On 2010-10-21 01:07 , Kevin Callahan wrote:
On Oct 20, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Arno Hautala wrote:
Apple is
incrementally moving closer to the goal of "you don't need to 'fully
internalize the structure of an OS'" and I can't wait to get there.
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I think that's it in a nutshell. And I think it's the right move.
" ... Bicycle of the mind ..."
the bicycle is something you _can_ completely internalize -- become one
with -- but the simplification of a bicycle for an imaginary "consumer"
drives designers to heavy compromise:
lately there's the "everybike" that becomes the standard rent-for-a-day
solution, installed by the hundreds in some cities; it has an internal
shifter that thinks for itself, often wrongly; it's fairly heavy and
inefficient, but it's smooth and somewhat comfy; cargo is carried on the
handlebars, addling the steering, instead of a lower more stable
position with rear baskets; it gives the _impression_ of being very
usable ...
the design is intended, i guess, for people who never got good at riding
bikes, but the problem is that most people, or at least a preponderance
of those who do ride bikes, did get good at riding bikes; so i could
easily see Apple adding a layer of everybike instead of really unifying
the OS into a coherent whole
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