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Tim Cook Defends Apple's AI Delay: 'We've Rarely Been First' (www.macrumors.com)

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[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Yes I did. But admittedly very young. How was it a "legend of engineering"?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

This article says it better than I can

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 2 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (1 children)

It says you could use it without looking at it. Which was true of all music players at the time. Many didn't even have a display. What else ya got?

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io 1 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

https://uxdesign.cc/the-click-wheel-one-of-apples-most-iconic-designs-3bd131281a51

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 1 points 6 hours ago

Paywalled

[–] warm@kbin.earth 1 points 10 hours ago

Iconic, not legendary engineering, the click wheel got annoying, scrolling over tracks you wanted select, scrolling when you click it, etc, it was far from perfect.