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Steve Jobs, 2010: "We've done tons of user testing on this, and it turns out it doesn't work. Touch surfaces don't want to be vertical. It gives great demo bu
by wildrhythms 4y ago
Steve Jobs, 2010:
"We've done tons of user testing on this, and it turns out it doesn't work. Touch surfaces don't want to be vertical.
It gives great demo but after a short period of time, you start to fatigue and after an extended period of time, your arm wants to fall off. it doesn't work, it's ergonomically terrible.
Touch surfaces want to be horizontal, hence pads.
For a notebook, that's why we're perfected our multitouch trackpads over the years, because that's the best way we've found to get multitouch into a notebook.
We've also, in essence, put a trackpad -- a multitouch track pad on the mouse with our magic mouse. And we've recently come out with a pure play trackpad as well for our desktop users.
So this is how were going to use multitouch on our Mac products because this (he points at someone touch laptop screen) doesn't work."
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- cookingrobot 4y agoI’d love to see their data on how often iPads are used horizontally vs vertical or somewhere in between. I think there are lots of ways to hold an iPad or laptop where your hand rests near the screen, at least for scrolling.
- musicale 4y agoI think Jobs was right about touchscreens not wanting to be vertical. However, I've wanted a drafting-table/adjustable orientation Mac/iMac/iPad, maybe something like the old Microsoft Surface Studio, for a while.
- somebodythere 4y agoTouchscreen on a laptop is probably used more often than LIDAR on an iPhone.
- ThePowerOfFuet 4y agoLIDAR is used every time you take a photo with an iPhone in low light.
- thomassmith65 4y agoScreen size is the larger issue. Operating an iPhone vertically isn't onerous. Significant wrist fatigue on a large screen occurs regardless of tilt. "Touch surfaces don't want to be vertical" is most likely SJ bending the truth a little. What Apple's user testing certainly showed them as the 'high order bit' was "Touch surfaces don't want to be big." SJ wouldn't be eager to mention size because critics and reviewers could have quoted him when discussing iPad.