More pointless skeuomorphism from Apple, Android has had the ability to collapse/expand… 4


More pointless skeuomorphism from Apple, Android has had the ability to collapse/expand quoted text in emails for years

Something in iOS 6 you haven’t seen yet…
Here’s a nice touch from Apple (AAPL) that you might not have seen: When email threads get too long in iOS 6, just pull to expand the crumpled up email to show the entire thing. A photo showing Apple’s implementation of this great feature follows below.

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4 thoughts on “More pointless skeuomorphism from Apple, Android has had the ability to collapse/expand…

  • Dennis D. McDonald

    Wait – I thought it was OK to copy software features whether they are covered or not by copyright or patent law. Are you saying Apple should be penalized because it incorporates features in iOS that have existed before?

  • Sam Abuelsamid

    +Dennis D. McDonald Not at all.  I have no problem at all with Apple adding useful features to iOS or OSX as long as they are willing to acknowledge that everyone else can do the same thing and call off the lawyers. If Apple are not willing to do live by the same rules they want to impose on everyone else, then they should be spanked down hard.

    OTOH my main point was to complain about Apple's increasing tendency toward skeuomorphic software interface design. 

  • Sam Abuelsamid

    +Dennis D. McDonald Not at all.  I have no problem at all with Apple adding useful features to iOS or OSX as long as they are willing to acknowledge that everyone else can do the same thing and call off the lawyers. If Apple are not willing to do live by the same rules they want to impose on everyone else, then they should be spanked down hard.

    OTOH my main point was to complain about Apple's increasing tendency toward skeuomorphic software interface design.