| Meanwhile, Tim Cook said publicly and more recently: http://www.macrumors.com/2015/11/09/tim-cook-ipad-pro-can-re... "Yes, the iPad Pro is a replacement for a notebook or a desktop for many, many people. They will start using it and conclude they no longer need to use anything else, other than their phones." So I guess maybe we should ask Tim Cook how he really feels? Maybe you should go and write increasingly smug and demeaning hacker news posts at him. I'm sure he'll be as intimidated as I am. > "“From the ergonomic standpoint we have studied this pretty extensively and we believe that on a desktop scenario where you have a fixed keyboard, having to reach up to do touch interfaces is uncomfortable,” says Schiller. Just an aside: what a load of absolute horseshit. Just another example of how relentlessly people fall in line with the Apple party line on experience even as experts in UX and UI say, "They are doing nearly everything wrong." I reach up from a keyboard to a touch surface every day, and it was a revelation when I finally could. You need it maybe once an hour, but the precision of scaling and translation gestures is far greater and the operation way more natural with your hand. So Phil's statement is either garbage or terribly dated, and independent testing bears that out. But whatever. You're saying that Apple doesn't believe the iPad Touch is a laptop replacement. > You're unable to develop software using OS X. No. That's not true. I just prefer not to. The SDK's first substantial change since the days of OpenSTEP was the modernizations brought on by Swift, which themselves feel dated and poorly thought out. Sadly, we don't get many other choices that can match the native look and feel. Its dated and platform locked and Apple's made sure it can't pay out well except in a few categories. But hey, what do I know. It's not like I've been in charge of shipping successful, highly featured and widely acclaimed iOS apps... What do I know? |
> Just an aside: what a load of absolute horseshit. Just another example of how relentlessly people fall in line with the Apple party line on experience even as experts in UX and UI say, "They are doing nearly everything wrong."
So are you saying that they're lying about having done ergonomic research? Also, just like your "indications" comment, this is utterly unsubstantiated. Which experts? What research have they done?
> I reach up from a keyboard to a touch surface every day, and it was a revelation when I finally could.
How could that possibly be comfortable, if your display is at the recommended 25ish inch distance from your eyes and at eye level? Did you notice we're talking about "on a desktop scenario" and not a notebook?
> It's not like I've been in charge of shipping successful, highly featured and widely acclaimed iOS apps... What do I know?
Certainly not Apple's long-term plans for OS X.