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"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
— DeWitt Clinton (@dewitt) January 28, 2020
Aaaand I've already forgotten it again.
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.
— Steven Sinofsky (@stevesi) January 28, 2020
Happy 10th, iPad: Steven Sinofsky Reflects on Microsoft's Perspective - ExtremeTech https://t.co/V846ZRexiX via @ExtremeTech
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.)
— Rob Griffiths (@rgriff) January 28, 2020
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
"The Mac was a revolution"
— Thom ?❄️⛄️ Holwerda (@thomholwerda) January 28, 2020
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
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
— Andre Weissflog (@FlohOfWoe) January 28, 2020
(I just read this: https://t.co/x3T19MmHHj)
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.
— Scott Jenson (@scottjenson) January 28, 2020
There is an underappreciated expressiveness in the desktop UXhttps://t.co/jsN7LnRZey pic.twitter.com/I8w80gpS4a
Universal apps are the worst thing that ever happened to the iPad.
— Craig Hockenberry (@chockenberry) January 28, 2020
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
$AAPL "The iPad has been a spectacular success... but it has fallen short of revolutionary."
— Stocktwits (@Stocktwits) January 28, 2020
https://t.co/s6JCmfHhyX pic.twitter.com/zUamPCC70P
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