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I'm all for bashing patents, but this seems to ignore the obvious: sharing fits the way people use tablets a whole lot more than phones.
by paulgb 14y ago
I'm all for bashing patents, but this seems to ignore the obvious: sharing fits the way people use tablets a whole lot more than phones.
- jlgreco 14y agoDoes it really? I would think "guest mode" on phones would be huge.
- paulgb 14y agoI've seen tablets used as a household appliance akin to a TV or family computer. I'm not saying this would never be useful on phones, just that it's more obviously useful on tablets and TechCrunch seems to ignore this in favor of a more scandalous conclusion.
- jlgreco 14y agoHow much effort could possibly be saved by neglecting to implement this for things with smaller screens? Almost seems like more work to exclude phones.
- sabret00the 14y agoJust out of curiosity, how often do you let someone else use your phone? Not check out your phone but actually use it to the point they'd require a guest mode? Guest mode on a phone is like flying lunches in via Concorde from Paris.
- jhdevos 14y agoMy 6 years old daughter often wants to play games on my phone. Some mode which restricts her access (I don't want her looking at Youtube etc. for instance) so I can leave her unattended with it would be very useful.
- jlgreco 14y agoSeveral times a month, usually heavily clustered. That number would go up if I had a "guest" mode. How much developer effort could possibly be saved by merely neglecting to make a UI for this that can fit on a small screen, as well as a large one? This should be a solved problem.