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What DID Apple innovate? (lemmy.world)
submitted 11 months ago by ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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Genuine question.

I know they were the scrappy startup doing different cool things. But, what are the most major innovative things that they introduced, improved or just implemented that either revolutionized, improved or spurred change?

I am aware of the possibility of both fanboys and haters just duking it out below. But there's always that one guy who has a fkn well-formatted paragraph of gold. I await that guy.

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[–] topinambour_rex@lemmy.world 24 points 11 months ago (2 children)

The Ipod interface. Making people move their fingers on a circle for explore menus was innovative.

[–] PM_Your_Nudes_Please@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Which is ironic, because Steve Jobs significantly delayed the iPod’s development by initially demanding that it be a single button interface. After several months of failure, he eventually relented and we got the wheel interface as a compromise. But he originally wanted the entire interface to only be the single button.

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

That was definitely cool. The next time UI navigation ever wowed me was the Windows Phone UI... (So many people will kill me for this lmao)

[–] Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I always liked the windows phone, it's honestly too bad it didn't last

[–] ElPussyKangaroo@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

One of the only pieces of tech news that make me cry internally.