It isn't really an either/or thing. Many users would certainly miss the ability to interoperate properly with other Unicode-compliant software systems across the internet. Falling behind on Unicode compliance isn't an option.
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Emoji Coming to Future iOS 17 Update Include Shaking Head, Brown Mushroom, Lime, Phoenix and More
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It isn't really an either/or thing. Many users would certainly miss the ability to interoperate properly with other Unicode-compliant software systems across the internet. Falling behind on Unicode compliance isn't an option.
Goodness. The people in charge of designing emoji aren’t in charge of fixing bugs, and they have generally done exactly one emoji update per year alongside bug fixes.
That’s not the point. New emoji are part of a software update, and people are eagerly awaiting an update to resolve iOS bugs on their end. The headlined features include emojis and not the bugs fixed, which give off the (incorrect) impression that adding new emoji are more important.
Apple employs thousands of software engineers. If someone subscribes to the asinine belief that every one of them — hell, even more than several of them — is working at the Unicode/emoji sweatshop day in and day out, they're wrong, that's their problem, and they don't need excuses made for them. It's asinine and doesn't even deserve the time of day you and I are giving it.
The same goes for people expecting public release notes to be a comprehensive changeset at iOS's scale. iOS 17 was released this week, certainly with a host of bug fixes that didn't get a single mention in the release notes. That doesn't mean that they didn't happen or that significant engineering time wasn't spent on them relative to the new features. Every set of release notes ever will prioritize new features over bug fixes, especially ones dealing with some edge case configuration impacting maybe 0.5% of the user base. They're still important bug fixes impacting (literally) millions of people, but with the acknowledgment that 99.5% of users don't care because they never encountered the bug in the first place.
My life is now complete
I’ve lost count of the sleepless nights I’ve had worrying about the lack of obscure emojis available on my iPhone
I’ve lost count of the sleepless nights I’ve had worrying about the lack of obscure emojis available on my iPhone
We certainly need AI to sort out Watch OS10 it’s a disaster! I have never had to do so many hard resets on my S4. If finally worked OK for a day with battery draining 3% an hour. Put it on the charger and next time I put it on my wrist Bam it’s broken again! Heart rate monitor shows current bpm eventually, after some superfluous animation that taunts me to await the score and I attempt to scroll the screens for resting and walking average readings… Nope scroll has failed again! Neither will it scroll using the crown nor swiping down on the screen. I give up! Looks at Ultra 2 laughing 😆 at my puny old S4.
But £799 and will it work with Apple's sketchy new software! Do I take the risk? I do know my blood pressure is starting to steam right now. So much for the new Health app on my iPad! Apple 🍏 is trying to kill me…. I will Keep Calm And Carry On waiting for the next series of bug fixes. 🤔😬👀
But £799 and will it work with Apple's sketchy new software! Do I take the risk? I do know my blood pressure is starting to steam right now. So much for the new Health app on my iPad! Apple 🍏 is trying to kill me…. I will Keep Calm And Carry On waiting for the next series of bug fixes. 🤔😬👀