridiculously low price. Yes, I acquired it. It’s not in top shape (very scuffed, especially that ridiculous folding textile stand), but it’s actually a very nice little machine with very good battery life. I shall use it as a platform for testing Windows 10 in both desktop and tablet modes. I remain extremely doubtful about the praticality of this concept, but don’t worry, I’m taking the difficult decisions so others don’t have to, and will earnestly impart the results of my play… [koff] research to you once I have built up some experience with my new little pal… [hem] useful research tool.

Bill