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> Me either. I think this attitude is a very typical of HN and very atypical of the larger world. Almost everyone I know who does not work in tech would be com

> Me either. I think this attitude is a very typical of HN and very atypical of the larger world. Almost everyone I know who does not work in tech would be completely enamored of a single Apple device which seamlessly interfaces with their house, car and life. They would love to live in that world--and soon will. All this hand-wringing by a niche community over Apple's lack of openness seems incongruous when compared to the literally tens of millions who would embrace such a thing with open arms. You really begin to wonder which side has the right of it.

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- Terretta 12y ago
  You're literally doing it wrong. Quit using iPhoto sync. Use Photostream albums. Then every device is a shared master.
- briantakita 12y ago
  Well, actually, it's not my iPhone & my roommate is borrowing my laptop to delete his photo. I guess he "did it wrong" and he is now unable to delete the photos. We did create a Photostream album for his photos from the iPhone. It didn't work out so great. Not able to get most of the photos (certainly not the ones he wants to delete) onto the computer as he has many albums. Very confusing & broken experience :-( > You're literally doing it wrong. Great tactic to blame the user for a broken UX. In the end, many users don't care about iPhoto sync vs Photostreams vs whatever else is the latest & greatest from WWDC. Why is it the user's burden to keep up with Apple developer culture to delete a photo? I use an Android, which has a delete photo button on the device, btw ;-) The moral of the story is cross device collaboration is great in concept, however it still has to work with simplicity & convention within the "real world". People want to delete & edit media from the device, not some sort of media manager program on a laptop. The other challenge is things get geometrically more complicated with multiple devices. A simple light switch is simple compared to using an iPad to turn off the light. That is simpler than having a timing or sensor mechanism to control the environment.
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Terretta 12y ago
You're literally doing it wrong. Quit using iPhoto sync. Use Photostream albums. Then every device is a shared master.
briantakita 12y ago
Well, actually, it's not my iPhone & my roommate is borrowing my laptop to delete his photo. I guess he "did it wrong" and he is now unable to delete the photos. We did create a Photostream album for his photos from the iPhone. It didn't work out so great. Not able to get most of the photos (certainly not the ones he wants to delete) onto the computer as he has many albums. Very confusing & broken experience :-( > You're literally doing it wrong. Great tactic to blame the user for a broken UX. In the end, many users don't care about iPhoto sync vs Photostreams vs whatever else is the latest & greatest from WWDC. Why is it the user's burden to keep up with Apple developer culture to delete a photo? I use an Android, which has a delete photo button on the device, btw ;-) The moral of the story is cross device collaboration is great in concept, however it still has to work with simplicity & convention within the "real world". People want to delete & edit media from the device, not some sort of media manager program on a laptop. The other challenge is things get geometrically more complicated with multiple devices. A simple light switch is simple compared to using an iPad to turn off the light. That is simpler than having a timing or sensor mechanism to control the environment.
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