With the arrival of the iOS 5.0.1 update for Apple devices, in addition to trying to fix the excessive battery consumption, those from Cupertino also added multi-touch gestures in the first generation of the iPad. But once the equipment is updated, the user should know that they have to activate the natural gestures for them to take effect.
To do this, you must go to the "Settings" screen. Once inside, the "General" section is selected and by scrolling or sliding the screen down, the consumer will be able to see an option called: Gestures for multitasking. This section must be activated for gestures with more than one finger on the screen to take effect. But what gestures can we do on the screen?
First, with the activation of this multi-touch function, the user will see reduced use of the physical start button. For example, to return to the main menu where are all the icons with shortcuts to the different installed applications, the user will only have to place four or five fingers on the screen - and no less - and make the typical pincer gesture but at the same time. reverse. That is, bring the four or five fingers together from the outside to the inside. In this way the screen will “shrink” and you will return to the main menu. It is a gesture very similar to the one that could be done when crumpling a sheet of paper. Thus, it will no longer be necessary to hit the "home" button.
On the other hand, we can also move from one application to another without having to press the main menu button twice in a row on the iPad. With natural gestures it will be very simple. That is, as if it were a reading of a book or a script, the user only has to turn the page. Yes, that easy. They place four or five of two back on the screen and slide the image from left to right. Thus, the applications that are open will pass one by one in front of the user.
Finally, to see the multitasking bar, the user had to press twice in succession on the small physical button. In this way, on the iPad screen a small bar appeared in the lower frame of the Apple tablet where you could see the different applications that are working and that have not been closed completely. Now it will be simple. With four or five fingers -again-, they slide from bottom to top and the small bar will appear where we can jump from applications or, by pressing and holding one of the icons, we will see how they begin to move and, simultaneously, small blades of red color to be able to close, one by one, the applications that are no longer needed.
