Steve jobs blindness for forstall is why apple is now under the gun to get iOS 7 out. This lays at Steve's feet for not doing something much sooner.
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Apple Risking iOS 7 Delays With Jony Ive's Design Overhaul
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Steve jobs blindness for forstall is why apple is now under the gun to get iOS 7 out. This lays at Steve's feet for not doing something much sooner.
for the love of god, allow the new email app to attach any file type and access the file system or cloud storage. this is 2013. wake up apple. i'm tired of your bs stubbornness. smh.
If he was 78 you would be concerned about his ability to implement a long term plan.
The cowboys hired a 72 year defensive coordinator while switching back to a 4-3. His age is a real concern.
I know I didn't know how old he was and seeing him as 46 is a great sign.
I understood perfectly.
Leaving aside the fact that the phrase "more or less certain" is a bit contradictory in itself, I was arguing that you could be no "more or less certain" of anything during Jobs' tenure than after it by pointing out that his hits to misses ratio was comparable to the current situation.
Your unnecessarily aggressive response (I couldn't possibly disagree with you unless my reading comprehension is subpar!) suggests to me that you realise I have a point but aren't mature enough to accept it so have, instead, fallen back on playground style ad hominem. I choose to rise above it. Cheerio.
If they had "abundant resources" they wouldn't have to transfer any engineers.
That doesn't really mean that they don't have abundant resources. For all we know, they need the expertise of the transferred people. They can go out and hire anyone but if they thought transferring would be the best choice, then I'm sure they had their reasons. Part of which is being familiar with Apple's culture, vision etc, it takes a while for a new recruit to think along the same lines as older staff.
I agree that it seems like Ive is now running the show in terms of overall software and hardware look and feel. This is basically a big part of what Jobs did, right? Jobs wasn't dabbling in code and soldering together hardware components. He was overseeing the look and feel of both the software and hardware.
I think it would be great to have Ive do at least some parts of the keynotes/product introductions, but I can't believe Apple would not continue to have the CEO preside over some parts.
Hopefully Ive will be able to push Apple personnel to put forth their best efforts like Jobs did with, perhaps, a little less animosity and fear!
For "normal" users, batch deletion is just not something that is done often, if ever.
Personally I never delete emails unless they're either spam, or something embarrassing. I appreciate that your workflow may be different, but you're probably in a minority.
The point is that Mail needs to be simple and fast and effective for ordinary users. This isn't to say it can't be improved, but improvements can't come at the expense of simplicity. If you're a power user that needs advanced functionality, like gestures for mail management, there are plenty of great 3rd party apps that can do that (eg Mailbox)
Just wondering, what is Ive's background when it comes to designing an OS? I know his background when it comes to designing physical things, but I can't recall what he has done before when it comes to designing an OS.
Agree on Newsstand and Settings but disagree otherwise. Mail and Calendar need a complete rebuild (think apps like Mailbox and Sunrise), and Apple really needs to overhaul Siri so it's more like Google Now or Grokr, with deep iOS integration.
For the last several years, Apple's policy has been to bolt features onto the original iOS. As a result, features (like Siri and, to a lesser degree, Notifications) feel tacked on and not essential to the UI. Part of this is because they've come to realize that they are enormously far behind Google on data collection, and Google is in prime position to begin utilizing that data collection to its extreme advantage, via apps like Google Now and Google Maps. In the meantime, iOS has been left to stagnate.
But whatever the case ends up being for iOS 7, we won't really have a good sense for where Ive is going until he's gotten to tackle both hardware and software (i.e., the 2014 releases for iOS and, presumably, the iPhone 6).
Especially if they do it differently. Just because two things can be called by the same name does not mean they are exactly the same.
Sure.
GIMMICKY
"Air Gesture means you can scroll web pages, accept calls and change a music track with a wave of the hand."
How do any of those actions benefit from a lack of touch? Especially since it will result in less precise control?
NOT GIMMICKY
Air Gesture allows you to touch with gloves on.
That's something that need to be figured out. I could see it being useful for highlighting touch points before you actually make a selection, as well as for situations where a mouse hover would be useful.
Here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JLjldgjuKI
I agree that it wasn't a "wow" type of presentation, but let's face it, the subject matter was pretty boring to begin with. His video was much better: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4-alYLZRX0
I do like Ive's attention and dedication to the smallest of details.
Go for it Johnny!
what a burden Ives must feel. The pressure that must be on his shoulders. I hope he doesn't disappoint the masses. For me personally, I like iOS the way it is, I don't have to have all kinds of fancy features and gestures. Its easy to use and that's why I love my iPad and iphone. Good luck Johnny, im sure you'll do brilliantly.
what a burden Ives must feel. The pressure that must be on his shoulders. I hope he doesn't disappoint the masses. For me personally, I like iOS the way it is, I don't have to have all kinds of fancy features and gestures. Its easy to use and that's why I love my iPad and iphone. Good luck Johnny, im sure you'll do brilliantly.
Agreed. The newsstand just sits there doing nothing (at least for me). However, I wouldn't mind anything else being changed.
I took my in for repairs a year ago and they had to send it off for a week when the hinge broke. They told me I was lucky another location still had spare parts. I believe my MBA (the very original) is now considered obsolete.
oh heck just push out the iPhone 5S with iOS6.2 then wit for the major iOS overhaul for the iPhone 6, they both need to be big next June.
People will buy whatever Apple puts out no matter how long it takes, whether or not they lose ground to Android will remain to be seen, but I just prefer a device that works period.
People will buy whatever Apple puts out no matter how long it takes, whether or not they lose ground to Android will remain to be seen, but I just prefer a device that works period.
Like I said, just because they are first to the punch doesn't mean ****.
Actually you said it dont mean **** unless its done right...and its done very right. Androids UI looks great. Their toggles are perfect, very easy to use and work every time. Picking a default app is simple because most of them just ask you if you want it to be default the first time you run the app and if you pick no its about 2-3 touches to get to where you set it as default if you want to change it later. Dont talk since its obvious you are just trashing something you know nothing about.