What an Apple Tablet Means in My World
I subscribe to 20-30 different blogs through my google reader. It’s part of my daily routine. Like everyone else with an internet connection I’ve noticed the overkill posting of iSlate, iTablet, iWhatever rumors on what this device will do, how it will look and cost.
Whatever this device will have I’m sure I’ll get one. So I don’t really care much about the rumors leading up to tomorrows Apple address.
The coolest thing I’ve seen is the interface shown in the video below. A couple things come to mind while watching this video.
1. With it’s popularity I think you’ll see websites changing UI to fit the use of a mouseless/keyboardless device. Looking at this example you can see the demo UI was designed for finger gestures. For those designers out there this will mean bigger brighter buttons that you can hit with your fingertip as opposed to a tiny mouse arrow. Remember the button has to “POP”!!!
2. I don’t like flash intros, headers or navs. Will the majority of designers cop out and start designing all-flash sites to accommodate this iTablet, or will they dig deep in to things like jquery to achieve the fluid motion of the site shown below. I’ve use small plugins for jquery, but I’ve seen the pros use it and I hope that’s the direction of the web.
I’m not a huge book reader, but this thing is going to kill the Kindle or any other book reader on the market. Those that have/love their Kindles now will keep using them, but I’d guess sales will come to a screeching halt once this tablet go on sale.