Thanks - I've donwloaded their document app, which looks quite useful. I haven't tried the calendar yet because it doesn't seem to sync with the Outlook / Hotmail calendar, which is where I keep mine because of using Outlook for so long. I don't want to transfer it to google's calendar, which Readdle does sync with, because I'm trying not let this stuff proliferate across different providers.
B > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of Paul Sorenson > Sent: 31 March 2013 15:25 > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: OT: Overbearing metaphors > > Do a search in the App Store for "Calendars by Readdle". They have a > free one and another for about 3USD. Readdle seems to make good apps > and the customer service is great. > > -p > > Sent from my iPad > > On Mar 31, 2013, at 6:38 AM, "Bob W" <p...@web-options.com> wrote: > > > I bought an iPad yesterday, which is the first Apple product I've > ever > > owned, although I've used a few over the years, especially when they > > went wrong for non-computer-literate friends. I'm setting it up at > the > > moment, and transferring various bits and pieces off the Thinkpad > > notebook I've been using for the last 2 or 3 years. > > > > Considering the reputation they have for good design, I'm really > > surprised at some of the shitey junk in Apple's apps. > > > > For example, at the place where I worked way back in the Windows 3 > > days we used Lotus Notes for our calendar and email. The calendar had > > this really awful Filofax look, with fake ring-binder clips, and > > pretend paper and bits of pretend leather for the cover. It was > really > > vile, the worst sort of 'chartjunk', to borrow Tufte's term, and used > > to get a real hammering in books on good visual design - the same > > books which often promoted Apple's visual design as a standard - > which > > described this sort of thing as 'overbearing metaphor'. Think of > > Microsoft Bob <http://toastytech.com/guis/bob.html> for another > > classic example, lest you think I'm merely Apple-bashing. > > > > So what do I find when I start setting up my calendar and stuff on > the iPad? > > > > > > A calendar with a really awful Filofax look, with fake ring-binder > > clips, and pretend paper and bits of pretend leather for the cover. > It > > is really vile, the worst sort of chartjunk. > > > > They've committed the same crime with their Contacts app, and worst > of > > all is their Newsstand, which has faux woodgrain shelves, believe it > > or not (not that I want to use it). > > > > It's not even ironic post-modernism. > > > > Do any of the Apple junkies here know if there's a way to re-skin > > these apps to something that doesn't look like it was designed by a > 13-year-old? > > > > Cheers, > > Bob > > > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > PDML@pdml.net > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above > and follow the directions. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
