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What DID Apple innovate? (lemmy.world)

submitted 9 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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[–] owenfromcanada@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I give Apple indirect credit for touch-screen keyboards. I don't think they invented them, but their marketing of the iPhone resulted in mass adoption regardless of how good/bad the on-screen keyboard was. And that created market research that led to the significantly better ones we have now.

I remember using one on an original iPhone for a few minutes and thinking I'd never waste my money on it--it was so unpleasant to use that it sullied the whole experience for me. Finally gave in somewhere around 2013 when they had gotten usable and there were multiple options.

[–] QuadratureSurfer@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

They definitely weren't the first for touch screens, but I definitely agree that they pushed the smartphone industry to put a lot more work into it.

Prior touchscreens were laggy and unpleasant. Apple just gave us a really smooth touch screen (It was good for it's time) experience compared to what was out there and that forced other smartphone makers to get with the program.

[–] AVincentInSpace@pawb.social -1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I dunno. Apart from predictive text I don't see a whole lot of difference between the onscreen keyboard on my current phone vs the one on a 1990s Palm Pilot, and I'm pretty sure the old school iOS onscreen keyboards didn't have that.