On 2/11/10 11:13 , Karsten Silz wrote:
This is great - I like to be able to quickly use the apps. On
Windows, developers feel the urgent need to re-invent basic UI
concepts over and over. For instance, some fine folks at Skype
thought it to be a good idea to create their own window style on
Windows that adds a forth icon besides min/max/close - it switches to
"compact mode" which hides the entire right pane - and make this the
default setting. This is "triple-bad": It's on by default, you easily
click on it by mistake, and it does something that normal users can't
easily recover from. I spent about an hour with a remote desktop and
my mom, trying to figure out why Skype didn't work anymore - I had
switched this off, so I didn't see it on my machine. Whatever
protects me from such nonsense is fine with me. But then again, I'm
German, so I'm draw to order and authorities.
Your example is correct, but doesn't necessarily drive to your
conclusion. Summing up, you've said that Apple's restrictive rules make
it impossible for third parties to jeopardize the user experience. I
believe that it's up to the consumers to decide which apps jeopardize
the user experience. If an application is bad, it won't have success.
It's the free market.
Who knows? Maybe your dislike for that fourth button of Skype is
subjective and only a minority of people agree on that, and Apple's
restrictive rules are just preventing innovation from happening. Let's
the customer decide, please, not Apple.
I can only speculate here but I think it's the mobile carriers that
put these restrictions in. Here in Germany, my iPhone data contract
has a clause in there that forbids using VoIP on the phone. And a
Nokia phone I bought through Vodafone - the top-end N95 back in Spring
2007 - had the VoIP client disabled for the same reason - the carries
want to you to pay for calls and use their voice plans, not cheap or
free VoIP calls. Apple/AT&T apparently now allow VoIP calls over 3G
(http://www.geek.com/articles/mobile/skype-says-3g-voip-calling-on-
iphone-coming-soon-talks-skype-for-ipad-2010024/), but I have no idea
when that will be lifted here in Germany. I would also have to pony
up around 20 Euro/month for tethering in addition to the regular
iPhone data plan - again, I think it's to get more revenue per
customer, not for any technical reason.
Entirely possible and since Apple has ties to the mobile carriers it
makes sense. That's another reason for which I'd like that gear
manufacturer don't have (strict) ties to mobile carriers and allow the
maximum freedom to developers. It's a way for innovation to possibly
happen and break consolidated interests of major telcos that are against
customers' interests.
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