"Das Betriebssystem ist konsequent auf Performance, Effizienz und Fingerbedienung ausgelegt. Microsoft versucht dagegen seit Jahren mit mäßigem Erfolg, die Windows-Oberfläche so zu modifizieren, dass Maus-, Finger- und Stiftbedienung gleichermaßen möglich sind. Wie der Test von Windows Touch unter Windows 7 gezeigt hat, ist das Interface für eine sinnvolle Bedienung zu komplex."
http://www.zdnet.de/mobiles_arbeite...ple_tablet_ipad_story-20000101-41526392-5.htm
"The failure of the Windows tablet
When the technology arrived, someone else had a similar idea: Bill Gates thought the world would run on tablets one day, and he wanted them to run Microsoft software. The form may have been right, but the software concept was flawed from the start: He tried to adapt the desktop metaphor to the tablet format.
Instead of creating a completely new interface, closer to Raskin's ideas, Gates adapted Windows to the new format, adding some things here and there, like handwriting recognition, drawing and some gestures—which were pioneered by the Newton itself. That was basically it. The computer was just the same as any other laptop, except that people would be able to control it with a stylus or a single finger.
Microsoft Windows tablets were a failure, and they became a niche device for doctors and nurses. The concept never took off at the consumer level because people didn't see any advantage on using their good old desktop in a tablet format which even was more expensive than regular laptops."
http://gizmodo.com/5452501/the-apple-tablet-interface-must-be-like-this
"Across the iPad system, Apple has introduced a new UI element, which they’re calling popovers. It’s a perfect name. Popovers are like a cross between dialog boxes, drop-down menus, and inspector palettes. One example is the list of mailboxes in Mail when in vertical mode. When iPad Mail is in horizontal mode, you see a split view with two panels at once: accounts/mailboxes/messages on the left, and an always-present message detail panel on the right. When iPad Mail is in horizontal mode, you just get one panel, but you can tap a button at the top left to show a popover of messages in the current mailbox."
weiter:
http://daringfireball.net/2010/01/various_ipad_thoughts
