[geeks] iPhone interface

[Mike Meredith]

On Sat, 16 May 2009 11:35:51 +0100, Mark Benson wrote:
> On 15 May 2009, at 06:16, Shannon Hendrix wrote:
> > On a more serious note, I've found that all of the PDA input  
> > keyboards suck initially because they are small, so it seems to me  
> > that it is a matter of training no matter which one you get.

I think some people have unrealistic expectations of how good a
PDA-sized keyboard can be ... it's never going to be anywhere near as
good as a full-sized _decent_ keyboard is going to be. 

> > Also, some of the physical keyboards are pretty bad if they  
> > compromised too much on quality and ergonomics, but most of the  
> > mature units have that pretty well down.
> 
> That's also true. The iPhones autocomplete is... interesting for
> sure and I hope it's get better or less counter-intuitive in 3.0.

I must admit I'm kind of puzzled about how people find the iPhone
autocomplete so "interesting". My main gripe with it is that the little
X ("don't be daft, that's a stupid suggestion") is far too small. The
nice thing is that as long as you don't screw up the dictionary and
have to keep reseting it, the suggestions for autocomplete to seem to
keep improving.

> > I'm thinking really hard about the iPhone.

It's not really a phone for fiddling with (at least at our level of
fiddling). But it's pretty good for something that "just works" as long
as you don't really need the functionality of other smart phones.



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