1) The author is criticizing an unreleased product. 2) The author points out that some current "interactive components" available in a mouse-dominated world wo

1) The author is criticizing an unreleased product. 2) The author points out that some current "interactive components" available in a mouse-dominated world won't work in a touch based paradigm and labels these UI paradoxes. These include mouseovers and flyouts. The thing is, hidden behavior (requiring the end user learn these interactions) is almost always bad UX. I don't see the paradox there. 3) The author points out that web-based Google Maps may be a problem on the iPad. Note that web-based Google Maps (not just the iPhone native app) works fine on the iPhones I've tried it on.