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switch-hitter is offline switch-hitter
2012-05-15 , 20:39
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#1273
Originally Posted by zimon View Post
Use the real Web instead just a web optimized for mobile.
And use it WYSIWYG-style with touches, panning, zooming, clicking.
Have you ever tried it? It's absolute torture!

JavaScript frameworks like QooxDoo and JQuery have introduced UI components especially designed for mobiles because trying to use 'the real web' on such a small screen sucks BIG TIME!


Originally Posted by zimon View Post
GUI in the first iPhone was understandable even to "common people" and there was not N level hierarchies of menuitems to navigate to do something.
That was not too difficult to do with such a limited device - additional functionality brings with it greater complexity. Just rtfm, it wont kill you. This incessant dumbing-down of everything in order to cater for the lowest common denominator is not something to be pleased about.