Judging by the way Apple are performing in the courts in the EU, any legal attempts to stop the Nexus 7 would fall by the wayside for us.
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Judging by the way Apple are performing in the courts in the EU, any legal attempts to stop the Nexus 7 would fall by the wayside for us.
Yet how many people do you know, know there is a manual or that say "I've read on the manual...xyz"
No one. Because no one reads it because there is no need to read it.
Yet how many people do you know, know there is a manual or that say "I've read on the manual...xyz"
No one. Because no one reads it because there is no need to read it.
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Correct.... because they "Google" the question instead to get the answer.
How many people Google "How to finger swipe" on their iPhones? The fact of Googling something on an iPhone already shows their ability to finer swipe. Pointless search that is.
Every device has a learning curve. Some choose to play hands-on and figure it out. Others have people teach them (friend, relative, in-store). And still others like to read manuals and/or post on forums like asking "how do I..."
So to answer your question - I know lots of people who use one or more of the list I just provided. If someone thinks iPhones just work and that no one needs to learn how to use it via one method or another, they come off as obtuse. Or in denial.
If Apple products "just worked" - there wouldn't be anyone attending classes at the Apple store and the line at the genius bar would be incredibly short.
Of coarse everything has a learning curve. However saying that a having a user manual bookmarked makes the device user-unfriendly is also obtuse and senile.
Nobody said it was "user-unfriendly". However, a 200 page manual indicates that there's a lot of special modes and features that aren't naturally intuitive... that is, obvious or easy to figure out on your own.
That's clear right away from reading Apple's own support forums, not to mention all the "iPhone for Dummies" type of books out there.
For example, almost no one figures out on their own that you use two fingers to scroll inside a div or frame. I knew several people who had no idea why icons wiggle at times, because the explanation only comes up once.
It's not at all unusual to see someone post their surprise about tap-to-top in Safari and other supposedly "intuitive" actions. Even the two finger pinch is not obvious. If never told about it, few would find it. Once it's SHOWN to someone though, then it's easy to remember.
So many people forget that they learned a lot of so-called "intuitive" stuff from someplace or someone. Without that help, a manual or cheatsheet is very handy. This goes for all devices. E.g. WebOS is considered very intuitive, but again, that's only true after you've learned its gesture vocabulary.
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No one here said the device was user-unfriendly. I guess no one here is obtuse or senile.
I'm glad you admit that even Apple devices need instruction manuals.
As the Great Patent Wars Turn......
Fascinating. Looks like Judge Koh is a fan of the Duck Test, too.
The decision that the drawings can speak for themselves is significant because it means the judge will not, as Samsung had hoped, provide detailed legal instructions about how to decipher the patents. Instead, the jurors will be asked to base their decision on the overall design and to give such attention as a purchaser usually gives.
Fascinating. Looks like Judge Koh is a fan of the Duck Test, too.
Overturned today. I wonder if this is because of the fixes - or something else.
Appeals court reverses sales ban on Samsung smartphone
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49374974
Appeals court reverses sales ban on Samsung smartphone
http://www.cnbc.com/id/49374974