On 04/06/2017 08:52 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
I don't even own a mobile device and don't see that changing any time soon (they are really expensive, slow, and just generally hard to use*).
That last point is so very true. Bugs me so much that 99.999% of mobile users never really understood the difference between "easy to learn" and "easy to use".
And frankly, if you ask me, the only real thing that ever made those hieroglyph-heavy, non-discoverable-gesture-reliant devices "easy to learn" was the fact that Steve Jobs was very insistent on making sure everyone called it a "phone" and that they were to NEVER be called "computers" - hence sidestepping the #1 roadblock in learning how to use a computer: epidemic knee-jerk intimidation at the mere mention of the work "computer". iPhones (and Android) were NEVER easy to learn (who in the world EVER learned how to switch between running applications on an iPhone without somebody having to explain it to them first? Nobody. 100% non-discoverable.). But unlike computers, people actually bothered to try, because they were told they were "phones" and "Oh, I know how to use a phone!". "Phone" isn't scary. "Computer" is scary. My PalmOS devices were VASTLY easier to get things done on. All they really needed was WiFi (which was expensive at the time) and a better camera.
I don't blame you. Only reason I eventually wound up getting a "smartphone" is so I could have basic internet connectivity while AFK. (And because both my watch and portable music player finally died, so I was like, meh, well, I can take care of all that at once.) But for most tasks, it's quicker and easier to just wait until I'm back at the PC.
