Hi Robert,
I very much enjoyed your Tech Doctor podcast featuring iPad vs. iPod/
iPhone formats examining issues like web browsing, and screen layout
as it affects the user experience. It occurred to me during the demo
with Yahoo news, that there may still be advantages to visiting mobile
versions of web sites (such as Yahoo) as an alternative browsing
option, even with the extra screen real estate of the iPad. At least,
that was the premise of apps such as Mobi iNet, which took advantage
of the fast loading and mobile optimization of the mobile web sites.
It would be neat to have an option for Safari on the iPad like the
Developer's Kit menu for regular Safari, where you could identify your
browser device as an iPhone if you wanted a mobile optimized site.
Although not necessary for the same reasons (e.g. we're not likely to
need a workaround to use web sites that block you from using the site
unless you're using Internet Explorer), it could be quite useful to
iPad users in general to have such an option. Say, for example, a 3G-
iPad user needed to access the web where 3G coverage was poor, and
wireless networks were not available. I now link to mobile versions
of web pages like iLounge, because, even without the complexity and
load of flash animation ads, it's a much more direct web browsing
experience. As we know, in many cases the mobile web site interfaces
are also more accessible. I'd suggest the option to identify your
browser as coming from an iPhone (instead of iPad) might be a useful
feature for the accessibility folks at Apple to consider.
Another area I'm wondering about is whether the new larger screen real
estate of the iPad has made it easier to get more fine-grained control
of slider settings for rates, volumes, times in tracks, etc. This
would be a welcome benefit, if true. The experience of audiobook and
music listening on iPhone and iPod Touch is in some ways not as easy
to navigate as on the Nano. Slider controls for other apps could be
done differently with more screen real estate -- maybe even have
coarse and fine adjustments, though I think this could be done in a
more clever way. A rotor like variable setting would work.
I'd really like to hear more about alternative eBook reading apps, but
I don't think very many people have these loaded yet.
Thanks for a very nice demo.
Cheers,
Esther
Robert Carter wrote:
Hi All,
I just wanted to announce that Jenny Axler and I have just published
our second Tech Doctor podcast.
This podcast is entitled "Does Size Matter: iPad Versus iPod"
The podcast can be found at
http://www.dr-carter.com
Thanks,
Robert Carter
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