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It was meant as a rebuttal to Steve Jobs proclaiming the iPad offers "the best browsing experience you've ever had" which is simply not true. While it's true t
by g0atbutt 16y ago
It was meant as a rebuttal to Steve Jobs proclaiming the iPad offers "the best browsing experience you've ever had" which is simply not true.
While it's true that other "dirty secrets" (some of which you listed) are more important, it doesn't change the fact that is one of Apple's dirty secrets.
- thought_alarm 16y agoIt's only a "dirty secret" if you're prone to believing in conspiracy theories.
- awolf 16y agoTo me, "Dirty little secret" implies a factual piece of information that Apple is knowingly hiding from the public. "I don't like the iPad browser because it doesn't have tabs." is NOT a "dirty little secret".
- anigbrowl 16y agoYeah, but 'only 256 mb RAM' might be for a lot of people that have got used to more.
- anigbrowl 16y agoWhat? It was news to me from reading the article. I had assumed it would have about the 1gb which is a common spec on $300 netbooks now. I think people are overreacting a bit to the the title...it's just one of those headline cliches, like 'anatomy of a flame war'.
- MWinther 16y agoI don't think the iPad browser experience is going for the "leaning forward" kind of browsing. It's going for the "leaning back" approach to browsing you do while lounging in the couch. The tabs aren't as important there, although I would of course not mind if the leaning forward part of the equation worked better, too. Then again, it's version 1.0 of the iPhone OS for iPad, and considering the strides of iPhone OS for the iPhone, I am sure we have plenty of UX refinements to look forward to.