tangerine2468
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Pleco is the the only productivity app in my workflow that isn't capable of having multiple instances of it open on iPad.
I find having multiple instances of an app to be an extremely useful feature on iPadOS, especially in tandem with screen splitting. For example I'd like to have a web browser split with Pleco's dictionary in one window, a flashcard set split with a note taking app in another window, and a reader instance split with a drawing app in another window (or multiple instances of all of these individual things for different card sets / reader documents, etc).
This workflow is analogous to what I do on my computer, where my virtual desktops have applications open on them for each topic, one for work, one for study, one for hobbies, etc.
I appreciate that Pleco has the ability to pop-over the menu and switch in a single instance between various functions, but this doesn't gel too well with having different workspaces set up and ready to go for different purposes. Unfortunately now it takes a lot of manual window manipulation to make this workflow possible, and I've come to use Pleco for pretty much only 1 thing at a time, and downgraded to using an external PDF reader instead of the (really excellent) Pleco reader for certain tasks where I've got a lot going on at once.
I did see this thread discussing the same 3 years ago. I thought I'd bring the topic up again since it's been a while.
Is it possible to get this feature added? I realize there might be a lot of development time involved, especially if the app wasn't designed for this use case initially. I for one would be very willing to purchase this feature or contribute monetarily towards the development of this feature... Like I described, it's pretty integral to my personal workflow and based on how I've seen other people use their iPads for productivity, it is for many others as well.
I find having multiple instances of an app to be an extremely useful feature on iPadOS, especially in tandem with screen splitting. For example I'd like to have a web browser split with Pleco's dictionary in one window, a flashcard set split with a note taking app in another window, and a reader instance split with a drawing app in another window (or multiple instances of all of these individual things for different card sets / reader documents, etc).
This workflow is analogous to what I do on my computer, where my virtual desktops have applications open on them for each topic, one for work, one for study, one for hobbies, etc.
I appreciate that Pleco has the ability to pop-over the menu and switch in a single instance between various functions, but this doesn't gel too well with having different workspaces set up and ready to go for different purposes. Unfortunately now it takes a lot of manual window manipulation to make this workflow possible, and I've come to use Pleco for pretty much only 1 thing at a time, and downgraded to using an external PDF reader instead of the (really excellent) Pleco reader for certain tasks where I've got a lot going on at once.
I did see this thread discussing the same 3 years ago. I thought I'd bring the topic up again since it's been a while.
Is it possible to get this feature added? I realize there might be a lot of development time involved, especially if the app wasn't designed for this use case initially. I for one would be very willing to purchase this feature or contribute monetarily towards the development of this feature... Like I described, it's pretty integral to my personal workflow and based on how I've seen other people use their iPads for productivity, it is for many others as well.