Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by proee on Sunday July 14, 2019 @08:49PM
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This is a terrible argument to justify a poor design. There are plenty of times you need to use a laptop in non-ideal situations, such as a car or plane. The laptop should not punish you for having to operate it outside perfect conditions.
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Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by jacobolus on Sunday July 14, 2019 @08:52PM
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There is no condition where you should have your forearm digging into the front edge of the laptop.
If you come up with a body shape and context and I guarantee you we can come up with a more comfortable way to position the laptop than anything requiring wrists bent downward.
This is not about the design of the Macbook: the same goes for any other laptop, however smooth and soft its front edge might be.
Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by fiblye on Sunday July 14, 2019 @09:30PM
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Maybe you shouldn’t do it. But it happens.
You also shouldn’t drive your car into other cars. But we still put seatbelts and bumpers on for those who do.
Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by tenaciousDaniel on Monday July 15, 2019 @07:34AM
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I misspoke in my original comment. What I should have said was "wrists" instead of forearms. I don't place my forearms on my machine.
Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by ysavir on Sunday July 14, 2019 @09:55PM
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It isn't justifying it. This is not an either/or situation. We can both have smoother laptop edges and be mindful of our typing posture.
Re:Jony Ive’s Mistakes: When Beautiful Design Is Bad Design
by arcturus17 on Monday July 15, 2019 @06:22AM
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This was not framed in any shape, way, or form as a justification to the MacBook design. OP just provided some related and useful info.