On a similar note I'm finding mobile Safari to be much more frustrating than in the iPhone context. Even if we never get it, with the service-based multi-tasking that's coming it's going to be a good experience. That said I'm a power user and not everyone would need or be comfortable with this. But the ability to do this selectively, perhaps with the widget metaphor, would be a nice addition. I wouldn't want this to be the default way of working - as it is with desktop OSes. However I do feel that in some cases it would be nice to have more than one app on screen at a time.
Of course that's coming soon, to a degree, and that will mitigate most of my concerns here. Well the first is that with the larger display and extra power you really do miss multi-tasking. What about those negatives that I mentioned. So that's the positive and the realistic. It will all come (and, as alluded to in that blog post I linked earlier, I hope to have my own part in that). There are bound to be people who expected more or are still wondering what you can actually do with these things to make them worth their keep. It's a little unusual that the hype around the iPhone and iPad have lead to such mass adoption already.
It's worth mentioning here, though, that we're only just getting off the ground with this. So far this has just been a refinement of an experience I already had - it's not adding anything truly new - and there are some downsides, which I'll come on to. After three years of iPhone O., I mean iOS I still get great satisfaction in working with the interial scrolling views, for example. I'm also finding it generally a nicer, more natural, experience to interact with apps and content through the touch metaphor - especially Apple's implementation. When I'm coding I really appreciate the extra screen estate - but for just about anything else it's not needed.
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I have a 17" Macbook Pro - which is quite a lot to pull out on the train if I don't really need it. In time, however, I've started to reach for the iPad first, even if I have the laptop with me. If I wasn't using it for coding then most days I would probably leave my laptop at home and just use the iPad on the train. But that's mostly because I'm a developer. There are not many occasions where I need more than my iPhone, don't have my laptop but would have my iPad. That is, of course, missing the point.įirst of all I'm used to taking my laptop with me everywhere - and if I don't have that I still have my iPhone. I've publicly been quite excited about the iPad in principle since it was announced - but now I've been able to taste the proof in the pudding.Īfter the initial opening, where you find out for yourself how natural using apps like Safari and Maps are on the new device there's an inevitable awkward period where you realise that it doesn't do anything (yet) that you couldn't already do with your laptop or your phone. I've not used it as heavily as some in that time, but I think it's long enough to give my initial impression. I've had my iPad now for two whole weeks. I'll follow up with what has changed in the meantime - but that is all due to external factors. So what follows is my unedited thoughts just over four months ago. What's interesting is that my opinions haven't really changed in that time. I've had a draft post in MarsEdit for some time now called "The iPad - two weeks in".Ĭlearly that title is a little outdated now.
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