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The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by raganwald »

petercooper wrote: post #38
raganwald wrote: post #18

I remember that the iPod's dirty secret was that you had to pay big money for a battery replacement since it wasn't user serviceable. Other dirty secrets for popular consumer products include things like child labour being used to build sneakers or unsafe factory/dormitory combinations that kill hundreds of people when the factories catch fire. I get the sense that the phrase "dirty secret" is being watered down in t…

You once said "Web applications are dangerous." You were taking similar creative license with the word "dangerous." There is nothing wrong with this practice in non-formal writing.

It is my honour to bestow the order of the sacred upmod garter upon you for service to HN's tone and quality. Arise, Sir Cooper!

Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by petercooper »

raganwald wrote: post #41
petercooper wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You once said "Web applications are dangerous." You were taking similar creative license with the word "dangerous." There is nothing wrong with this practice in non-formal writing.

It is my honour to bestow the order of the sacred upmod garter upon you for service to HN's tone and quality. Arise, Sir Cooper!

Again? But I'm already in the Order of the Sacred Pedant and I just can't turn my back on it..

Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by petercooper »

tel wrote: post #22

I actually love this limitation. My ADD has plummeted and I don't feel like I'm so much less effective.

You have a point. I've noticed I think more before blindly following links on the iPad. It adds just enough time to randomly surfing around that it provides a sort of focus.

P.S. Accidental down vote, sorry! (As a result of being on a iPad, alas..)

Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by anigbrowl »

anigbrowl wrote: post #40
awolf wrote: post #39

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To me, "Dirty little secret" implies a factual piece of information that Apple is knowingly hiding from the public. "I don't like the iPad browser because it doesn't have tabs." is NOT a "dirty little secret".

Yeah, but 'only 256 mb RAM' might be for a lot of people that have got used to more.

What? It was news to me from reading the article. I had assumed it would have about the 1gb which is a common spec on $300 netbooks now. I think people are overreacting a bit to the the title...it's just one of those headline cliches, like 'anatomy of a flame war'.

Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by nooneelse »

jodrellblank wrote: post #31
g0atbutt wrote: post #4

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I would have to disagree. My Droid also has 256 mb of memory, and I can have more pages open at once without it having to flush pages. This is still true with Pandora running in the background. Overall I'm a fan of the iPad, it just falls short in this area.

To make it a fair test - were they the same pages? iPhone at least does this same thing - but it does not reload every switch, only sometimes. For all I know the iPad may do that so it can shut down memory chips and save the power of refreshing them. Just because it doesn't do exactly what you wand doesn't mean it's handled badly - it still does what it does gracefully and without errors or slowdowns. It does after a…

Wow, that is some truly masterful backing away from the "the best web browsing experience you’ve ever had" claim without appearing to notice doing it. Humpty Dumpty skill level, at least, the word "best" means just what you want it to.

Re: The iPad’s Dirty Secret

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Post by iaskwhy »

I don't own an iPad so I can't test but Opera Mini for iPhone does keep the other tabs as I left them, no need for refreshing or to show some blank pages. It really improved my browsing experience on the iPhone.
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