tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post2440580571540565332..comments2024-03-26T19:19:35.144+00:00Comments on Eolake Stobblehouse thoughts: iPad connectivityEolake Stobblehousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-36657601321096625082010-06-08T15:31:50.130+00:002010-06-08T15:31:50.130+00:00I suppose if I were comparing the iPad to a Kindle...I suppose if I were comparing the iPad to a Kindle, I'd be very impressed. Instead, I've been comparing it to what I call "Magic Paper," an imaginary device I've been wishing for ever since I got a Newton in the early 90s. It was what the Newton should have been, if only magic were real.<br /><br />It's more than an e-book reader or a media player. It's a more convenient alternative to a laptop, capable of doing anything the laptop could do, with a user interface tailored to handwriting and touch.<br /><br />Magic Paper was technically impossible when I first imagined it. Technology has marched on, and I believe it's completely up to the job nowadays. In some ways (video and audio, in particular) it's far surpassed what I had originally imagined. The iPad seemed <i>sooooo</i> close, but in this iteration, at least, it's not what I was hoping for.Michael Burtonhttp://brainrow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-17033185082618900512010-06-08T13:02:31.905+00:002010-06-08T13:02:31.905+00:00Well, perhaps you just don't need/want one, a...Well, perhaps you just don't need/want one, and that's fine. Anyway, don't mind me, this does not bother me often, and all these things are just the normal little weaknesses you find in anything complex product. I'd say that especially for a 1.0 product, the iPad is enormously well done. I really like it.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-33404766336053991992010-06-08T12:22:41.713+00:002010-06-08T12:22:41.713+00:00Just about every new thing I hear about the iPad m...Just about every new thing I hear about the iPad makes me not want one. This is surprising, because I'm normally a real Apple fanboy.<br /><br />Maybe I'm getting old...Michael Burtonhttp://brainrow.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-76983559656450133902010-06-08T09:35:17.990+00:002010-06-08T09:35:17.990+00:00(I never had that mail issue.)
Just looked at Myr...(I never had that mail issue.)<br /><br />Just looked at Myriad Pro. I have it, probably bundled with my Adobe collections. <br />Yes, very nice, very clear, very balanced.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-85599709263259827592010-06-08T09:15:12.842+00:002010-06-08T09:15:12.842+00:00Ganesha Games said...
"...while I find it a p...Ganesha Games said...<br />"...while I find it a perfectly fine font, making it a default font on the world's most used machines made it boring."<br /><br />I understand and agree.<br /><br />"I have switched to Georgia as a default, everyday font on my machines."<br /><br />That's a nice one...until you get bored of that one! ;-) Good thing there are many! Hopefully Apple will do better w/the fonts, eventually. (weird mail issue, too.)TC [Girl]https://www.blogger.com/profile/13627383459407464083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-24417278481655778642010-06-08T09:14:38.831+00:002010-06-08T09:14:38.831+00:00another very nice font is Myriad Pro. Comes in a g...another very nice font is Myriad Pro. Comes in a gazillion variants and reads fine on screen and in print. Very expensive though.Ganesha Gameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786129871831624809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-87682468294781005722010-06-08T09:12:09.450+00:002010-06-08T09:12:09.450+00:00Yes, and Georgia (like Verdana) was designed from ...Yes, and Georgia (like Verdana) was designed from the beginning for readability on screens.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-43959442637348269392010-06-08T09:09:43.517+00:002010-06-08T09:09:43.517+00:00A friend suggests that Helvetica is NOT a free fon...A friend suggests that Helvetica is NOT a free font and Apple might have chosen not to embed it for this reason. Well, there are some free alternatives out there.<br /><br />TC,<br />yes while I find it a perfectly fine font, making it a default font on the world's most used machines made it boring. I have switched to Georgia as a default, everyday font on my machines.Ganesha Gameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786129871831624809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-83936811964054042462010-06-08T09:03:18.212+00:002010-06-08T09:03:18.212+00:00Ganesha Games said...
"...Times Boring Roman....Ganesha Games said...<br />"...Times Boring Roman..."<br /><br />Funny you. :-)TC [Girl]https://www.blogger.com/profile/13627383459407464083noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-74316869402763521952010-06-08T09:00:55.263+00:002010-06-08T09:00:55.263+00:00Yeah, pretty lame.
But Apple's wide-audience ...Yeah, pretty lame. <br />But Apple's wide-audience apps sometimes have some odd weaknesses. One of my fave apps ever was/is AppleWorks, in the old days called ClarisWorks. It was a very compact, really nice all-in one app (writing, drawing, database...). But Apple only developed it for a couple of years, which is a pity, because it still has some crude edges, like the ends of lines disappearing under the margin with some fonts.Eolake Stobblehousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07126147415891586345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16327517.post-78486197043829880972010-06-08T08:47:14.950+00:002010-06-08T08:47:14.950+00:00This seems an erratic problem only on some machine...This seems an erratic problem only on some machines. No problem at all on mine. Wherever I go, it works. <br /><br />My own problems with iPad are different.<br />1) Mail sometimes (twice so far) "jumbles" emails together. That is, I receive a mail with a sender and a header, and the content is from another email! Now this happened twice with messages on yahoo groups and (opted in) advertisement from Amazon.<br />2) Pages. While it is a delight to work on it for producing quick documents, the PDF font embedding just doesn't work. On any win machine, I get all sort of weird results: warning that fonts are not embedded, type not displaying at all... just because the default Helvetica is generally NOT installed on Windows platforms (if I switch to Arial or Times Boring Roman, no problem...). I mean, Apple has pratically invented typography on computers, can't they just learn to embed fonts in their pdfs? Or maybe I'm doing something wrong. What's the point of doing a nicely formatted PDF and being able to send it with the touch of a finger if it won't show up properly on other machines? Wasn't that the whole idea behind PDFs?<br />A quick search on the apple search forum tells me to make sure you have the same fonts installed in the other machines. So fonts are not embedded at all.. how lame...Ganesha Gameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08786129871831624809noreply@blogger.com