Because it wasn't significant to the point.
When left out no, when included it puts your so called point in a whole different light.
Like I said, that's a hypothetical in an imaginary world.
To someone like you, perhaps. To those who care enough to follow technological developments, not so much.
What's not to get? Android did not have a multitouch UI before the iPhone. Android did have a mulitouch UI after the iPhone. It had many similar interface elements to the iPhone. Not a big deal. A perfect example of Picasso's quote. Call it "inspired by" if you can't get past the negative connotations of the word "copied".
Apple was not first to show multitouch UI. Second, once you do go touch, and have tech. that supports more than one finger, it is quite expected that all of the things people have been envisioning for decades also get implemented. How can you not see this?
As for similar (graphical?*) interface, sure - then again the ios interface was very similar to (pretty much) every other interface ever made under the paradigm that has been ruling for close to 3 decades. As such, Google is no more guilty of being "inspired" than Apple is.
* not sure if this is what you are referring to here. if not, first paragraph sums it up, along with the last line of second paragraph.
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It seems to be some sort of illness. They even create fake accounts just to vote up and down posts.
proof?
We should feel bad for people who have nothing in their life that is interesting enough to them to attract their attention. I can not personally fathom spending hours upon hours every day hating on some company or product on the internet. I really do not know what kind of mental or emotional hole you must be living in to keep that up.
Indeed we should, i dont see many haters on "my" side though.
There are plenty of products I do not like or enjoy and some I really have some bad feelings towards, yet I spend no time at all on a regular basis hunting down people discussing them and then bashing them at every turn. I am curious as to what people with this illness did before the internet. Were they the bitter and angry letter writers to newspapers, magazines and companies? What form did their illness of inappropriate hatred manifest itself back then.
Were not hunting down people for the sake of liking the wrong product. We just dont like ignorant, uneducated rants.
The best is when they try to deflect their own illness and claim that people who like something and support it are equally ill. Of course this is not true because spending your time pursuing things you enjoy is normal behavior. Spending your time obsessively stalking products and people you do not like is an illness.
Who did this? Can you please quote someone?
It is not like they take an issue with one thing in particular but positively view everything else, these groups of people take the negative position on every single story and discussion that is posted on this forum as it relates to Apple. That in and of itself proves they are behaving irrationally.
Once again, who are you talking about - really?
I am starting to think this might be a good area for counseling and rehabilitation. This Interhate Syndrome is not uncommon. You see it too often, and the obsessive level we see in many cases is scary. Some of the people here post in every single thread and make scores of posts every single day always bashing and attacking a company and its customers. I know if a friend or family member of mine spent hours a day hating on people and companies on the internet, I would be working hard to try to get them some serious treatment for a serious problem.
You speak of haters, yet i see none (other than Apple devotees hating on everyone else).
Not to mention that constant barrage of negative thoughts and negative attitudes have to color and effect their perception on the world and the rest of their life. Again this is not normal behavior. I would hope they could all get help sooner rather than later. I really do try to encourage these Interhaters to direct their energies towards positive pursuits and areas of interest, but they tend to dismiss it and use it as another place to launch an attack from. I have so many different interests that I can not ever find the free time to ever get to review and research and talk about them as much as I like yet I am fortunate enough to have a lot of free time to pursue such things.
negative attitudes? Ok, im usually negative against ignorance. Its what is wrong with this world, so i guess ill stick with that for now.
If I could spend 140 hours a week just reading Internet forums for anything I wanted, I still would never reach a point where I was reading forums for a company or products I do not like, let alone do it hours a day like some people here do.
Then again, technology is perhaps not one of your interests? For others, it is their livelihood.
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Hey, heres an idea. Lets read this everyone, shall we?
http://www.billbuxton.com/multitouchOverview.html
(Wonder who will be the first to hate on the fact that the guy who wrote it works at MSFT. Internet hate, was it?)
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Also, how about getting familiar with this:
http://www.businessweek.com/innovate/content/jan2008/id2008012_297369.htm
And checking up on this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dmmxVA5xhuo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9iet1vcXZY
(It is people like Myron and Buxton that get pissed on by all of the revisionist nonsense that gets thrown around everywhere).
