Whoa, this is actually pretty amazing. I mean the idea is simple enough and many apps made use of the “drawing” ideas, but not like this. Still it would be worth nothing without the ability to export the font … which it HAS! For 8 bucks it’s a steal and you can have your OWN fonts to use for logos and websites in no time! Perfect!
Whoa, that’s a pretty cool example of what web-apps are capable of. Sure this is actually pretty pointless, but proving it can be done, it opens a window for more advanced web applications of the future. Check it out here:
http://alexw.me/ipad/
Will it redefine the interfaces for tablet publishing? Will that in turn redefine the web as we know it a little bit? We’ll have to wait and see. Right now they have a pretty neat and at the same time grungy/electronic Tron cover with animations and flashes known from some thriller movies. That might be fun. We’re witnessing some sort of future here, and another one when “The Daily” comes out. Exciting times to be a web designer. A lot of new trends will emerge REALLY soon. See the vid :
Project magazine cover video from Project on Vimeo.
Since the Washington Post made an iPad app too, I think it’s both the time to elaborate on interfaces and the time to admit, that the change is surely coming. The dying press industry can actually revive with this new medium, which is good because we need well written content. There’s nothing wrong with amateur bloggers, but the most valuable content is and will always be made by professional writers and journalists. So now we have the chance to try those out because the new york times, washington post and newsweek all made really nice applications that bring the press to the new medium. And of course they will also be available on other tablets when they finally come out. And that leads to a conclusion that there’s another change in interfaces coming.
Apparently a click to view interface doesn’t really work with press on a tablet. No, every one of the magazines has swiping motion to change pages / browse through articles. People don’t like to point and click, they like to browse. And what’s more natural than a swiping motion? Right!
And since the tablets are slowly taking over, we might want to consider websites that are also navigated that way (or can be navigated with both regular and modern touch controls). That might lead to a regression of thought, because we’re actually coming back to the system that was dominant before the PC revolution. And this system is already catching on. So it might either be a case of nostalgia, or simply a way to do it right. And if it’s the latter we should consider that with all of our feature layouts.
Below you can see the AD for washington post, pretty funny, especially the last sentence ;)
You might want to wait a while before installing the update to the vey popular wordpress app. It added features like random shutdowns and forgetting your password every few minutes. I’d wait for an update to this update.
Finally the New York Times has realised that people expect a little more from ipad news apps than a sort-of website version. Following in the footsteps of flipboard – which by the way has set new standards in the industry – it’s easy to use and well designed.
Those changes and an evolution of interfaces towards the touch can a very well be the main reasons for the apps to steal more market from their paper counterparts and save some trees.
Now it’s time for a flipboard style app that let’s you add blogs of your choice frokm wordpress and other types. And a creation machine app would be nice too, right ? ;)
Since everything has already been said about how it’s beautiful, but no flash. How it has a long lasting battery, but doesn’t have a USB port. How it’s fast and portable but the operating system is a bit stripped.
Blah blah blah.
Since everybody knows all the tech specs already (and if not you can just look it up) I’m gonna focus on my impressions on using the device. Because in the end who cares if it does that or doesn’t do that if you hate every second spent with it. Allright then, let’s start from the basic.
No. This is like saying a soccer ball is just a bigger tennis ball, when both have different purposes and are used quite differently. What iPad is – is the revolution that the web was waiting for – not in the content and not in the delivery methods (that’s why flash doesn’t matter here) but in the form factor that’s easier and better for the web. It was the first big hit in the tablets but now, as I said before we’ll see a whole bunch of other ones, cheaper and more accessible. And in that respect it doesn’t matter if they run iOS, android or some crippled version of windows. Or linux. What matters is the way to interact with the internet is finally changing for the second time since internet was born. (this first one was text commands, then came the graphically intense websites and online videos).
So do I like it? Yes. In fact it’s become used more for everyday tasks than my laptop. I can carry it around me all the time since it’s pretty small and light, so I take my things with me everywhere. As simple as that, holding the internet in your hands is the way to go for the internet itself. And it doesn’t matter if you choose an apple device for that or something else. It has started and we’re sure even Nokia will make a similar device soon.
The one before was supposed to be the last one, but we couldn’t help it ;)
Tonight we’ll post a short video on how to make yourself an iPad ahead of the original shipping date. And it’s gonna be much cheaper + the multitasking works pretty well too.
Here’s the video :
Here’s a little video of us playing with the new super-gadget. Watch in HD!