I admit that I don't have much knowledge here, but as far as I can tell Microsoft and other tablet manufacturers did not adapt their UI enough to make them usable with anything but a stylus before the iPhone arrived.
They did not even seem to be interested in eliminating the stylus: Wikipedia states that the term "pen-based" was used to define tablet PCs by Microsoft and others.
Am I grossly misrepresenting your argument if I say that by your logic, Apple perfected Microsoft's original idea to make it usable and profitable? If so, why does it matter that Apple succeeded where others failed? Did they not "copy" the idea to make a thin computer with a dominant touch screen?
I believe Apple's success is due to the software design of the iPhone and later iPad. They featured a specialized UI with big buttons and control elements that could be pushed or dragged with a finger, unlike the tiny control elements that had appeared in phones and tablets before that were adapted for mice. That's the real genius of their innovation, that other companies had failed to implement. (Of course, the standard sci-fi tablet does have big, square buttons.)
This is not the first, but hopefully the last time I read a story like this. I can't for the life of me understand how people setting up donations for political prisoners and the like decide on using PayPal, given its long-standing history of freezing funds based on bugger all. And that makes it a bit hard to feel sorry for the people who lost their money this way.
Jot this down. You may need it later:
PayPal = Evil
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I admit that I don't have much knowledge here, but as far as I can tell Microsoft and other tablet manufacturers did not adapt their UI enough to make them usable with anything but a stylus before the iPhone arrived.
They did not even seem to be interested in eliminating the stylus: Wikipedia states that the term "pen-based" was used to define tablet PCs by Microsoft and others.
If I'm wrong, please enlighten me.
Re: Re: Re: Yes, but?
Am I grossly misrepresenting your argument if I say that by your logic, Apple perfected Microsoft's original idea to make it usable and profitable? If so, why does it matter that Apple succeeded where others failed? Did they not "copy" the idea to make a thin computer with a dominant touch screen?
I believe Apple's success is due to the software design of the iPhone and later iPad. They featured a specialized UI with big buttons and control elements that could be pushed or dragged with a finger, unlike the tiny control elements that had appeared in phones and tablets before that were adapted for mice. That's the real genius of their innovation, that other companies had failed to implement. (Of course, the standard sci-fi tablet does have big, square buttons.)
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I think they're waiting for his funds to accumulate a bit before they decide to freeze them.
Time will tell.
I can't believe they used PayPal
This is not the first, but hopefully the last time I read a story like this. I can't for the life of me understand how people setting up donations for political prisoners and the like decide on using PayPal, given its long-standing history of freezing funds based on bugger all. And that makes it a bit hard to feel sorry for the people who lost their money this way.
Jot this down. You may need it later:
PayPal = Evil
Re: Don't bury the lead here....
May I ask exactly how his nationality is relevant to the fact that he is being tortured?