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Because app developers will never fully support two interaction modes. They will focus on one while the other will be an after-thought.
by nickpp 2y ago
Because app developers will never fully support two interaction modes. They will focus on one while the other will be an after-thought.
- Rinzler89 2y agoWhy would app developers need to support that? Just let the iPad run MacOS apps. It has the same CPU after all.
- nickpp 2y agoBecause touch-based and mouse/trackpad based UIs are different enough to need separate support. An app optimized for one will look&feel much worse on the other. Remember Windows 8?
- Rinzler89 2y agoDoes the iPad not support a keyboard and mouse to be used like a laptop?
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- nickpp 2y agoBy default it comes with neither and most iPad users probably don’t add them.
- Rinzler89 2y agoThat's wasn't the point. And what if I want to add them? Most likely other users would to if the SW support was there and you could run Mac apps on the iPad once you connected the keyboard and mouse.
- nickpp 2y agoI think I wasn’t very clear when I said “support”, my bad. Trying again… Apps made for keyboard and mouse suck on touch&pen devices and vice versa (even if the device is basically able to run both) because most devs pick just one mode of interaction and optimize their UI for it, while the other mode is just “supported” as an afterthought. That’s why I believe Apple decided to have separate devices for each mode of interaction, each with its own distinct OS&app ecosystem.