Re: [iPad] Re: Win8

 

I agree with your principles, fully.
 
Where is the clutter? And the lazy improvement?
 
Whatever the platform, if there is a new feature, it may get added to an existing menu or submenu, it may get added as an icon, although that is uncommon. It would get added where it is most useful to be added. Most times it would be to an existing screen where it belongs or extra options on an existing screen. That's common to any platform.
 
Re lazy improvements, I don't follow that. It implies features added that are not useful? Or added too slow? Many of the iOS6 features already existed elsewhere, and even so, the new Apple feature is still very lean in most cases. Plus, I am only referring to features that are useful, not some of the Android features that are geeky, techy, and while adding to the featureset count are really a waste of space. It is the intuitive and ease of use features that interest me, nothing else.
 
I just get the feeling that many of us default to seeing iOS as the standard to go by. In terms of stability, updateability, app quality, and generally being lag free, it is. It terms of intuitiveness, ease of use, it isn't generally. Many things take longer to do, are not intuitive, as in making sense. That's what I have garnered by reviewing iOS vs Android comparisons. I find that disappointing from a company that aimed at being easy to use, etc. Android has made many common things easy, iOS has added those as well, but they are slow, and the gap widens to the point where many things are just harder or limited, or non existent, as others have made them easier. To me, the standard features in an OS are the ease of use features that make our life easier, and Apple is way behind. In the past the Androiders whine about Apple with their usual ferocity, but now their claims are just factual in many cases as regarding the OS intuitive features

From: David Smith <david.smith.14916@gmail.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Thursday, 25 April 2013 4:37 AM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: Win8
 

Yes, but clutter is an almost inevitable result of lazy improvement.  You've got a neat new feature?  Tack it on, maybe to an existing submenu, maybe with another icon.  Apple's virtue is not to do that, but to integrate it cleanly, without adding noticeably to feature clutter.  At least, that seems to be important to them.

It's certainly important to me.  I've just bumped my head on gmail and have had to download a couple of manuals to figure out what the heck I'm looking at.  That should never have to happen, even to dummies like me.
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On Apr 23, 2013, at 11:35 PM, Tony <tdale@xtra.co.nz> wrote:
 
I don't think there is much option with hardware to do anything more then copy and improve marginally. Its mature.
 
OS wise, well, improve marginally is what Apple is doing, I don't think that really cuts it now as the market is widespread and they expect more. OS is yet to reach maturity, still plenty of scope to add value without cluttering the experience.

From: Just Murray <krismurray@gmail.com>
To: "iPad@yahoogroups.com" <iPad@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Wednesday, 24 April 2013 2:53 PM
Subject: Re: [iPad] Re: Win8
 
Whoa. While correct the real money is in think different and create rather than copy and improve marginally. 

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On Apr 23, 2013, at 2:19 PM, Charles Carroll <911@learnasp.com> wrote:
His kids can not own iPods for example. You can't copy and improve on what you don't use and don't respect.

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