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> Why aren’t ipads with keyboard cases able to be used exactly like laptops Small screen - cannot fit many controls or code. Small keys - cannot type fast. No
by codedokode 1y ago
> Why aren’t ipads with keyboard cases able to be used exactly like laptops
Small screen - cannot fit many controls or code. Small keys - cannot type fast. No touchpad - cannot do precise clicks, therefore cannot have many controls on the screen. Try imagining something like editing lots of small notes in a music editor with your fingers...
- xethos 1y agoI can hit 40-60 WPM on a BlackBerry keyboard, but a chicklet keyboard is too much for honest-to-god software developers? The small screen is equally ludicrous. The desktops of a few decades ago had lower resolution on physically smaller displays, and I consider a large, crisp display a must-have for longer sessions - not a hard requirement for smaller, quicker tasks Not having a trackpad is one reason the iPad supports USB mice too, and giving some users a trackpad would result in the same complaint: "This is terrible, can I use a real mouse please?". More to the point, parent is complaining about keyboard cases with trackpads, which are mediocre in part precisely because Apple has constructed a software ecosystem that is hostile to powerful, desktop-style programs
- BriggyDwiggs42 1y agoIpad with keyboard is absolutely just a tiny laptop.