Thread: can the '08 GUI be ANY crappier?
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2008-08-26 , 09:54
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Originally Posted by tso View Post
that they are buying these would be news to me...
See? That's what talking to other people is good for. I know 2 jesusPhone-users, both decided to go stylus after a while.

Originally Posted by tso View Post
as for doing it with finger vs stylus. i think the common claim is that a finger is always available
as is the thing that waits for you in the upper right corner of your tablet.

Originally Posted by tso View Post
btw, i am of that opinion that a finger friendly ui will always be stylus and even mouse friendly, but that a stylus or mouse friendly ui may not always be finger friendly...
the point is that on such a small screen (and is is small compared to desktop PCs, not to other mobile devices of course) screen estate is the most valuable thing you have. "finger-friendly" UI-elements have to be big and therefore waste a lot of this valuable space, which drives me nuts. Why doesn't the RSS reader applet show me more headlines in its small box? Oh, because it's "finger friendly", so headlines need to take at least the space of the fattest thumb, no matter how short they are. Why can't I read the full subject of the emails in the inbox? Oh, because the UI is "finger friendly" and therefore we need a scroolbar you can play soccer in. It's just absurd for such a small device.
 

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