Rant: Apple Mouse

[jim]

Who designed this cramp inducing thing? Horrible. I've been using it for 6 months and just can not get used to it, my ring finger cramps up like a mofo using it after a while.

[Donnie Ebert]

Is this the Magic Mouse (the wireless one with all the swipe gestures)? If so, I concur.

But this is the worst mouse I ever used:



A day on that thing and I felt like I had a claw.

[MrSaigon]

Another Apple rant: Android is 55% of the market to Apple's like 40, so why do so many people make their apps for iOS either first or exclusively? Is it a lot easier to program or something? Is it because iOS users are weathier (the one segment Android doesn't lead is in the affluent)? Or is it purely the sexiness factor?

The one that really gets my goat are magazines. Maybe there's a good explanation. But if you have an iPad and a subscription you can put it right on your device. If you have a subscription and an Android tablet, you can stick your thumb in your butt and see if you can find a digital copy of WIRED there. Affluence isn't an issue here, as many of these, including WIRED, are free.

[jim]

Another thing that sucks is that to get stuff off of an Android onto a Macbook requires installing a bunch of crap on your macbook. It doesn't "just work" like everything is supposed to with a mac. I know it's a competitor and all, but like you said the market share is enough to where imo it should "just work".

Also I just gave up with Outlook. I get the spinning wheel within seconds of opening it up and trying to use it, and we have tried everthing to get it to work.

All computers suck. All operating systems suck. I hate computers. I think the Amish have it right after all. I'm at the point where I'm ready to de-wire, all of this crap just isn't worth it. I've already stopped carrying my phone around with me in general, enough of that bull crap. I just broke down and got a phone 2 years ago, and recently I realized that I am spending way too much of my life looking for it, panicking when I cant' find it, worrying about it when I drop it. Enough of that bull [expletive]. I had this epiphany when I read this from one of my favorite fishing authors:

“Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.’” – John Gierach

He's right.

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I concur with the app thing.

[ghostrunner]

Another thing that sucks is that to get stuff off of an Android onto a Macbook requires installing a bunch of crap on your macbook. It doesn't "just work" like everything is supposed to with a mac. I know it's a competitor and all, but like you said the market share is enough to where imo it should "just work".

Also I just gave up with Outlook. I get the spinning wheel within seconds of opening it up and trying to use it, and we have tried everthing to get it to work.

All computers suck. All operating systems suck. I hate computers. I think the Amish have it right after all. I'm at the point where I'm ready to de-wire, all of this crap just isn't worth it. I've already stopped carrying my phone around with me in general, enough of that bull crap. I just broke down and got a phone 2 years ago, and recently I realized that I am spending way too much of my life looking for it, panicking when I cant' find it, worrying about it when I drop it. Enough of that bull [expletive]. I had this epiphany when I read this from one of my favorite fishing authors:

“Cell phones have changed us from a nation of self-reliant pioneer types into a bunch of men standing alone in supermarkets saying, ‘Okay, I’m in the tampon aisle, but I don’t see it.’” – John Gierach

He's right.

I think the west coast stopped us from being pioneer types.

[MrSaigon]

I really like this blog post I read (on my phone, naturally). It's about Apple, but could be Samsung or anything else:

http://www.fastcodesign.com/1673020/in- ... ad-is-nuts

[ghostrunner]

Another Apple rant: Android is 55% of the market to Apple's like 40, so why do so many people make their apps for iOS either first or exclusively? Is it a lot easier to program or something? Is it because iOS users are weathier (the one segment Android doesn't lead is in the affluent)? Or is it purely the sexiness factor?

I think that's part of your answer. But I think apps also tend to sell better on iPhones. Not only that, but Androids run on different processors, have different screen sizes, come from different manufacturers. There's more to consider when writing an app for Android. All iPhones had the same screen size up until the iPhone 5.

Found this article that touches on the same things.

http://readwrite.com/2013/06/06/3-possi ... RQ9koaIuZx

[IMADreamer]

Another Apple rant: Android is 55% of the market to Apple's like 40, so why do so many people make their apps for iOS either first or exclusively? Is it a lot easier to program or something? Is it because iOS users are weathier (the one segment Android doesn't lead is in the affluent)? Or is it purely the sexiness factor?

The one that really gets my goat are magazines. Maybe there's a good explanation. But if you have an iPad and a subscription you can put it right on your device. If you have a subscription and an Android tablet, you can stick your thumb in your butt and see if you can find a digital copy of WIRED there. Affluence isn't an issue here, as many of these, including WIRED, are free.

It's wealth and the ability to get it done fast. A good friend of mine has a very popular app in the automotive world and he does IOS releases first because he can charge more and people will buy it, but also there are less versions to program for so he can get the product out there quicker and then while it's earning money he can finish the Android version. He has also told me Apple users expect to pay, Android users expect not to.

[Diddy]

Talking is probably what I do least on my phone. Ill text if I need to communicate 75% of the time. Most of the time it's pretty handy to be able to google something.