Why do I get the feeling that, had we had this conversation in 1984, you’d be suggesting that the Mac give users equal access to macOS and DOS, and that the mouse pointer should be easily replaceable by the keyboard if you don’t want to use it? This half-hearted approach to incorporating new design elements may be okay in some cases, but I just see it as moving further away from Apple’s philosophy of a streamlined, simple UX. I get it, you like having gimmicky options that will fit certain use-cases, but I always appreciated that Apple chose the one best way to do something and then pushed ahead with it. I seem to recall you and I having a similar disagreement over the Touch Bar. If you see that there’s enough demand to make the iPad Pro into the productivity tool Apple initially marketed it as, why not fully embrace that rather than making it an added extra that’s just going to fragment the user experience. Luke: Well, except for the fact that iPad sales continue to decline quarter-by-quarter. Touch interfaces don’t need to be adjusted for mice in the same way that desktop interfaces need to be adjusted for touch input. ![]() There’s no reason why a pointer over the existing user interface wouldn’t work fine - just like it does on Android. The Apple Pencil - as wonderful as it is - presents the same problem.Īpple wouldn’t need to make any major changes to iOS to make it compatible with a mouse. And as I mentioned before, it’s a pain to keep reaching up to the screen when you’re using an external keyboard for an extended period. Killian But in some cases, taking away the “middleman” has a negative impact on the task you’re carrying out. Not just adding an option that gives you a mouse pointer on screen with the existing iOS. But that requires a much more fundamental software-based rethink. ![]() ![]() There’s no problem there necessarily: a lot of people would like to see Apple merge aspects of its mobile and desktop systems to create something new. If Apple allows a separate mouse to work on the iPad Pro, that automatically makes it less of a mobile device, because you need to have a surface to rest the mouse on.
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