Re:iOS Menu
by coldtea on Saturday January 05, 2019 @08:50AM
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>I don't agree that these are valid comparisons. An iPad is a computer. It has a CPU, and a screen, and an OS, and is therefore rather similar to a PC, barring UI lipstick.
That would entail that anything with "a CPU, and a screen, and an OS" should offer the exact same experience as a desktop/laptop computer.
(Not to mention that ATM machines, kiosks, and cars also have one or more cpus, screens, and OSes).
The whole idea of the iPad as Apple (and I) see it, is that something with a "CPU, an OS, and a screen" can have widely different interaction design, and that the "PC" experience is far from the optimal for all uses. For those other users, the iPad experience (or some other) can be greater.
And those that really need a PC, can always just ...get a PC!
(That's also how the smartphone, which also has a CPU, a screen, and an OS) surpassed the PC in time spent/internet use) with a different interaction design.
>You wouldn't agree with this? In the context of computers (once again, neural stuff/VR notwithstanding) I have yet to see an interface to a computer faster than the keyboard and mouse.
Faster at what?
When using visual apps like Procreate or Photoshop for example, I find that touch is faster than "keyboard and mouse".
For reading (Kindle, iBooks, etc) touch is faster than keyboard and mouse.
For certain music apps, touch is faster than keyboard and mouse (most of the work is manipulating filter and automation envelopes and rectangles on a grid).
The main things keyboards are faster are writing and programming.
That would entail that anything with "a CPU, and a screen, and an OS" should offer the exact same experience as a desktop/laptop computer.
(Not to mention that ATM machines, kiosks, and cars also have one or more cpus, screens, and OSes).
The whole idea of the iPad as Apple (and I) see it, is that something with a "CPU, an OS, and a screen" can have widely different interaction design, and that the "PC" experience is far from the optimal for all uses. For those other users, the iPad experience (or some other) can be greater.
And those that really need a PC, can always just ...get a PC!
(That's also how the smartphone, which also has a CPU, a screen, and an OS) surpassed the PC in time spent/internet use) with a different interaction design.
>You wouldn't agree with this? In the context of computers (once again, neural stuff/VR notwithstanding) I have yet to see an interface to a computer faster than the keyboard and mouse.
Faster at what?
When using visual apps like Procreate or Photoshop for example, I find that touch is faster than "keyboard and mouse".
For reading (Kindle, iBooks, etc) touch is faster than keyboard and mouse.
For certain music apps, touch is faster than keyboard and mouse (most of the work is manipulating filter and automation envelopes and rectangles on a grid).
The main things keyboards are faster are writing and programming.