staff testing the iOS 4.2 beta has hated this new “feature” for the last two months. They just couldn’t get used to it. Apple argues that this is to help developers and make multitasking better, but they provide a software lock, which kind of defeats their own argument. The other argument is that this unifies the iPad and iPhone’s switches, but while in the iPhone it makes sense as mute—because the iPhone is a telephone—the iPad is a reader and a multimedia machine. Orientation lock makes sense, which is why people need/want/love the screen lock switch whenever they are in bed or the sofa. Now, users should click twice on the home button, slice their finger left and tap to lock the screen. Who the hell designed this bloody behavior? The developers of Mortal Kombat? Why not use the tap, tap, swipe left, swipe down, draw circle, double-click FINISH HIM! combo? Because that would be just as stupid as changing the widely known—and widely beloved—behavior of this switch to the mute function, which was already well served by the volume keys.