Edward Tufte Weighs In on Apple's iPhone

An anonymous reader writes "Via Daring Fireball, a post from design guru Edward Tufte's site discusses his views on the interface used by the Apple iPhone. The post includes a video presentation by Tufte on the subject of video resolution on the phone. His argument is primarily that while the iPhone does a lot of things very well, Apple hasn't quite realized the platform's full potential by making screen real estate all it could be. "

Re:That was fast

[Brummund]

Don't worry, his video is like listening to a speech at a funeral, only slightly slower.

Re:Design decisions vs. 20/20 hindsight

[Crazy Man on Fire]

Many people get confused by looping radar images.

I really hope this is not true.

Re:Design decisions vs. 20/20 hindsight

[gEvil (beta)]

Sadly, it is. I've known a few. ("I don't care what the weather was like an hour ago. I want to know what it will be later tonight. Why don't they have a picture of that?")

Re:Another Day....

[Anonymous Coward]

So you came to watch?

Re:Design decisions vs. 20/20 hindsight

[chromatic]

I think you mean "us poor sheeple". "Morons" isn't nearly elitist enough.

Re:Oh, the irony!

[Anonymous Coward]

"... he puts most of his information in a fscking video?"

Worse. He uses flash.

I have his books too. Let's start a bonfire.