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Tim Cook at D11: Apple to Open Up APIs in the Future, but No Chat Heads
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Absolutely true, although I think Cook could have said it in a way that didn't sound like Apple was so keen on limiting consumers' choices. I can see there being millions of posts on the web about why Android is better than iOS because Apple wants to take away all of the user's choices. In fact, it wouldn't surprise me if there were some "Big Brother" references.
I don't understand what's all the fuzz about.
Apple has been opening up API's on iOS since day 1. Every version of iOS comes with new API's that makes iOS a little more open.
This is nothing new and don't expect to able to replace the Maps app by default.
Apple has been opening up API's on iOS since day 1. Every version of iOS comes with new API's that makes iOS a little more open.
This is nothing new and don't expect to able to replace the Maps app by default.
How else do you envision the relationship? You buy a product based on the choices the company has made. If the company makes rubbish choices, the product is rubbish, you don't pay them. If the product is good, you pay them, ergo, you pay Apple to make choices for you.
I think this may be what was hinted at by porting to Android. But there would need to be a reason over just making it available. Apple would need some way of using it as leverage for their own products.
No, it means more. Third party being able to communicate with each other is one, may be even share data?
You always have someone making choices for you even with Linux unless you are going to build your own Linux distro from scratch and dig into the code to change kernel stuff you don't like.
In my humble opinion, chat heads is a horrible feature. I hate that I am forced to use it on the app. (Don't tell me not to use it because it's the only social network all of my friends are on and the web app is even worse)
I'm sure if it did come to the full OS it would be optional to turn it off, but I wish I could choose to turn it off in the app already!
I'm sure if it did come to the full OS it would be optional to turn it off, but I wish I could choose to turn it off in the app already!
Then I guess you shouldn't be using Apple products because they've always done that.
Something like intents and broadcast receivers would be a good thing for iOS
iTunes and iCloud are part of Apple's lock-in strategy. They sell hardware so it makes sense. One may not like it but Apple makes money from hardware, not services so much and definitely not ads.
Nice to see people are keen and curious about ios 7 and osx line up being presented. I cant wait myself.
But, I do feel sorry for the people who turned up for Tim Cooks interview. Not much learned there. I found he had a negative tone a lot of the time. He constantly said 'I don't want to talk about that', 'Thats not something I want to talk about'. It just sounded SO negative. I appreciate the need for secrecy and the surprise element of new product and software services but he could have worded it differently. Something like 'You will hear something soon about that' or 'I feel just as curious and excited as you, but you'll just have to wait', 'You'll love what we have in store for you'. You know what I mean?? He's just to darn vague, and ignorant.
And don't get me started on the things he repeated over and over again like last year. 'It's in our DNA', 'We love our customers', 'We make the best products', 'We love education' bla bla bla etc.. It's starting to sound old or just too darn repetitive.
It would be nice for him to reassure us that something special is coming. You know, hype it up a bit. Get himself excited as well, get us drooling.
Just my opinion. Like I said, I'm very much looking forward to WWDC.
PS: Won't be watching Tim Cook D12 next year for the fear of hearing the same thing all over again.
But, I do feel sorry for the people who turned up for Tim Cooks interview. Not much learned there. I found he had a negative tone a lot of the time. He constantly said 'I don't want to talk about that', 'Thats not something I want to talk about'. It just sounded SO negative. I appreciate the need for secrecy and the surprise element of new product and software services but he could have worded it differently. Something like 'You will hear something soon about that' or 'I feel just as curious and excited as you, but you'll just have to wait', 'You'll love what we have in store for you'. You know what I mean?? He's just to darn vague, and ignorant.
And don't get me started on the things he repeated over and over again like last year. 'It's in our DNA', 'We love our customers', 'We make the best products', 'We love education' bla bla bla etc.. It's starting to sound old or just too darn repetitive.
It would be nice for him to reassure us that something special is coming. You know, hype it up a bit. Get himself excited as well, get us drooling.
Just my opinion. Like I said, I'm very much looking forward to WWDC.
PS: Won't be watching Tim Cook D12 next year for the fear of hearing the same thing all over again.
I'm pretty sure Tim is talking about the thousands of choices Apple makes that result in the final user experience. It's no different than any other product.
I agree with everything you said, except the last paragraph. Based on your usage (all but one app on the main Desktop) I understand why you feel that way.
I, on the other hand, LOVE it. I use most apps in full screen. Gestures have made it great. I also use multiple desktops.
An example. When I work from home, I Remote Desktop into my work PC. I set that up as one desktop. Messages, full screen. Mail, full screen. Outlook, a separate desktop (oddly doesn't full screen like the othe office apps). iTunes, full screen. Safari. Here I have a few windows open at all times, for various reasons, all full screen. One as my general browsing window, one each for sites I jump back to all day (gmail for one as I use the voice function of chat as my phone).
I am never further than a swipe up and click to the app I want.
Oh Goody, new iPhones are going to have WORSE battery life because apps will be running crap all the time.
Hello to the problem Android users have of needing to force close all the apps so the battery doesn't randomly drain itself because a background app is running the CPU / GPS / 3G connection at full throttle .
Hello to the problem Android users have of needing to force close all the apps so the battery doesn't randomly drain itself because a background app is running the CPU / GPS / 3G connection at full throttle .