hee.
But I'm so glad to see that my ridiculous problems keeping my browsers running are not solely my own problem.
Book: Where's the doctor? Not back yet?
Zoe: (beat) We don't make him hurry for the little stuff. He'll be along.
Book: He could hurry... a little.
'Safe'
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sumi - Apr 04, 2010 9:44:42 am PDT #13467 of 25501
Art Crawl!!!
Una - Apr 04, 2010 9:55:30 am PDT #13468 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
The biggest problem I have with the iPad keyboard is that I have to flip to another "screen" to get a damned apostrophe. The other non-letter characters I might be okay with having separate (although since many of my passwords have letters *and* numbers, typing passwords is an adventure on the iPad!) but I want the damned apostrophe. Sigh. I refuse to give in to lazy txt-typing!
Also, I am VERY surprised that I had to sync the darn thing with a computer just to set it up. Even though I had no desire to sync it at all. So basically, the iPad is a peripheral. You absolutely cannot use it unless you already have a computer, WTF.
(happy to report, however, that using the $29 Snow Leopard "upgrade" from Tiger worked well!)
Anyone know an easy way to get PDFs onto the iPad and read them? That's the one thing I *would* sync to the computer for.
le nubian - Apr 04, 2010 10:01:20 am PDT #13469 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
Una,
I use Goodreader for pdfs (esp. large ones) on the ipod touch. There is a tablet edition:
Kristen - Apr 04, 2010 10:09:51 am PDT #13470 of 25501
John August recommended GoodReader also.
megan walker - Apr 04, 2010 10:19:24 am PDT #13471 of 25501
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
You absolutely cannot use it unless you already have a computer, WTF.
WTF indeed.
Una - Apr 04, 2010 10:25:04 am PDT #13472 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Thanks for the Goodreader ref! I will be trying it out.
meara - Apr 04, 2010 10:56:30 am PDT #13473 of 25501
Ooh, thanks for the upgrade report Una!
Jessica - Apr 04, 2010 11:43:08 am PDT #13474 of 25501
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Honestly, not having Flash on the iPhone doesn't bug me - I don't expect my phone to give me the entire internet.
Flash missing from the iPad is a bigger deal because the form factor implies a certain level of...computer-ness. And Apple supports Flash on their laptops, so it definitely feels like something *missing* from the iPad in a way that it doesn't on an iPhone or iPod Touch.
That said, I just spend about three hours playing with my sister's iPad (technically it belongs to her boss since she bought it for work, but it lives with her) and OOOOOH, SHINY. I still really don't want to pay for one (blah blah first generation Apple product) but damn if every time it was put down on the couch if I didn't want to pick it up. It's compulsively usable.
Una - Apr 04, 2010 12:03:23 pm PDT #13475 of 25501
when i die, please bake my ashes into a brick and use me to hit fascists.
Now reporting from my iPad and Goodreader? Is awesome.
meara--if I have any further issues with the upgrade I'll let you know!
tommyrot - Apr 04, 2010 12:06:29 pm PDT #13476 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I still really don't want to pay for one (blah blah first generation Apple product) but damn if every time it was put down on the couch if I didn't want to pick it up.
Yesterday I saw one for the first time and played with it for 30 seconds. Today I'm almost regretting not buying one, even though I had not ever seriously considered buying one when it was first released.