Geoff Canyon wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 1:07 AM, Richard Gaskin wrote:
>
>> I just wish Apple would hurry up and announce the merger of OS X and
>> iOS....
>>
>
> Puttin' on my holy war pants... I hope they never do this. I've seen
> what Windows 10 looks like on a tablet, and (to my eye) it's a
> usability mess.
When did Apple ever implement something in the way Microsoft does?
Apple's desktop OS has always been distinguished from Microsoft's, their
mobile OS is very different from Microsoft's; there's no reason to
believe a convergence design would become the one area where Apple feels
the need to start emulating Microsoft.
> Touch and trackpad/mouse are too far apart to share a UI.
They are very different, yet consider the capabilities of the iPad and
the popularity of docking keyboards for them. Apple even makes one
themselves now.
By docking a keyboard you get half your screen back and a much better
typing experience. At the point the device ergonomics are already like
a laptop, with one serious downside: the "gorilla arm" Steve Jobs
discussed as a problem with using touch screens with laptops.
Touch is great for convenience, but pointers are great for precision.
Neither is best in all circumstances; both are excellent for their own
respective tasks.
Why not put a trackpad on the docking keyboard, and have the best of both?
Just as the Outbound predated the first Mac portable, someone's already
shipping a docking keyboard for the iPad that has a trackpad:
<http://www.engadget.com/2011/06/02/crux-loaded-case-almost-turns-your-ipad-into-a-laptop-for-250/>
The alternative to an OS design that can gracefully adapt to different
input modes is a requirement to carry both an iPad and a Macbook, one
for convenience tasks and the other for when you're doing any serious
work like typing or graphics - or risk "gorilla arm" with a docking
keyboard that has no trackpad.
Anyone who believes Apple is unable to produce a great convergence
design underestimates them, and overlooks a long and distinguished
history of excellence where others look clumsy.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Systems
Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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