Bookmarked for future claim chowder.I'm guess it gets one at some point and then people will suddenly change their mind on how useful it is.
Bookmarked for future claim chowder.I'm guess it gets one at some point and then people will suddenly change their mind on how useful it is.
Oh dear. I guess I'm dating myself, but I can recall the days when the mouse was not familiar to most people who have used computers before!
For some people that works fine. For others the iPad is crippled by the operating system and lack of an ability to do anything useful.
By the way, learn to use multiquote when you respond to more than one post. Click the little "+" button in the lower right and then hit reply... all the messages you select will be quoted.
Oh dear. I guess I'm dating myself, but I can recall the days when the mouse was not familiar to most people who have used computers before!
Listening to people ripping on those wanting mouse support sound an awful lot like those ripping on the lack of cut and paste in the iPhone. Rationalization and excuses to defend Apple, despite no real logical reason. Yes, we know it's a touch device and not a laptop, but that train of thought goes away by them offering an external keyboard. Pure speculation on my part, but I would not be surprised if it doesn't have mouse support for the same reason it doesn't have a calculator, stock, or weather program - Steve wasn't happy that it wasn't polished enough. I'm guess it gets one at some point and then people will suddenly change their mind on how useful it is.
A mouse would be very useful for people who want to compose content in apps like Pages or Mail. Cursor placement and text selection is slow and unreliable currently.
A mouse would be very useful for people who want to compose content in apps like Pages or Mail. Cursor placement and text selection is slow and unreliable currently.
and what was the percentage of users back then?
Then isn't serious word processing something you shouldn't use the iPad for?It's useable for the light stuff you would use an ipad for, but it won't work for any serious word processing.
My point is this is an evolution in the way we interface with a computer.
No, the iPad will not get a mouse. It is a new OS with a new interface. There is no cursor/pointer in the OS to be moved by a mouse. The cursor/pointer is external to the device itself - it is your finger. In 10 years, mice may be as obsolete as floppies or punch cards.
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Night Spring said:I find that cursor placement and text selection work very well by using the arrow keys on the bluetooth keyboard. In fact, that's how I prefer to select text even on a desktop -- with the keyboard, not the mouse.
So again I ask, why shouldn't I use the ipad for serious word processing?
spinedoc77 said:The onscreen keyboard sucks big time. It's useable for the light stuff you would use an ipad for, but it won't work for any serious word processing.
You tell us, you were the one that stated it "won't work" for that.
What I actually said was it wouldn't work in its current iteration. Much different than saying it would never work. It might never work, or it might, depends what direction Apple goes with it. But it could work, and that's my point.
why shouldn't I use the ipad for serious word processing?
I would bet that the vast majority of computer users use a mouse for text selection when editing a document and most of us would argue that a mouse is more efficient than a keyboard for this function. I know a BT mouse would make all the difference for me when creating documents on the iPad.
That's not what your question was asking. You asked,
That's quite different than asking whether or not something "could" work.
Alright guys, here's how I see it:
An external keyboard makes sense for the iPad because part of its design includes a keyboard, and people want the option of inputting text data by other means. This, of course, means input devices for the visually impaired and otherwise disabled. A physical keyboard translates well to the iPad.
However, there are no true mouse functions on the iPad. There are no comfortable "mouse overs" to guide the user, there are no right click menus, and there are gestures that require the use of more than one "pointer"for instance, pinch to zoom is extremely common for the iPad. I'm convinced at all that all of the functions of the iPhone OS UI could be filled with a mouse since there are fewer analogues between mouse-based input and touchscreen-based input.
I'm sure that Apple could figure something out, but I think it matters very little in the scheme of things.
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