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Re: iPad Pro

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post #425

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You mean a "lie." Calling a notched iPhone "all-screen" is a bit of a stretch. This is just straight upfalse.

Forgive the humor in a HN comment, but because of you I shall add "upfalse" to my working lexicon.

It's a plusgood word.

Re: iPad Pro

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I think it's kind of cool. /dissenting-opinion

I'm presuming you viewed it on a mobile device. On my laptop running firefox I had this experience. My laptop is presently docked to the right of my monitor on my desk. When docked I use a keyboard and mouse with the actual laptop being slightly to the right using its touchpad is somewhat awkward but do-able. Space bar to go down doesn't work, page down/up doesn't work home end doesn't work arrow keys don't work. Try…

Firefox 63 on Mac works fine for me on this page. Spacebar, page-down, and scrollbar all work (i.e. the content moves a page at a time but horizontally).

Re: iPad Pro

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post #384

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MacBooks _will_ transition to Apple's own chips at some point. My guess is that the A14 or A15 generation will be fast and powerful enough to make the leap. This will be big especially if they can get major price or power usage advantages.

Arguably they are already powerful enough to make the leap in at least some cases, that said Apple does not push Macs in the same quantities as iOS devices as to justify wholly new silicon for the line. I have been in an argument with a friend for the past year or so about precisely when (or if) Apple will rip Intel out and use their own silicon. I think they will, but I'm going to try to present his argument to the…

Intel's gross margins are high enough that I'm willing to bet that Apple will design their own chips to pocket that difference (or cut prices and take market share).

Re: iPad Pro

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post #61

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It lacks a controller, though. And the "best" controller is missing three inputs you'd expect (L3/R3 "stick click" buttons and a select button).

I don't think gamers necessarily expect an L3/R3 button. The Switch does not have anything like that, and Nintendo has always been top tier for gaming controllers.

I've been tinkering with some commits to get the Moonlight project working on tvOS, and the biggest stumbling block to many of the games I could play with a controller is the lack of L3/R3 buttons. Sprint, look behind, crouch, take cover, melee, etc. all get mapped to these buttons pretty frequently, since your thumb is generally resting on at least on of those sticks during normal play.

Re: iPad Pro

#546
The hardware is amazing and for drawing/art is one of the best devices out there, but for many tasks (such as programming) it's basically useless.

Re: iPad Pro

#547
post #18

The person who decided to make this scroll sideways instead of down when you scroll down, and not to scroll sideways when you scroll sideways should be put in stocks in the town square.

This page works correctly only with JavaScript disabled. I wish more websites were like that.

Re: iPad Pro

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Why none of the top comments on a site called Hacker News are about the fact that this is far from anything that could be used for software development surprises me. Only feasible way to use this for dev would be using a cloud IDE, since I have no access to the OS or ability to install dependencies. I love the idea of the iPad becoming something that could replace a laptop, but for me I wait for the day when I can at…

I agree.

Personally I think Chrome OS will be so much better for developers once Google gets all the wrinkles ironed for Linux support.

Re: iPad Pro

#549

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I think it's kind of cool. /dissenting-opinion

I'm presuming you viewed it on a mobile device. On my laptop running firefox I had this experience. My laptop is presently docked to the right of my monitor on my desk. When docked I use a keyboard and mouse with the actual laptop being slightly to the right using its touchpad is somewhat awkward but do-able. Space bar to go down doesn't work, page down/up doesn't work home end doesn't work arrow keys don't work. Try…

>I'm presuming you viewed it on a mobile device. On my laptop running firefox I had this experience.

I viewed it on Firefox on my MBP and thought it was great.

Re: iPad Pro

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post #278
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"The new Liquid Retina display goes from edge to edge" I've never owned an iPad, perhaps I'm missing something here. How does the above statement reconcile with the pictures I see on the page where there's clearly a black bezel? Do they just mean there's not an area at the bottom with a physical button?

Indeed. People do just love hearing words... Presenter: “This display goes from its start...” (Audience gasps) Presenter: “...all the way until it ends! We call this ‘entire’.” Audience: Audience Member 1: (whispering) “I can’t wait until I can get a device with an entire display. I’ll have to put in some OT at the job to save up, though.” Audience Member 2: “What do you do?” AM1: “I work at a company that specialize…

This is my favorite response so far. I don't really have much interest in the bezel or not debate. I just didn't get "edge to edge screen" as a good description of what was being sold. By that definition, all displays are edge to edge unless you deliberately obscure some portion of the screen.
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