I think it looks great, much better than a square IMO.Just horrible...
And a round screen is stupid.
As much as people complain about Apple being form over function this is one case where I believe those creating round smartwatches are putting form over function.
And I still say that Apple will do a round one if round ones sell well from competitors.
Form over function is why a lot of people think that Apple did originally plan for a round watch.
Some of the core apps sure look like they were meant for a round face.
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Makes me wonder if that was their original plan, but it got changed when Moto and LG announced theirs.
One thing for sure, nobody expected that Apple would fall back on using a thick rounded rectangle. I can't think of any fan art that predicted that. It was all sci-fi bracelets and round cases:
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And I still say that Apple will do a round one if round ones sell well from competitors.
Used a Moto 360 in a Best Buy the other day... Most confusing POS operating system I've laid my eyes on since Windows Mobile.
You should not blame a product, due to your lack of knowledge about how to use the product.
Well, let's be fair, that is your failing, not the failing of the device.
That would be like me saying. "Well, I have used Windows for ever, and I tried to use OSX on the iMac in store, and was the most confusing POS operating system I've laid my eyes on"
You should not blame a product, due to your lack of knowledge about how to use the product.
Would you call a plane a POS because you are used to car controls?
So when Watch comes out if reviews call the interface confusing or difficult to use you're going to blame the user for their lack of knowledge about how to use the product?![]()
Well, we all understand, Apple products are generally aimed at a "certain type" of user.
To clarify, and to be polite. Not THE most technically proficient user base.
That's not to say, things should be made hard to understand, just that I think most people can understand, someone who is the target market for Apple may not feel something else is as obvious to use for them.
Well, let's be fair, that is your failing, not the failing of the device.
Well, we all understand, Apple products are generally aimed at a "certain type" of user.
To clarify, and to be polite. Not THE most technically proficient user base.![]()
This is just ignorant.
I was. The statement was ignorant.Well come on now, let's be totally honest with ourselves here.
They have products for everyone. Making software usable for tech savvy, and non-tech savvy alike is an admirable goal. They have software and hardware for professionals, and OS X is extremely versatile as an OS. iOS is inherently more limited than OS X, but Apple has provided even it powerful and technical software tools. Your statement is flat out wrong.Apple is totally and utterly focussed on the MASS non technical consumer market.
iTunes understands MP3 just fine.No conversion into a format Apple understands
I stand by calling it ignorant.However, going back to my statement, and perhaps it seemed unfair, but I will stand by it, as I think it's true.
I stand by calling it ignorant.
Ok, no problem.
It's a free country and I'm very happy we can agree to disagree
I think it's a generational thing also.
Give todays generation a DOS prompt, and a Cassette deck to load their programs from, sit back and smile![]()
A lot of things are not "intuitive" until you've been shown them.
For example, if (as I have done) you gave an iOS device to someone who had never seen or used any touch device before, then ...
- They have no idea that they have to click the Home button to exit an app.
- They are confused by the wiggling that occurs if you hold an icon too long.
- They have no concept of pinch zoom until shown.
- There's no way to know that you can swipe backward, or any of the other gestures.
- There's no way to know that swiping sideways can cause a Delete button to show up.
Etc. These are all learned things.
Now, there are some people... especially children (*)... who will just try everything and anything and eventually figure out some of this.
Is a lot of it easy to learn and remember, once shown? Yes. "Intuitive"? No.
Likewise, to most people, it would be intuitive to use the only visible button on the Apple Watch as the Home button. Instead, they will have to learn that you push in the Crown. Easy? Yes. Intuitive? No.
(*) Heck, my own daughter learned touch on old Windows tablets (long before the iPad existed), and surprised me at two years old by knowing a whole bunch of pulldown menu items that she had found by experimentation. Not only that, but she mastered drag-and-drop, which on an older resistive touch screen is not that easy a thing to do!
I just put in USB and it's work, magical isn't it?
But for android that not the same things...