All I need to know is whether this rubbish can be switched off?
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Hands-On With Digital Touch, Bubble Effects, Apps and More in iOS 10's Messages
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People should be grateful Apple is making emojis, bubble effects and stickers a priority
and putting unimportant stuff in cold storage.
I can deal with that, but that doesn’t mean that Apple should provide tools to facilitate annoying behaviour and provide no simple solution to at least tone it down. It can create unnecessary confrontation. I will be greatly disappointed if there is no option to reduce the effects. I don’t understand how Apple can do this to people with a disability either, some people are actually sensitive to this kind of visual noise.
Or basically where it is, as is realistic.
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Well, blocking or ignoring, same as it is for annoying callers, email senders, etc.
(I guess I should add that I'm not against for additional controls to be present to turn various optional things like that off, and would end up using them myself more than likely. What I'm mostly talking about is that I can see why controls like that wouldn't really be provided.)
Don’t you think that this is a bit excessive? I’m sorry, but I find these excuses pathetic. I expect Apple to see reason before this drops. I just cannot imagine that they would do this without providing some options.
A great and appealing messaging experience (also in comparison to the rest of the system) will attract people to switch or at least to try out the iPhone.
I see your point also, but I'm sure in the end Apple will only win and get more users. This new Messages app on Android will be like a free, rich, interactive and daily ad for Apple.
Well, what options are there for someone who keeps on calling and/or being annoying on calls in one way or another, or forwarding every chain email, or anything like that? Seems like the same type of "controls" of that essentially.
People should be grateful Apple is making emojis, bubble effects and stickers a priority
and putting unimportant stuff in cold storage.
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Apple used to be a computer company...
Apple used to be a cellphone company...
Apple is now a Text Messaging Company
I'm getting the feeling that the team that focused on emoji or messenger would likely be different than one that would focus on something like battery life, so one wouldn't get in the way of the other.
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It's called a technology company essentially.
So Apple are the richest company in the world. Can they not invent something good for mankind like something that will stop Fukushima nuclear plant from leaking and poisoning the planet? Seriously this would be a little more deep than all of the shallow absolute rubbish like this and Siri that they never stop talking about! Seriously, come on people. Wake up!
Glad they are expanding and improving Messages, but to be honest a lot of this seems like overkill and too cutesy. Don't necessarily want my phone to turn into a GameBoy.
No kidding. That's the first thing I thought of Monday. They are making a strong push to appeal to a younger demographic. Plus, aren't emoji more popular in Asia?
How many times did they mention China in that keynote?
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It's not like they've been doing a lot in relation to the medical research community or anything like that, right?
I mean Starbucks is a rich company and they are just doing shallow caffeinated drinks mostly, that's clearly an outrage as they should be spending their time trying to figure out how to solve world hunger and all that, right?
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And plenty older people and those outside of Asia as well.
So this is what it looks like when Messages beats an entire circus to death.
I don't either - although camera and sketch are nice - but just because we don't like it doesn't mean the majority or the target demographic feel the same way.
We, people who post on a mac rumors forum, are in a VERY small minority.
I do not see how this is a problem. If you do not use it, chances are that many people that you know are not going to use it either. And on the few occasions that you receive some of the annoying stuff, nothing is stopping you from telling the sender to stop doing so.
Oh there are, but it's clear where they are making a big push -between China and India you're talking nearly say, conservatively, not counting kids and poverty stricken folks, 1 BILLION possible phone buyers maybe?
Not this Baby Boomer. I mean, most of us regularly message our peers. So, presumably, your regular chat group will eschew these add-ons and, like you, will prefer to keep things quiet and streamlined. I, myself, will be sticking with the usual, and likely so will those I chat with. But I do appreciate being able to give some important message more personality than just an emoji, when needed. And I'm especially happy that this message app will now find the emojis I want to send, and allow me to actually see the ones I get sent. Also that it will let me send a quick "thumbs up" or down or heart in response rather than, again, having to look for those emojis.
But perhaps I should ask straight out: how likely is it that you will be regularly exchanging messages with those likely to overuse all these bells and whistles to your considerable annoyance? And exactly why wouldn't you be able to tell the contacts not to use such bells and whistles when conversing with you?
A text messaging app with features stuck in the apple universe is pretty much missing the whole point.
Why would anyone using snapchat with their friends switch over to this?
Why would anyone using snapchat with their friends switch over to this?
Doesn't seem like it's all there for the purposes of switching.