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Apple's Decision to Delay Some New Features and Focus on Software Quality Extends to Mac
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Redirection is a common ploy around here. Shift attention away and hopefully get people talking about the bad-old-other-guys instead of our favorite guy.
So they can't redesign the home screen layout AND fix bugs under the hood at the same time? Remind me again...are we talking about a small software company or is this a company with a couple hundred billion dollars cash in the bank?I mean, if they can't walk and chew gum at the same time, sure, fix the issues under the hood first -- many of which have been plaguing iOS for several years (basically since iOS 7) -- frame drops, inconsistent UI, etc.
Thank you! My thoughts exactly.
No idea what you're talking about. There hasn't been a Snow Leopard equivalent in ... well ... since Snow Leopard. They've been on a buggy downhill slope since then and it hasn't gotten better. And you can't be serious if you think iOS 11 is the result of focusing on performance.
No idea what you're talking about. There hasn't been a Snow Leopard equivalent in ... well ... since Snow Leopard. They've been on a buggy downhill slope since then and it hasn't gotten better. And you can't be serious if you think iOS 11 is the result of focusing on performance.
Snow leopard, mountain lion, and high Sierra were each introduced and marketed as a focus on quality at the expense of new features.
The fact that they didn’t actually get quality as a result (for high sierra at least) doesn’t change the fact that they explicitly said they were holding back on features to focus on quality.
It is a stable OS but some of the larger bugs are discouraging given that high sierra was a "minor" release. I agree about the lack of innovation. Windows is adding innovative features on a almost bi yearly basis and the pipeline for Windows looks very interesting. MacOS not so much.
I would rather a stable OS than fancy, half baked features. Apple really does not need a new macOS every year.
They were, but that isn't what they turned out to be. High Sierra is definitely not a more stable Sierra.
Looks like we're on the same page, just saying things differently. Like you said ... they were intended as "improvements" and the results were hardly that.
//This description makes a lot of sense. It would appear that the successful polish of Snow Leopard, for Macs of course, took place during a period of time just before iOS, the iPhone and their ilk over-shadowed everything else at Apple, in terms of marketing, revenue.....and organizational priority.//
What features do you actually need though?
I feel like as a average user, everything I need is already included.
Hopefully, it means that instead of releasing half-baked features in one version and fixing them in the next, they'll make sure they're fully baked before releasing them the first time.
So we are in agreement
But after they’ve failed repeatedly at quality, why would anyone applaud them going back to the well and doing it again, when we still can’t even do everything on macOS that we can do on iOS?
How about updated Posix commands / BASH?
Mac OS Posix utilities are way behind the latest and greatest.
Mind you, this isn't innovation, Apple should have kept these up to date.
How about Apple surprise the user base - Apple keep on claiming they are innovative.
I wouldn't say it's become stale. Rather, matured. Traditional computers have been around for decades now and there's not really much new you can do with them that hasn't already been done. At this point, there's no reason why Apple needs to push new desktop OS versions every year.
Yes. This confirms all of us who’ve been complaining for the last several years were and are correct.
Complainer haters successfully pwned.
Maybe they finally decided to focus on proper cmd+x / cmd+v commands to move files in the Finder and making the green button maximize windows the right way?
Although.. it shouldn't take this long to fix BASIC things like this. Then again, how long did Apple have a single button mouse?
Although.. it shouldn't take this long to fix BASIC things like this. Then again, how long did Apple have a single button mouse?
I'm not holding my breath. There's still a small shred of hope that they'll actually manage to release a stable macOS and iOS. I had the Pixel 2 for a bit and I enjoyed it, though I'm currently enjoying my X. Depending on what happens this year, I may get a Pixel 3 or something. It's the first time in a long time that I don't feel tied to the Apple ecosystem.So we are in agreement
But after they’ve failed repeatedly at quality, why would anyone applaud them going back to the well and doing it again, when we still can’t even do everything on macOS that we can do on iOS?
^^Agreed... the moment you start introducing new code - you are back to the same problem with the next release which will still require multiple maintenance releases to become stable.
The solution is to turn IOS/OS into SaaS and forget about this big a** releases - Apple will probably not do it as they love the free press during WWDC
