I'm still a bit perplexed as to where the device really fits in someone's workflow/day. Jobs noted that it split the difference between a laptop and a smartphone and filled that gap. Is there really a big enough gap there to justify buying another device? I'll be interested to see how the market reacts to it. Just a cursory glance at Twitter today revealed some disappointment.
On the UX front, I think it poses some interesting challenges. Because it's a straight touchscreen natively but can run robust apps that demand more complex interaction, I'm curious to see how those things are solved (resizing a photo and constraining proportions, for example). There should be some interesting interaction design problems to solve. Also, the fact that it doesn't appear easy to use while standing up is interesting. From what I saw, it doesn't look like you can type on the device with one hand, which hurts usage while someone's standing. Because you need both hands on the device to type, you need to be sitting. Not good for the person chilling at the bus stop and wanting to surf the web for a bit. All in all, I think new devices are always exciting, but I'm not sure this is going to live up to the hype. I may be wrong, and hope I am. Only time will tell. I wrote a blog post earlier today talking about more of the UX issues surrounding the device. If you're interested, check it out here: http://www.maderalabs.com/what-the-ipad-means-for-user-experience/ Justin Davis Madera Labs http://www.maderalabs.com @jwd2a ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... disc...@ixda.org Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
