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No you wouldn't, because it would suck. Touch interfaces would suck to use with a mouse, since they are touch interfaces. And mouse driven interfaces would suck
by tjogin 14y ago
No you wouldn't, because it would suck. Touch interfaces would suck to use with a mouse, since they are touch interfaces. And mouse driven interfaces would suck to drive with your touch, since they are designed to be used with a mouse.
You won't see a hybrid from Apple, because hybrids, by their very nature, are compromises. They are more awkward and less useful than the two things they combine. Apple understood this, which is why iOS exists.
- toyg 14y agoYou could have two completely separate interfaces for the two modes, or even two different screens; these are design details, I was talking about hardware integration at the conceptual level, i.e. an object that is a real laptop when you want it to be so, and a real tablet when you want it to be so. I say that's eminently feasible, and I consider products like the Transformer Prime as first attempts at a concept that will eventually emerge. The point about Apple not doing hybrids is simply short-sighted, btw; isn't the iPhone a "compromise" between a computer and a phone? Isn't the iMac a "compromise" between a monitor and a case? And that's exactly why these products are successful: because they give you the best of both worlds in one single physical object. If/when they fail to do that, they end up giving you the worst instead, which is what you mention, but that's not a necessary outcome for all hybrid efforts.