How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name

Re:How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name by enraged_camel on Saturday November 14, 2015 @02:16PM (#10566804)

"Completely unusable"? Don't you think that's a bit over the top?

I don't know any advanced features but I can use all apps just fine. Pinch-to-zoom and a few swipe types are sufficient for most use cases.

Edit: why the downvotes? I didn't say anything controversial. If you disagree, write a reply.

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Re:How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name by 91bananas on Saturday November 14, 2015 @08:32PM (#10568128)

I'm right with you, the grandparent is insane. Flat out.

I love reading quotes like that that are backed with, you guessed it, absolutely nothing.

Pinch to zoom is a great example. It may not be your first guess but it's the type of thing that you do a couple times then look back thinking, Wow! that's a great way of representing zoom on a device capable of listening to multiple inputs at a time. And subsequently will never forget how to do it, and it becomes your first tool when you want to zoom.

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Re:How Apple Is Giving Design a Bad Name by gambiter on Sunday November 15, 2015 @08:40AM (#10569568)

HN is so anti-Apple it's not funny. I've noticed if an argument makes Apple better, no matter how reasonable you are, you tend to get downvotes.

Anyway, I agree with you. (There are two of us!) Apple's stuff is built to be easy enough for a know-nothing user to get the basics done, and depending on your skill, you gain access to more and more over time.

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