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You could just organize things Apple's way if you wanted to though. Sometimes it seems like Apple's lack of choice is the primary reason people prefer Apple.
by davidmurdoch 7y ago
You could just organize things Apple's way if you wanted to though.
Sometimes it seems like Apple's lack of choice is the primary reason people prefer Apple.
- LeftHandPath 7y agoConstraints make things easier sometimes, and it isn't a bad thing. A lot of times, it's easier to write something like a narrative when you're working within certain rules. Or to design a powerpoint when you're given a corporate style guide. Starting from scratch is difficult because it doesn't give any ideas to bounce off of. And with something like a smartphone - which users need constantly, but never seem to have the time to configure - any half-hearted configuration by the average user is going to benefit dramatically by having basic rules in place. For power users - like all of us on Hacker News - sometimes the blank-slate approach is preferable, but there's nothing wrong for liking Apple because of the lack of choice.
- kick 7y agoIt's like C++ versus an elegant language like k. k is obviously better, because of its constraints, not despite them.
- meerita 7y agoThat's a false premise. Sorry, but the rest of the world don't have problems with that, we don't even know if that is a problem. For me, that option is really important because I can organize the icons in the order and in the spatial order I want. Same for my elderly mother, I leave her a few icons in the middle of the screen. Easiest way to organize icons on the screen instead to top bottom groups, icons.