iPad apps are inconsistent and have low feature discoverability, with frequent user errors due to accidental gestures, Danish usability guru Jacob Nielsen slams.

According to the Guardian’s technology blogger Jack Schofield, Nielsen, who has just published a 93-page report on iPad usability, was expecting more of the device.

Nielsen said: “There were really a lot of usability problems in this first-generation of iPad applications. It’s often quite difficult for people to discover what they have to do because the options are not very visible.”

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