On the road
Posted by Joseph on Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Yep, finally got my iPhone. So on the interest of usability I thought I’d try to blog on the train into work. Yes, the N96 is great and the blackberry does email like no other, but I have to say that the iPhone has them beat on usability even with the tiny letters on the keypad. Why?
Because you don’t need to RFM (Read the Frikkin’ Manual) to get things done. Not only does it put things where you expect them to be, it helps you understand the way it works while you use it without reverting to a manual.
So I only have 18 minutes for my blog so best be quick about it!
Usability is all about not forcing me to do all the work to figure out your device, your device should work hard to make me understand it without a manual. Like all our favourite tools do.
So to finish it off here is a pic from my view every morning as I step off the train.
(posted from my iPhone) 
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I definitely agree, you’re up and running almost immediately with an iPhone. Some features seem designed to be discovered by accident (such as swipe-to-delete).
Still, it would be nice to be able to cut and paste *sigh*.
Hmm, I didn’t find the swipe to delete, but I seriously Lurve the “hold-finger-over-text-to-show-magnifier” thingy which helps me place my cursor accurately in text I need to fix. Once I get used to the whole thing I might try a jailbreak. Wonder what the ratio of jailbreak to standard installs is among the geekdom?
And yes, WTF is wrong with supplying a copy/paste function? Surely they can keep it secure with that basic function intact??