I agree with this statement. My agreement is that the foundation, Unix, is much better, the UI is much better, the consistent shortcuts is much better, and the included software is much better. However, due to slipping quality it is getting closer to Windows. And, to MSFT‘s credit, Windows runs on a far wider array of devices. Apple has an extremely small set of configurations to worry about. Apple sells the interconnectedness of its devices, but is doing a poorer job of making that work properly.
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Apple Reportedly Overhauling Its Software Development Process Following Buggy Release of iOS 13
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I agree with this statement. My agreement is that the foundation, Unix, is much better, the UI is much better, the consistent shortcuts is much better, and the included software is much better. However, due to slipping quality it is getting closer to Windows. And, to MSFT‘s credit, Windows runs on a far wider array of devices. Apple has an extremely small set of configurations to worry about. Apple sells the interconnectedness of its devices, but is doing a poorer job of making that work properly.
It seems someone finally woke from their 2-year nappy. Reminder: stability and security (lack of bugs) are *the* priority features; everything else can wait. Can ya hear me now???
ye apple mmas 1.0 was terrible an lead to dagerous situatione, the person that was guided unto a runway ... -hold on how many things had to fail for this to happen
1: applwe maps having terruible nmap data - no ecuses apple yo did bad here
2: securety at arport :: who let an unknown vehicle access (aprons/ramps)/taxyways/runways - fix security asap
3: driver stop following the satnav blindly esp when you start seeinng taxyway/runway markings. pull up to the seide and wait for an airport vehicle to escort you out of the area
1: applwe maps having terruible nmap data - no ecuses apple yo did bad here
2: securety at arport :: who let an unknown vehicle access (aprons/ramps)/taxyways/runways - fix security asap
3: driver stop following the satnav blindly esp when you start seeinng taxyway/runway markings. pull up to the seide and wait for an airport vehicle to escort you out of the area
Too little, too late. I have friends who are seriously contemplating switching to Android now after iOS 13 disaster.
You can spend a decade building a reputation, and it can be taken away in minutes.
You can spend a decade building a reputation, and it can be taken away in minutes.
Was Apple exaggerating in their "everyone can code" curriculum 
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?Was Apple exaggerating in their "everyone can code" curriculum
"everyone can code", just not at Apple.
OK, I work with embedded SW in automotive, but most companies I work with use some form of agile and have done for some time.
What can happen with agile, is an over-focus on functionality, leading to reduce quality of testing and reduced design quality.
The design quality you need to adress with re-factoring or sprints / releases that focus on increasing stability and improving quality without adding functionality.
In an environment with continuous integration and automated testing, as other have pointed out, it comes more to your robustness testing. Do spend enough resources on exploring edge cases or stressing the SW.
Apple makes its money through hardware and services (it gives its OS updates for free).
As such, its OS update schedule is driven by the yearly new hardware release.
I was just thinking about this when I got an update for Google Maps that added cool features. Realizing that if I want an update to add a cool features to Apple Maps. I have to wait an entire year and it might not even be that great. Like why can’t Apple just update things and add features when they are available? That would be so much easier than this a yearly release where we get a few new features and 1 million different bugs
I know, right? I mean, folks, you don't use feature gating? What are you, savages?
I was just about to post this. EVERY 2 years this happens. Buggier than normal release follows a much smoother release. Clearly this tic tok thing isnt working with software.
Most AVERAGE people have no idea even half of the changes in iOS 13. They could have simply announced dark mode and some other big thing and called it a day and people would have been happy.
Hell, most AVERAGE people don't even know control center exists after.....idk.....6 years!!!
Exactly. That's the same change in process Tim said they would adopt after iOS 11 was released as a bug filled flop.
I didn't see the word "no" in any of the statements I've read about this so far. I guess that person is gone.
Yeah, Intel had to give up on the tick tock clock. I also agree with you that most folks miss a lot of the detail, but perhaps Apple does that part on purpose. I mean in a way that allows those who tinker with their smartphone to do so, while it still works ok for those that run on default settings without paying much attention. Finding the right balance between these two types is quite an art.
Some people here are arguing for less frequent macOS releases, for instance each 18 to 24 months instead of every year. I'm not sure it's a good idea. I already find it frustrating that many iOS features are absent from the macOS platform (e.g. the iMessage app is very poor and minimal on Mac). I would hate to see even less efforts on macOS, and I spend much more time on my computer than on my phone.
I understand there's no magic solution. But let's hope these bugs won't stand in the way of progress.
I understand there's no magic solution. But let's hope these bugs won't stand in the way of progress.
Drop POP, it's old and limited!
How often do you restart?
Could Safari be pausing media due to its energy-saving feature? Is the browser in the background when this happens? Is the video visible on screen?
Didn't they say this last year or the year before?
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I agree! Apps like Messages and Calendar are totally neglected on macOS, it's scary!
This is good news. 13.0 was horrible and I jumped to 13.1 ASAP. Now I'm still getting new bugs like the Favorites popup in Safari only taking half the vertical space now on iPad. Super annoying. Worst part is, it's probably a feature & not a bug.
Of course you can. No one is making you use Catalina. It's not like re-installing Mojave or even High Sierra is hard.
And the Finder still doesn't auto-size columns to display entire file names in spite of huge screens on iMacs. You can click a button, but there is no way to set this as the default. Moreover, most error messages are impenetrable to average users becuase programmers are too lazy to get off their fat a$$es and make the messages useful (Does the error indicate a hardware or software fault? Indeed, if it was software, which software? How can it be remedied or worked around?) Fixing bugs is not the only quality control issue - in many ways watching Apple recently has been like amateur hour compared to the stability and utility their systems used to have. I hope they get back to 'it just works'.
It is so sad that "Just works" has gone down the drain under Cook.