No, YOUR response is absurd. Maflynn did not say the mode should not be included.
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Apple Leaks Video of macOS 10.14 Showing Xcode 10 With Dark Mode, News App, and More
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That bug that deleted Home folders was my favourite part of Snow Leopard.
Apple’s the one who leaked it. If no one had uploaded that video before Monday, or if they had properly ensured that Mac app video previews weren’t visible on the public API before Monday, none of this would be an issue.
Someone at Apple made a mistake (and the video has now been pulled). Had that developer not found it and shared it on social media and with 9to5Mac we wouldn’t know about it. It’s not like something ended up on apple.com. The average person would never have found this. It’s been established that there are times when Apple employees intentionally leaked things to Mark Gurman. This was different. Sure you can argue if a developer finds this they’re going to leak it but I still think it’s a jerk move. Especially when he says sorry on Twitter when we all know he’s not.
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And then everyone will come here Monday afternoon and whine about how boring the keynote was, how Apple isn’t innovating anymore and Tim Cook should be fired.
I’m not using launchpad, i’m an IT support and Apple specialist, i’m saying normal users are using launchpad not me.
No matter what Apple presents these forums are going to be flooded with complaints.
How about spotlight?
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From the people under my care nobody uses it. Must be funny folks you take care of ;-)
Question — Do MacRumors editors know what "API" stands for? This acronym is being used WAY too much lately in a very general way.
How did this developer get access to the backend of the Mac App Store? Does he know what "backend" means?
Maybe he was digging around in the code of the Mac App Store application itself? That's very different than the backend of the store itself.
How did this developer get access to the backend of the Mac App Store? Does he know what "backend" means?
Maybe he was digging around in the code of the Mac App Store application itself? That's very different than the backend of the store itself.
Agreed. I've tried Dark mode a few times, but keep switching back to the regular view.
This looks absolutely beautiful! Hopefully they don't get rid of the awesome Ink Cloud wallpaper. The quasi-dark mode already in 10.13 looks great with it.
Same. Maybe it's an age thing, but dark themes and sites feel so claustrophobic to me. Also, might just be me, but I feel more frustrated using services or software that has a dark colored theme.
I've found it to be application specific in my use. Some applications are wonderful in Dark Mode, and others are not. Just MO.
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Launchpad is great. It’s very quick with the touchpad, especially when set as a hot corner (I prefer bottom-left); a couple of quick flicks is all it takes, combined with the two-finger swipe gensture to flick between pages. When you’re already typing Spotlight might be quicker, but not when browsing and interacting single-handedly via the touchpad.
Dashboard on the other hand!!! Can’t believe that persists so long after they added Notification Centre with widgets.
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Yep. On this site, Apple is very much damned if they do and damned if they don’t.
For example: Dark Appearance seems to be coming to macOS, but there’s no indication in the video that it’s coming to iOS too. There’s even some reason to believe it’s not coming to iOS this year from the video. Get ready for complaints galore if that holds true.
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I don’t use Dashboard myself, but I know there are some widgets which folks cling to that have never been updated to work with Notification Center on macOS.
I'm pretty far from a normal user and I use it often enough, albeit irregularly. I sometimes forget what a seldom used app of the several hundred ones I have installed is called, and may only remember its icon and/or category. In those cases it helps to look for it in Launchpad which I keep well organized. Could just be an issue with my memory.
I'd miss Launchpad if it was gone even though upwards of 95% of the time I use Quicksilver to launch apps.
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Looks more industrial than lickable. I'd like a dark mode, but maybe something a bit prettier.
Of all the things to look forward to and get excited about, dark mode is near the bottom of my list. One, because there are plenty more important changes to be made to apples software imo, and two because the ‘smart invert’ feature works well enough for my needs.
I'm not sure I see the issue with the terminology used in this case. They're talking about the server-side web API utilized by the MAS.
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Per Wikipedia:
“In software engineering, the terms front end and back end refer to the separation of concerns between the presentation layer (front end), and the data access layer (back end) of a piece of software, or the physical infrastructure or hardware.”
He was making use of the Mac App Store’s backend—a publicly accessible API which the Mac App Store uses to obtain content to display in the app. I’m not sure how exactly he figured out how to get to it, but I’d bet that either Apple has some obscure documentation somewhere or he sniffed it out on his network.
Just about every app that uses the Internet has a publicly accessible backend—otherwise it’d be the virtual equivalent of a paperweight. The issue is how they authenticate access to that backend.
And now you’re just wildly off-base.