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Apple Engineers Working Overtime on iOS 7's 'DeForstallization'
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Actually Blackberry still has the most secure mobile OS around. I know you'd like to think Apple = God and Google = Devil, but if/when you allow yourself to stay in touch with reality, you'll know that isn't the case.
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BTW prepare yourself for this too:
- apple doesn't change their UI, it's boring
- apple change their UI, WTF it's not like before, I have to relearn how to use my phone.
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We'll see once they sell more than 2 phones and are included in hackathon...
I'm no fan of skeuomorphic crap. It was, is, and will be kitsch. It was the plywood paneling of UI design.
When looking at all the mouth-breathing Wal-Marteers Apple has dragged into its customer base in the Forstall era, you have to think it was partly the dopy UI that did it.
"Wal-Mart Boy want picture! Want picture!"
Well, Wal-Mart Boy, I'm sorry. Jony's here, now, and Jony's going to teach you minimalism, just as soon as he can figure out how to copy it from Dieter Rams.
When looking at all the mouth-breathing Wal-Marteers Apple has dragged into its customer base in the Forstall era, you have to think it was partly the dopy UI that did it.
"Wal-Mart Boy want picture! Want picture!"
Well, Wal-Mart Boy, I'm sorry. Jony's here, now, and Jony's going to teach you minimalism, just as soon as he can figure out how to copy it from Dieter Rams.
Why not offer both?
Would be nice if Apple offered the choice of skeuomorphic or flat themes. I think they should give serious thought to such an option since I, and many others have since become very comfortable with the look. I for one, am not excited about being stuck with only a flat version.
Would be nice if Apple offered the choice of skeuomorphic or flat themes. I think they should give serious thought to such an option since I, and many others have since become very comfortable with the look. I for one, am not excited about being stuck with only a flat version.
Adding new people to a late project will only delay it further. See Brookes Law or read Mythical Man Month
Writing great software is not like producing cars in a factory. What you need is a small number of highly talented people that works close together Then you will see the magic.
Jobs understood that. Let's hope Ive does too.
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Well considering his hardware design team consists of around 17 people I'm assuming he does.
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From Mark Gurman's (9to5Mac) twitter feed it sounds like there are more than just UI skin changes coming. Message is cryptic so maybe there's stuff he knows but was told not to disclose? Or is holding back and will disclose closer to WWDC?
https://mobile.twitter.com/markgurman/status/329651437137195008
Also on 9to5Mac's latest podcast Gurman claims any stuff being worked on prior to Forstall leaving was scrapped, that there was a completely new look at things.
https://mobile.twitter.com/markgurman/status/329651437137195008
Also on 9to5Mac's latest podcast Gurman claims any stuff being worked on prior to Forstall leaving was scrapped, that there was a completely new look at things.
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Try to think of this from a management point of view. They're in the final stages of developing iOS7, that isn't the best time to bring in a bunch of new people and have to spend time and resources training them. Especially considering the people who would have to train them would be the current Engineers/Developers, which would slow progress even more as their attention is diverted to getting the new people all settled in.
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Ah, you beat me to the reply. ;-)
This is exactly right though, I wish people would try to understand how things work before they posted emotional but illogical comments.
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I hope to see a good mix of past and future.
I liked the old Podcast interface but in some other apps Skeu is really too much,
such as in the Calendar where i do prefer to see a Gui ala Gmail app.
I would like to see a better way to interact between apps even if very good pieces of software,such as Jack ,copy-paste by Sonoma and Audiobus,have landed on Ios
Their are all workaround for the lack of a real Osx Finder/Drag and drop in Ios
and if you consider that Side by Side functionality is now on Android i think its time for Apple to make us able to use the workspace in smarter way..we can't have just Jailbreak and Quasar to go close to it.
Just put two app close and drag (by finger) and drop the file are needed to shared in the other app..
or use the notification curtain to drop there as a "pocket" to the chosen app..,
because i know we have "Open with" ..but that doesn't really ease any workflow.
I liked the old Podcast interface but in some other apps Skeu is really too much,
such as in the Calendar where i do prefer to see a Gui ala Gmail app.
I would like to see a better way to interact between apps even if very good pieces of software,such as Jack ,copy-paste by Sonoma and Audiobus,have landed on Ios
Their are all workaround for the lack of a real Osx Finder/Drag and drop in Ios
and if you consider that Side by Side functionality is now on Android i think its time for Apple to make us able to use the workspace in smarter way..we can't have just Jailbreak and Quasar to go close to it.
Just put two app close and drag (by finger) and drop the file are needed to shared in the other app..
or use the notification curtain to drop there as a "pocket" to the chosen app..,
because i know we have "Open with" ..but that doesn't really ease any workflow.
any Android phone from the last 4 years with a good custom ROM is slicker and quicker than iPhone.
I agree with you about Jobs and the iMac but Microsoft? Not really.
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No it's the current OS and stock apps that clash with much better designed 3rd party apps.
Microsoft's $150 million investment saved Apple.
Just like Apple's $100 million investment saved Samsung.
Microsoft not only invested - but more importantly MS promised to continue to make Office for Apples for five years (plus IE for Apple).