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Ok, yes, what’s your point? iPad != iPadOS != iOS which was your original modification to the title. My point is, it’s iPad specific. So iPad/iPadOS is fine here, and not iOS.
And iOS != IOS (Cisco).
Lol duly noted.
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#272LibreOffice is not my go-to choice anymore for office suites on Linux. FreeOffice from SoftMaker is my choice now.
Same here. But I use onlyoffice. And its been serving me good till now. Plus I like the tabs thing. I installed it on my friend's laptop which is super old, it seems to work better than MS Office 2016 too
I have not tried OnlyOffice or WPS office, but they look as polished as FreeOffice.
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#273Does anyone else notice how slow the UI is to render in the demos or was that marketing effects?
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#274Many comments are this post are saddening. Our racism is showing.
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#275This could look awesome on my Pixel C!
What would I have given for a second iteration on that device and form factor. Next to the 2nd Chromebook Pixel, the Pixel C was the most perfect device from Google.
The HW is still good after 6 (!) years! Best tablet ever, but the OS sucks.
That's why we started https://github.com/pixelc-linux
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Because it actually is... Android Market was introduced months after App Store. Obviously programmers know that fundamentally it's extension of some ideas from the Linux world, but that is very irrelevant to the users, and the basics of "download an application from a registry" are not what makes the great App Store experience.
Today I learned that the app stores for Windows CE/Pocket PC, Symbian, J2ME, BREW, Blackberry never existed.
I had three Windows Mobile devices and 5 J2ME devices and not a single one had app store. Why - there wasn't any mobile internet connectivity back then, the Java devices didn't even have wifi. Apps were loaded over USB, downloaded as JAR files. Apps were normally bought on eshops od vendors.
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> Much bigger ecosystem of touch optimized apps. What?? Hell NO! Most Android "tablet" apps are upscaled phone apps, if even that. The last time I checked, apps specifically developed for Android tablets were far fewer (and worse) than apps specifically made for iPads.
The parent comment was comparing Android with JingOS, not iOS.
My bad then, I read it as wanting to Android apps instead of iOS apps on a tablet.
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#278Earlier quoted context omitted.
Today I learned that the app stores for Windows CE/Pocket PC, Symbian, J2ME, BREW, Blackberry never existed.
I had three Windows Mobile devices and 5 J2ME devices and not a single one had app store. Why - there wasn't any mobile internet connectivity back then, the Java devices didn't even have wifi. Apps were loaded over USB, downloaded as JAR files. Apps were normally bought on eshops od vendors.
> Apps were normally bought on eshops od vendors.
So there were app stores.
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I don’t think there’s an obsession with Apple so much as there is an obsession with the minimalism and an alignment of the design goals into an ecosystem that Apple has demonstrated.
I find the minimalism to become frustrating, when it involves burying things that were so easily accessed before. In windows you used to be able to right click the desktop to get to display settings.
I agree. I don't use apple products but my partner does, but whenever I use one of his products he has to keep explaining these arcane rituals of triple clicking, pressing and holding on unexpected icons, navigating through menus with a limited number of buttons, etc.
It's all well and good trying to hide the complexity, but not if you can't find the features unless you've already got someone who knows the product talking you through it.
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#280A lot has already been said about them copying or borrowing or just getting their inspiration from Apple, so I'll skip that. Unless they fully opensource the code it is unlikely to get any traction. And if it is really based on Linux we're likely going to see UI and UX issues, An OS is more than just a some fancy icons and modded apps. The transitions that they show in the demo are not easy to achieve as in stability…
I don't know why people think Apple even has a good UI. Because it all looks the same? None of it makes any sense if you have any experience other than Mac/iOS. Let us never forget that we are holding it wrong.
> Because it all looks the same?
No, because it's offers one of the most consistent UX. It's far from perfect, but Apple manages to make this happen on both iOS/OSX.