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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Oct 2012

    Anyone else love closing iPad apps with a dramatically slow five-finger-pinch zoom out? No? Just me then!

    4:26 AM - 6 Oct 2012
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      2. Matt Braun‏ @mattbraun 6 Oct 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral Do you also make a slow "whoosh" sound as you do? No? Me neither!

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Oct 2012
        Replying to @mattbraun

        @mattbraun I’d never admit to it in public if I did ;)

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      2. Deepak‏ @ddjmac 6 Oct 2012
        Replying to @aral

        @aral it's awesome, plus not closing it at all and bringing it back like matrix animation, :p

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Oct 2012
        Replying to @ddjmac

        @ddjmac I might be guilty of that too at times :)

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      1. Grand Moff Darth Salt REACTIONS ARCHIVED TO MY SITE‏ @BarnabyWalters 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral you are not alone :) So much fun. APP; IMMA CLOSE U… NO I’M NOT! YES I AM! WHEEEE! (http://waterpigs.co.uk/notes/385 )

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      2. Antonio Savorelli‏ @antiorario 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral I like to pretend to be closing them until they're just a dot on the screen, then pull them up again.

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      1. Joachim Bondo‏ @osteslag 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral Now I do. Thanks for telling :-)

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      1. Matti Grip‏ @ungripped 9 Oct 2012
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        @aral also, how far can you get the shutter to open before sliding the lock screen back.

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      1. Nealle Page‏ @pageboy_za 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral nope, me too. Sometimes I tease by almost closing the app and then letting go to see it pop back open, only to close it again!

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      1. ᴅ ᴇ ᴀ ɴ‏ @dean 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral you're not alone! same with images, pinch in then turn sideways..

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      1. Adiel‏ @Adiel_G 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral I do! :)

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      1. Hon Cheng‏ @honcheng 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral my dad likes it. He can't even use a tv remote

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      1. Yaakov‏ @yaakov_h 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral yup, but it's not as dramatic if you have a folder open in springboard.

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      1. Nivi Morales‏ @nivims 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral I also love turning pages very slowly on iPad iBook app. In absolute awe on how they’ve replicated the experience to detail

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      1. Slobodan Stojanović‏ @slobodan_ 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral me too.

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      1. Flo Gehring‏ @flogehring 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral definitely not just you. Open And close Small And Big…

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      1. Bart Braem‏ @b_braem 6 Oct 2012
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        @aral I sometimes try to fool the iPad by not finishing the gesture. Just to see the visualization. Do you do that too?

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