Comments on: The iPad: from a Technologist to a Technologist http://stevenclark.com.au/2010/02/01/the-ipad-from-a-technologist-to-a-technologist/ Mon, 29 Aug 2011 07:44:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: steven http://stevenclark.com.au/2010/02/01/the-ipad-from-a-technologist-to-a-technologist/comment-page-1/#comment-4795 steven Mon, 01 Feb 2010 21:58:44 +0000 http://stevenclark.com.au/?p=4966#comment-4795 I agree with what Zeldman included in his recent post about flash, iPad and web standards. Because most people just want a computer that bloody works - its the biggest single bane of computing for all time to date in my opinion. Most people aren't techs, most people don't want to deal with driver issues etcetera ad infinitum. Its almost like our average computer is a product not yet ready for market. Maybe this type of computer is the future - after all, everything is moving into the cloud so why do we need more than a dumb client or a specialised tool to achieve what we want. <blockquote cite="http://www.zeldman.com/2010/02/01/flash-ipad-standards/">The bulk of humanity doesn’t want a computing experience it can tinker with; it wants a computing experience that works.<cite>Jeffrey Zeldman</cite></blockquote> I agree with what Zeldman included in his recent post about flash, iPad and web standards. Because most people just want a computer that bloody works – its the biggest single bane of computing for all time to date in my opinion. Most people aren’t techs, most people don’t want to deal with driver issues etcetera ad infinitum. Its almost like our average computer is a product not yet ready for market. Maybe this type of computer is the future – after all, everything is moving into the cloud so why do we need more than a dumb client or a specialised tool to achieve what we want.

The bulk of humanity doesn’t want a computing experience it can tinker with; it wants a computing experience that works.Jeffrey Zeldman

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