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Nonsense. As an iPhone developer and an OS X developer I can say that it doesn't compare to the capabilities of a real desktop. The iPhone has serious constra

by poutine 18y ago

Nonsense. As an iPhone developer and an OS X developer I can say that it doesn't compare to the capabilities of a real desktop. The iPhone has serious constraints in CPU, memory and UI interaction that really encourage simple single purpose applications. Try to do anything more complex and things fall over fast. Not to mention the absurd app store and it's get in to the top 25 of downloads or die stupidity.

mikeyur 18y ago
Apple needs to create a new ranking system. Just going by downloads is garbage, I am sick of seeing stupid single-use (lite) games taking up the Top 25. Is there no way of looking at my previous purchases/downloads and recommending apps for me? They do it for music, why not iPhone apps?
- poutine 18y ago
  Totally agree. It's a stupid system that enhances the trivial and marginalizes much of the quality. There's no recommendation engine currently.
nonrecursive 18y ago
My girlfriend has a neurologic disease (Lyme) that makes it difficult for her to use a normal, full desktop. There's too much "noise" and it can be painful for her. She actually prefers using the iphone because of the fact that you can only run one app at a time. I'm not disagreeing with you, but I found it pretty interesting that the iphone was actually a superior overall experience for her.
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- poutine 18y ago
  Oh agreed. The iPhone is a revolution in interface design. It contains metaphors I'm eager for on the desktop. It's awesome that it brings computing to more people due to accessibility.
jpd 18y ago
To quote the article: And, oh, by the way, don’t rant about not having background processes (or any other feature, for that matter); I really don’t think that the lack of support for them will hinder the development of this platform. You are doing what he told you not to do; you're not allowed to point out what's wrong with the iPhone OS. It's perfect in every way. Stop criticizing it.
- poutine 18y ago
  Heh. Oops.
pxlpshr 18y ago
I agree with you but I do believe the iPhone is a far more viable "$100" laptop — or at least has the potential to be. I'm also happy to see consumers are starting to get irritated with the volume-driven top charts that were copy 'n pasted from the music store. $.99 Music Downloads != Applications. Hopefully Apple will listen and make adjustments soon, because for the past 6+ months they've ignored developer complaints in this regard. It's taken over 6 months to make very minor adjustments to the rating system.
jwilliams 18y ago
My own anecdote. If I'm lying in bed and I want to check a webpage, twitter, email or even ssh to check something on a server... ... and the choice is between picking up my iPhone, or moving a metre to the desk -- I'll just grab my iPhone. Not to disagree with your point more generally, but I think the iPhone is operating in a sweet spot -- i.e. not the be-all-end-all, but good enough for a lot of daily tasks.

by poutine 18y ago

mikeyur 18y ago

Apple needs to create a new ranking system. Just going by downloads is garbage, I am sick of seeing stupid single-use (lite) games taking up the Top 25. Is there no way of looking at my previous purchases/downloads and recommending apps for me? They do it for music, why not iPhone apps?

poutine 18y ago
Totally agree. It's a stupid system that enhances the trivial and marginalizes much of the quality. There's no recommendation engine currently.

nonrecursive 18y ago

My girlfriend has a neurologic disease (Lyme) that makes it difficult for her to use a normal, full desktop. There's too much "noise" and it can be painful for her. She actually prefers using the iphone because of the fact that you can only run one app at a time. I'm not disagreeing with you, but I found it pretty interesting that the iphone was actually a superior overall experience for her.

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poutine 18y ago
Oh agreed. The iPhone is a revolution in interface design. It contains metaphors I'm eager for on the desktop. It's awesome that it brings computing to more people due to accessibility.

jpd 18y ago

To quote the article: And, oh, by the way, don’t rant about not having background processes (or any other feature, for that matter); I really don’t think that the lack of support for them will hinder the development of this platform. You are doing what he told you not to do; you're not allowed to point out what's wrong with the iPhone OS. It's perfect in every way. Stop criticizing it.

poutine 18y ago
Heh. Oops.

pxlpshr 18y ago

I agree with you but I do believe the iPhone is a far more viable "$100" laptop — or at least has the potential to be. I'm also happy to see consumers are starting to get irritated with the volume-driven top charts that were copy 'n pasted from the music store. $.99 Music Downloads != Applications. Hopefully Apple will listen and make adjustments soon, because for the past 6+ months they've ignored developer complaints in this regard. It's taken over 6 months to make very minor adjustments to the rating system.

jwilliams 18y ago

My own anecdote. If I'm lying in bed and I want to check a webpage, twitter, email or even ssh to check something on a server... ... and the choice is between picking up my iPhone, or moving a metre to the desk -- I'll just grab my iPhone. Not to disagree with your point more generally, but I think the iPhone is operating in a sweet spot -- i.e. not the be-all-end-all, but good enough for a lot of daily tasks.