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Because then, if you handed your iPad to another person, they wouldn't be able to instantly know everything about how to use it if they had used one previously.

by sorbus 16y ago

Because then, if you handed your iPad to another person, they wouldn't be able to instantly know everything about how to use it if they had used one previously. Apple goes to a lot of effort to be consistent.

jasonjei 16y ago
This argument might be valid if they had done this from the get-go. But now you're creating confusion from 3.0 to 4.0.
- sorbus 16y ago
  I think that it's a pretty valid argument for why it isn't a user-configurable option, but yes, it doesn't quite make sense.