suddenly newton

Time will tell.

GeorgeBMac said:

suddenly newton said:

A few thoughts:

1. USB-C isn’t what enables mouse support. First, most mice (“mouses”) are USB-A or Bluetooth. And Apple no longer sells a wired mouse of any kind, so if they really wanted to support an iPad mouse, they’d go Bluetooth.

2. The only time I want a mouse on my iPad is when I run software like Citrix Receiver to connect to corporate computers (usually Windows). Citrix already sells a mouse for iOS users of their app: https://youtu.be/9R6WcZkz-Ik (and it works well)

3. I think using a pointer + mouse for native iOS apps misses the point of the tablet form factor. I get that some people think a tablet should be a desktop Windows PC, but I do not, and I do not think Apple thinks this either.

This will in no way impact your use of an iPad in tablet mode.   It simply adds additional functionality to an already great product.   Or, put another way:  Instead of "adding functionality" one could claim it removes a limitation without impacting the other functions of the iPad.

I disagree with the “more options = better” philosophy, and so does Apple. We are talking about the company that built a platform off of the one-button mouse. The company that replaced all connectors with Thunderbolt 3. Jony Ive has pushed for removing, simplifying, reducing as design philosophy.

Samsung believes in choice. Microsoft believes in choice. Why risk making the wrong design decisions when you can put both a fingerprint reader and a (2D) face recognition camera and let the user choose? Google believes in choice. Why design a service when you can offer several competing beta services and later cancel all the least popular ones? Apple doesn’t do that because it means the designer did do his/her job and solve the problem. That isn’t always popular with the “gimme choices!” crowd.

Meanwhile, 250 scientists think Samsung earbuds cure cancer. Will tabloid wonders never cease.

A few thoughts:

1. USB-C isn’t what enables mouse support. First, most mice (“mouses”) are USB-A or Bluetooth. And Apple no longer sells a wired mouse of any kind, so if they really wanted to support an iPad mouse, they’d go Bluetooth.

2. The only time I want a mouse on my iPad is when I run software like Citrix Receiver to connect to corporate computers (usually Windows). Citrix already sells a mouse for iOS users of their app: https://youtu.be/9R6WcZkz-Ik (and it works well)

3. I think using a pointer + mouse for native iOS apps misses the point of the tablet form factor. I get that some people think a tablet should be a desktop Windows PC, but I do not, and I do not think Apple thinks this either.

Forget folding it...I want to see the time-honored tradition of the YouTuber who buys this on day one to perform the unscientific “drop test”