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Re: iPad Pro

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Post by timcederman »

i_phish_cats wrote: post #462
RubberShoes wrote: post #443

To me, the shift to USB-C signifies a fundamental change in how Apple is approaching the iPad and computing going forward. Those stupid "what's a computer" ads make a little more sense. With USB-C, developers will support whatever I/O standards they need to in iOS, and the ecosystem of monitors, keyboards, and peripherals we all bought for our laptops/desktops will now begin to work with iOS too. This feature alone g…

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The keyboards themselves didn't have the V, it was the extension cord, and it was because it was out of USB spec. If you push hard enough, any old USB port went in just fine.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by garblegarble »

i_phish_cats wrote: post #462
RubberShoes wrote: post #443

To me, the shift to USB-C signifies a fundamental change in how Apple is approaching the iPad and computing going forward. Those stupid "what's a computer" ads make a little more sense. With USB-C, developers will support whatever I/O standards they need to in iOS, and the ecosystem of monitors, keyboards, and peripherals we all bought for our laptops/desktops will now begin to work with iOS too. This feature alone g…

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>Apparently you're not old enough to remember those apple "USB" keyboard plugs with the little v-shaped indentations so you couldn't plug in non-apple approved devices.

Wasn't that because of the extender cable? As I recall extenders couldn't be USB compliant, so apple made a notch in the extender so that it wasn't technically a separate USB accessory from the keyboard?

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by glaurung_ »

Jgrubb wrote: 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.

That's weird. It works normally in the "Matterialistic HN" app's built in browser.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by jbigelow76 »

saagarjha wrote: post #260
neolefty wrote: post #165

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I can't imagine XCode could run in the RAM available on an iPad — maybe rework it to do the heavy lifting in the cloud?

iPad Pro has 4 GB of RAM. There are Macs with that much RAM that can run Xcode.

The 1TB configs have 6 GB of RAM making it even less of leap to assume they can do it soon.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by smacktoward »

Jgrubb wrote: 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.

Official Apple response: "You're holding it wrong."

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by tk75x »

roywiggins wrote: post #453
hnra wrote: post #441

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I'm the complete opposite. Touchpads not using reverse scrolling feels so weird to me.

It's the touchpad version of whether joystick-down means nose-down, or nose-up, in video games. Endless debates can be had!

Joystick down means nose up because it's simulating the yoke of your airplane in which you pull back (joystick down) in order to "pull up" the nose of the plane.

The recent fad of reversing the touchpad scrolling direction is an attempt to simulate how we use our phones in which we tap the content on screen and drag it around to pull other content into view.

Because the touchpad was invented to replace a mouse, I expect similar motions to produce the same results. For example: scrolling the wheel down moves your viewpoint in the current window down, so a similar motion on the touchpad (swipe down - use two fingers to differentiate from a normal touch) should produce a similar result. Instead, we get manufacturers who by default include un-intuitive configurations of something that had been working for decades for billions of people. At least for now we are allowed to change those settings.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by timcederman »

tyingq wrote: post #41

"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?

This is because the glass is edge to edge, even if the pixels aren't. (so 'technically' correct, but certainly misleading)

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by _ph_ »

dddddaviddddd wrote: post #473
_ph_ wrote: post #438

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The hardware specs of the new iPad Pro read like the dream mobile machine. If only there were not too many software limitations in iOS which would prevent it to replace a laptop for many tasks, it could take over the laptop space in no time. - Files is way too limited. It should be possible to exchange the system supported data types between all apps via files. You can't even add a audio track to Music or a video fil…

Sounds like you just want an A-Series MacBook (with decent keyboard?)

Overall the iPad has a very attractive hardware as a laptop competitor. It has a touch screen, the pen support, is fanless, can be used without the keyboard attached. The more "Pro" it gets, the thought of replacing a laptop with an iPad comes up, but ends at the software limitations.

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by Havoc »

Jgrubb wrote: 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.

Especially with a mouse wheel. It's just off in terms of coordination

Re: iPad Pro

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Post by Reason077 »

Do the new iPads all have giant sticking-out camera lenses in one corner?

It's already bad enough that my iPhone can't sit flat on a table because of the camera lens. It would be super annoying in an iPad!

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