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| Subject | Re: Just got an Apple TV - most disappointed :-\ |
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| Newsgroups | comp.mobile.ipad, misc.phone.mobile.iphone, comp.sys.mac.hardware.misc |
| References | <1n9hcmd.1sezz4n1t5s2wwN%jamiekg@wizardling.geek.nz> <h9Sdnetd6_IrlOzEnZ2dnUU7-QnNnZ2d@giganews.com> <etcko1Fh7f4U1@mid.individual.net> |
| From | Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> |
| Date | 2017-07-21 13:03 -0400 |
| Message-ID | <tLqdnb2Lsqlnru_EnZ2dnUU7-VWdnZ2d@giganews.com> (permalink) |
Cross-posted to 3 groups.
On 2017-07-20 17:13, Jolly Roger wrote:
> Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> wrote:
>> On 2017-07-20 05:38, Jamie Kahn Genet wrote:
>>> Very late to the party, I must say my new Apple TV is a major letdown
>>> compared to my Rokus.
>>>
>>> The remote is awful, taking far longer to get where I want to. The touch
>>> input on the Apple TV remote simply isn't as efficient as buttons for
>>> menus and even, dare I say it, text input. I wouldn't have thought it
>>> possible for a less efficient text input method to be discovered than
>>> standard remote buttons, but Apple have managed it :-D
>>
>> Agreed. Even going from the left edge of the letter field to the right
>> is not allowed like on most such entry devices.
>
> I just use the Remote app on my phone or iPad instead, or sometimes I will
> press the mic button and just talk instead. Both work great for me. I
> haven't yet had to use the lame built in keyboard.
Good points. I haven't bought the most recent Apple TV. I'll probably
wait for the next version.
--
"Natural stupidity can wreak far more havoc
than artificial intelligence..."
-Alison Copnik, "Making AI More Human"
-Scientific American, June 2017.
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