I too have an Ipad 2. No way would I put IOS 8 on it. I am a firm believer in if it isn't broken don't fix it. Apple broke it. On Mar 27, 2015 12:53 PM, "Jon Solitro" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I still haven't upgraded to iOs 8 on my iPad 2. I'm still running iOs 7. I > found a handwriting recognition app that needs iOs 8 to install. Should I > update, or can I expect slower operation? > > On Wednesday, October 15, 2014 at 3:38:48 PM UTC-4, Yuma Decaux wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I don’t know about yall, but I have an iphone 6 with IOS 8 and I have to >> say that the experience is less than stellar. Bugs everywhere, slower than >> on my iphone 5s, siri cut off midway then voice over not working, hang like >> slowness when getting out of an app. I have to say that I have started >> looking for alternatives as I feel like apple is trying to nudge things too >> much into the “let big brother figure out for you what you should like and >> do”. Point in case, that U2 debacle. Last weekend I was camping with some >> mates and I was going through some tracks after lunch, and those damn U2 >> tracks kept popping up like annoying ads. Really don’t want some band >> pushing their crap on my life experience when I shelled out 1200 dollars >> for a phone that is supposed to do things for me. Not the other way around. >> Sure, U2 has some great songs. But their current 50’s midlife crisis moans >> aren’t my style, nor inspire me. I can listen to that when I go into an >> apple store and wait for a genius to tell me my future. >> >> Seriously folks, I’m not just going off on a rant, and for those of you >> who want to reply by being defensive for apple, just remember a few basic >> things: >> 1-You are customer. Customer is king, you are not serving apple. Apple >> makes money off you, take 30 percent of the cut on your music production or >> app developement with their platform. They serve you. Not the other way >> around. >> 2-Apple is not god almighty. Apple has great people that collectively >> create experiences. At the helm, a few individuals decide on the direction >> of that experience. Personally, I don’t trust Tim Cook that much in giving >> us a good experience. That Johnny Ive sounds like a pompous marketing guy >> with design skills I cannot trust as head of human interface, a software >> division, coming from someone who used to make toilet seats. The only one >> or ones I can trust in this are frederici and some of the younger engineers >> presented at the last apple showcase. but they don’t have enough say yet, >> so we’re stuck with all that flash graphical transition animation style >> crap instead of truly clean, efficient and snappy interfaces. >> 3-There are other choices out there, but I have no idea what. Sometimes I >> wish I was sighted again so that I can really be part of the process of >> creating real interfaces for everyone. It’s frustrating to know that most >> companies follow what is standard and forget that standards are meant to be >> broken and updated. Not broken at the cost of the buyer, no. If it’s >> broken, it should be free, such as what google offers. Buying a 3000 dollar >> piece of hardware to get clunky experiences and moments where you want to >> throw that damn thing out the window and never touch it again is clearly >> not what I call good experience on a computer. More and more of my friends, >> mac users, both sighted and visually impaired, agree with me that apple is >> starting to rot in terms of presenting it’s image. It’s not an underdog but >> a huge bulky oil tanker that can now only manuver slowly with a battalion >> of lawyers behind murmuring at the chief’s ears, the latter being probably >> more complacent than should be, thus giving us this weird awkward show each >> year now with a barely straight talking TIm Cook who sounds like he never >> had a girl friend chill time or something seems amiss in him. Some soul? >> Something. Whatever the case, I don’t really dig the style apple is >> portraying. It’s becoming a disney world presentation with oooohs and aaahs >> when the tech behind is quite literally lagging. No visionary stuff, when >> this qualification should by now, from all the sci fi, the research and the >> graduations of bright people, should lead us much farther in terms of >> actual interaction with a computer, and let’s not forget screen readers. >> >> Anyway, off for my morning coffee. Have a great day yall >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Yuma Antoine Decaux >> "Light has no value without darkness" >> Mob: +612102277190 >> Skype: Shainobi1 >> twitter: http://www.twitter.com/triple7 >> >> >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
