On 29 Mar 2012, at 13:41, Robert Hanson wrote: > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 9:19 PM, Craig T Martin <cmar...@chem.umass.edu>wrote: > >> Bob, >> >> I wouldn't be so dismissive of the iPad/iPhone revolution. Clearly the >> latter looks to be dominating the smart phone market, despite it's higher >> price tag. It wasn't that long ago that experts were dismissive of Apple >> overall (or dismissive of mice and the GUI, for that matter). jmol risks >> being left behind if it is not adapted to a platform with a growing user >> base. I do appreciate that Apple's omitting Java support has made adapting >> jmol very challenging, but I would love someone to rise to this challenge - >> for my own and for jmol's sake. >> >> > It's not that I'm dismissive. Apple appeals strongly to the early adopter > community -- I understand that. But before you jump for a new iPad, read > the reviews of the iPad 3 and do consider the Android tablet instead. My > son and I absolutely love our Samsung, and I can't IMAGINE trading it for > an iPad. It's just hands down a better environment. Apple's a game changer > company, but how much of that fanatical enthusiasm is warranted for that > particular platform when so many other tablet-based options are available > and so more flexible? What exactly is the appeal of a tablet that is so > restrictive when other alternatives are available that let you do what you > really want to do?
Thanks Bob. You address a complex issue. Amongst the other aspects are 1. Do you want a QA controlled (by Apple) environment, or the more advertising-oriented environment of Android? 2. Which app store best contains the kind of apps that you want? 3. Allegedly, Android apps are often less battery friendly than iPad apps (they need to advertise, not save your battery) 4. Security, again allegedly, is lower on Android. 5. iPad is not fragmented, but Android is device fragmented (unless of course you consider Samsung as the only alternative player). 6. Few Android devices update the OS as often as Apple does IOS. 7. Is Apple's iCloud attractive to you? 8. Siri does recognise spoken chemical names (I have seen this demoed). Is this important to you? But Bob, you are saying that the solution to Jmol on a tablet is to go Android (and keep Java). I think others are saying there may be a second choice for the future as well, which may or may not involve an evolution of Jmol. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ Jmol-users mailing list Jmol-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jmol-users
