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The people that were actively pointing to reasons why multitasking for the iPhone/iPad were bad for non-technical reasons (screen size, the UI, they didn't need
by ubernostrum 17y ago
The people that were actively pointing to reasons why multitasking for the iPhone/iPad were bad for non-technical reasons (screen size, the UI, they didn't need it, etc.)
I guess you'd say I was one of them, but I'm still going to say I was right:
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1243742 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1243742
There are both technical and UI reasons why multitasking as we've known it is hard to do on a mobile phone; those issues constrain what you can do when implementing it, and it certainly looks like Apple's done the best it can within those constraints (which looks pretty good at first glance, by the way).
- jasonlotito 17y ago"I guess you'd say I was one of them" Do you think the lack of multitasking is a feature? Apples introduction of multitasking... harms the platform? "but I'm still going to say I was right." Apple disagrees. Multitasking is a feature. The lack of multitasking wasn't. You seem to be caught up on the implementation, not the results.