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0 pointsnsonha4y ago0 comments

> rude

to Apple?

Why can't this be a predictable hold and drag, like everything else?

They expect users to... what read a manual?

There is an alternative, make it so that users can intuitively discover features by playing around. I believe Steve Jobs told some pretentious story along that line when he launched the iPad.

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movedx4y ago· 1 in thread

> There is an alternative, make it so that users can intuitively discover features by playing around. I believe Steve Jobs told some pretentious story along that line when he launched the iPad.

And of course the technology hasn't evolved since then. Society hasn't gotten more complex. The problems we're solving are the same. Nothing has changed and people aren't asking for new things and demanding more convenience.

Everything is static.

nsonhaOP4y ago

> technology hasn't evolved since then... everything is static.

Maybe read again, no one said that. If anything it used to be the norm to have clunky products that require a manual. Many products these days don't need manuals.

I mentioned Steve Jobs to say he was full of shit, I don't believe for a second that Apple did actually pursuit that philosophy, let alone that they should stay doing it

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