>>They made calendar entries so clunky, it's frustrating, infuriating, and ridiculous. This is why my iPhone went back to AT & T within a week. (I don't need Clearasil either . . .) >>and they're such fanboys, they won't or can't see how much more sensible it operates. Lemme guess: whenever you brought it up to anybody, the response was always: "Did you search the App Store??" all wide eyed and incredulous, right? :-D Chuck B. _____
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 11:13 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Treo] WebOS Calendar complaint I have the same complaint about the iPhone. They made calendar entries so clunky, it's frustrating, infuriating, and ridiculous. I pointed this out to my iPhone list, some of whom have used datebk products, and they're such fanboys, they won't or can't see how much more sensible it operates. I'm sorry to hear that Palm went so far In emulating Apple. Scroll wheels are nice, but those zeroes should be default. On Jul 16, 2009, at 9:59 AM, Craig Froehle <craig.froehle@ <mailto:craig.froehle%40gmail.com> gmail.com> wrote: > Seriously, I've been thinking about how Palm could've made changing > event times in the webOS calendar app LESS efficient and I've come up > with only two ways: > > 1) Require the user to adjust the time in 5 minute increments using a > + and - button (need to move something a couple of hours? you're in > for a lot of tapping) > > 2) Use the scrolly-wheel model they currently use for each digit, > requiring both leading and trailing zeros. > > Seriously, though, who thought this was an effective UI? Apparently > it was designed by people who never owned a Palm OS device before. > > -- > CRA1G on Twitter > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
