"The iPad awkwardly turns 10" @daringfireball https://t.co/vR0BcwFPzw // I tend to agree w/complexity. OTOH, there's a certain awkwardness in arguing that large numbers of Mac users aren't routinely baffled by basic tasks. Today: watched pers flummoxed over dual monitor output.

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) January 28, 2020

I love my iPad and @gruber is right in that some UI is fundamentally broken. I’ve never intentionally found myself in split screen. https://t.co/uFLTDz1wHT

— John August (@johnaugust) January 28, 2020

I never use iPad multitasking modes. I can’t remember how to activate them, and like @gruber’s mom I’ve gotten stuck with it on. I find cmd-tabbing between apps to be effective, except that the iPad memory limitation kicks tabs and sometimes apps out of memory. https://t.co/5mpG8f0rDr

— Stephen Shankland (@stshank) January 28, 2020

Oh boy, the multitasking is EXTREMELY inconsistent. iPadOS has not improved it. https://t.co/gVuNeZgSAe

— Imran Hussain (@imhassan) January 28, 2020

1/The announcement 10 years ago today of the "magical" iPad was clearly a milestone in computing. It was billed to be the “next” computer. For me, managing Windows, just weeks after the launch of Microsoft’s "latest creation" Windows 7, it was a as much a challenge as magical. pic.twitter.com/wokHfyM5Qk

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) January 27, 2020

this is the harshest (??) i've seen @gruber on apple, but, it's all true — the app use / multitasking paradigms on the iPad are a mess, and to be honest, I can't imagine how they'd be fixed at this point: https://t.co/mihfeTGimF

— Craig Mod (@craigmod) January 28, 2020

How would anyone ever figure out how to split-screen multitask on the iPad if they didn’t already know how to do it? https://t.co/OQh13zjx9a

— Dave (@davewiner) January 28, 2020

Worth reading even if you love your iPad as much as I love mine. https://t.co/5bvkAX7qyY

— Harry McCracken (@harrymccracken) January 28, 2020

This is a typically smart and revealing thread from @stevesi. It’s a look at how the iPad’s launch 10 years ago today looked through the eyes of a competitor and software veteran. Great stuff. https://t.co/lpXuqRTd0B

— Walt Mossberg (@waltmossberg) January 27, 2020

To appreciate how non-discoverable multitasking is on the iPad, consider that I've used an iPad for 10 years and I only just now learned how to open a second app side-by-side via @gruber's article here:https://t.co/KozGtn8rk4

Aaaand I've already forgotten it again.

— DeWitt Clinton (@dewitt) January 28, 2020

I get what @gruber is saying here; his reasoning is sound. Speaking about a niche, because I write about a niche, I will say iPad *has been* revolutionary for accessibility. Especially in early education, device + OS is game-changing. Not trivial.https://t.co/JWCDL12yzm

— Steven Aquino (@steven_aquino) January 28, 2020

A thread on just how radically the iPad disrupted PCs https://t.co/5nWcO7v1kQ

— Benedict Evans (@benedictevans) January 27, 2020

PS/ Some interesting annotations in this story.

Happy 10th, iPad: Steven Sinofsky Reflects on Microsoft's Perspective - ExtremeTech https://t.co/V846ZRexiX via @ExtremeTech

— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) January 28, 2020

ICYMI: A decade ago, iPad blindsided Windows team https://t.co/qJqmgUnCGH by @edfromfreelance

— Cult of Mac (@cultofmac) January 28, 2020

A decade ago, iPad blindsided Windows team https://t.co/qJqmgUnCGH by @edfromfreelance

— Cult of Mac (@cultofmac) January 28, 2020

everyone arguing with this should read @gruber todayhttps://t.co/I6EkrI9zJd

— Christopher Mims ? (@mims) January 28, 2020

Brilliantly expressed article by @gruber - captures my feelings exactly. iOS multitasking took a serious wrong turn with iOS 11 and more and more has been heaped upon its creaking foundations ever since. https://t.co/NFsdiSQNpB

— Fraser Speirs (@fraserspeirs) January 28, 2020

Until I read this, I had no idea how to enable multitasking on the iPad. (I rarely use the Dock, in macOS or iOS.)

I have often wound up in slide over mode, though—never quite sure how I got there, and unsure of how to get out.

I am not an iPad pro.https://t.co/thRvs7vG0m

— Rob Griffiths (@rgriff) January 28, 2020

"The Mac was a revolution"

Wasn't the Mac a sales flop? The Apple II line outsold the Mac for a long time to come, and probably would've killed the Mac if it wasn't for Steve Jobs forcing Woz to artificially underclock/cripple the Apple IIgs. @gruber https://t.co/cl46uL2WYb

— Thom ?❄️⛄️ Holwerda (@thomholwerda) January 28, 2020

It's interesting that two over-hyped techs (VR and iPads) both found their niche in flight sims. I don't use VR myself, but finally found a use for my iPad Mini, as "virtual kneepad" with checklists, maps, and the aircraft manual :D

(I just read this: https://t.co/x3T19MmHHj)

— Andre Weissflog (@FlohOfWoe) January 28, 2020

I enjoyed this post by @gruber I'm not anti-iPad but I am frustrated by the lost opportunity. The iPad's sweet spot appears to be content surfing, not content creation.

There is an underappreciated expressiveness in the desktop UXhttps://t.co/jsN7LnRZey pic.twitter.com/I8w80gpS4a

— Scott Jenson (@scottjenson) January 28, 2020

Universal apps are the worst thing that ever happened to the iPad.

The economics for developers are to make a big iPhone app or ignore the device altogether. No business model = no innovation.https://t.co/1m3oWxtiaM

— Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberry) January 28, 2020

$AAPL "The iPad has been a spectacular success... but it has fallen short of revolutionary."
https://t.co/s6JCmfHhyX pic.twitter.com/zUamPCC70P

— Stocktwits (@Stocktwits) January 28, 2020

Sadly, the App Store has been the largest success and the largest failing in software history. Platforms are defined by their software, but only if developers can make a living developing for them. @stratechery @benthompson https://t.co/1fIUGRAzq4

— Joseph☂Slinker (@theslinker) January 28, 2020

The iPad needs a major reset…https://t.co/JQOL0X9qzc

— Andrew (@asallen) January 28, 2020

Apple's iPad was revealed 10 years ago today. I went deep into the @WIRED archives and tracked the evolution of the product https://t.co/HTRJtnrEcN

— Lauren Goode (@LaurenGoode) January 27, 2020

The iPad has such a strange history. It had crazy early hype that it has entirely failed to live up to. But it's yet been hugely profitable. https://t.co/mTBckViVc1

— Nicholas Thompson (@nxthompson) January 27, 2020

The iPad Turns 10: A Look Back at Its First Decade https://t.co/A98aZjmmnU via @wired

— Moshe Vardi (@vardi) January 27, 2020

The iPad Turns 10: A Look Back at Its First Decade https://t.co/wzPkxJV4Bv pic.twitter.com/QSgBzhtbcx

— Rich Tehrani (@rtehrani) January 27, 2020

Happy Birthday, iPad! ?https://t.co/87nFPTcdCy

— Jukka Manninen (@Jukka_Manninen) January 27, 2020