When you say it like that, it sounds pretty bad! That's almost what I'm saying. I believe that Apple isn't enhancing the user experience of iPhone applications on the iPad more than the bare minimum necessary to make the application usable.
-- Miles Excerpts from Alexey Zinger's message of Mon Jan 31 11:07:15 -0500 2011: > Am I reading this right? You're saying there's a purposeful degradation of > user > experience in order to prevent software vendors from releasing a single > version > of the application that works on both devices and to make consumers pay twice > if > they want to experience it in both places? > > Alexey > > > > > > ________________________________ > From: Christopher Miles <[email protected]> > To: javaposse <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, January 31, 2011 10:51:48 AM > Subject: Re: [The Java Posse] Re: LOL! Tor is so Corporate > > I haven't heard this from any official source, but I belive it's to > encourage developers to produce an iPad specific version of their > application. Likely, there's also the extra benefit that people will > pay a little extra for an iPad version even if they've already bought > the iPhone version because it will look nicer. > > -- > Miles > > Excerpts from phil swenson's message of Mon Jan 31 10:25:47 -0500 2011: > > Could someone explain why the iPad scales up the "2x" iphone apps? It is > > scaling a 480x320 app, not just using the 960x640 resolution like the iPhone > > 4 does. LAME > > > > BTW. I never install iPhone apps on the iPad. I did a couple times and it's > > terrible. So much for Apple's perfection when it comes to this issue. > > > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 10:37 PM, kevin.hooke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > The comment in the Holiday special about 'no-one uses the 2x iPhone > > > apps on an iPad. No-one. No-one' I thought was kind of odd. We just > > > got an iPad this month and about half of apps we've downloaded, free > > > and purchased, have been iPhone apps and have had the 2x in in the > > > bottom corner, and yes, they look crappy, pixelated and fuzzy when > > > zoomed to fit the screen.... > > > > > > > > > On Jan 18, 2:06 pm, "Joe Nuxoll (Java Posse)" <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Just to be clear Tor (in a public forum), my fascination was mostly > > > > about the fact that you were *gushing* about how much you loved your > > > > iPad and iPhone until just very recently. Now you're "ready to sell > > > > the iPad" and are in awe of your new Nexus S. From my perspective - > > > > that's great! I don't have stock in Apple, and hopefully that bodes > > > > well for the level of competition that will beget more awesome user > > > > experience for everyone. > > > > > > > > - Joe > > > > > > > > On Jan 18, 8:08 am, Tor Norbye <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Jan 17, 7:57 am, "[email protected]" > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Tor is probably my favourite member of the posse but it's funny to > > > see > > > > > > him so pro google (and Android) in particular. > > > > > > > > > > He makes a nice counter balance to Joe's Apple fanboyism. > > > > > > > > > I'm sorry if I sound "corporate" - but it's definitely not a > > > > > coincidence that I speak passionately about the things I work on -- > > > > > that's *why* I chose to work on them! Google is a company I've been a > > > > > fan of for a long time, so if I sound like a fanboy that's not > > > > > "because I work there", I "work there because of it". > > > > > > > > > -- Tor > > > > > > -- > > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > > "The Java Posse" group. > > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > > > >[email protected]<javaposse%[email protected]> > > > . > > > For more options, visit this group at > > > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > > > > > > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "The > Java Posse" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
