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Yosemite is a mountain, Obersalzberg is a mountain. Alcatraz is both an island and a prison and therefore Apple wouldn't choose it. But even "places in California" adds pride and patriotism, which is nice if you are from California and like to be from California. These are not features of the earth celebrating the earth. These are features from one place celebrating that one place. Now you are connected with that place and every good or bad thing coming from there.

you could of just made it easier and answered 'no, i don't see the difference'

maybe they should just call it

prince.jpg


..but i'm sure you'll find a way to complain about that too..
:rolleyes:
 
10.10

I just worry for what they will remove in 10.10. The name means nothing really. Im still confused on what improvement the duplicate instead of save as brought us.
 
I'm sure Miles Davis is not even 10% as popular as Justin Bieber.

I was just waiting for someone to respond to the popularity card. I accept full responsibility. McDonald's usually get a mention but did you really have to drag Bieber into this? :p
 
No, flat doesn't need to go away. A near 90% adoption rate of iOS 7 is evidence that it doesn't.

I seriously hope your wrong this Monday. I am very much looking forward to seeing OS X transition to a flat UI.

How quickly we forget that downloading the update wasn't optional, that 3GB of storage space on our phone was held to ransom until we updated, that FaceTime stopped working until we updated, that Apple's security blunders were not fixed until we updated....
 
'adopting a "flatter" look and taking on some iOS 7-style '

Oh no. Reduced visibility and hence reduced usability - all in the pursuit of 'design' values.

Jony is rotten in the GUI department.
 
i kind of agree about the xi, but they dropped 'mac' from os x to simplify the 'x' brand. Again 'x' is simple and straight forward in comparison to 'xi' - i know it's 1 letter - but from a branding and marketing perspective it makes sense to keep it as simple as possible.. And 'x' is still 'cool branding'.

I think if / when systems amalgamate further it could go to 'xi' but it wouldn't surprise me if they scrapped the 'x concept' all together in favour of creating something 'fresh' for another 10-20 years.

The question is - what's simpler, bigger and bolder than 'x'?

/2 cents.

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No, flat doesn't need to go away. A near 90% adoption rate of iOS 7 is evidence that it doesn't.

I seriously hope your wrong this Monday. I am very much looking forward to seeing OS X transition to a flat UI.

So if you want to use the latest upgrade, and of course most would for any new features, where is the "USER OPTION" to not have flat?

Or as you saying, people have no choice but to have flat if they wish to keep up to date with features, so the fact they have upgraded means they like flat?

Odd logic.

That would be like me making my cars go for 1000 miles on a gallon of gas, and of course everyone wants that, but I have decided I am only going to make bright orange cars.

Because people buy my cars as they of course want to get 1000 miles on a gallon of gas that means they love orange cars.

No..........

They are just putting up with them being orange as they want the latest car that runs for 1000 miles on a gallon.

Likewise, most will be upgrading as they want the latest best new features, NOT because the icons are flat.

The only way to be sure would be to release the OS in two versions with EXACTLY the same features, other than flat icons and see what people go with.

Then you will know.
 
Californians may love California, and talking about how they're from California, but the rest of the country generally does not have a positive feeling about California. The rest of the world probably doesn't get the references, or sees California culture as a threat to their own cultures.

They should have gone with, well, anything else. Mavericks is a stupid, confusing name. Yosemite may finally teach people how to pronounce it properly (it's four syllables, FYI), but it's really our worst national park. Beautiful from afar, maybe, but it's a smog-filled valley overcrowded with tourists ignoring the scared and sickly wildlife whose habitats have become parking lots for endless streams of smelly buses. Sequoia would've been a better image to associate with. Well, at least it wasn't Death Valley.

Considering i have deep and personal disdain for nearly all things California, I'd vote for just about anything but this Cali-loving crap. But alas, I'm probably also in the minority.

They could have gone with other mighty animals, planets... anything...

Wow, there's a lot of anti-California sentiment in here. Maybe people that don't live in California wish they lived in California. I can understand the frustration that must come from those forced to live in lesser states. Sounds like sour grapes to me. :rolleyes:
 
I'd be happy for OS X 10.10 to become simply 'oh es ex ten'.


Always wondered about the pronounciation when people write OS X 10.9 for example. For me the X is not "ex" but a roman ten. So people would actually say:

OS X 10.10 = OS ten ten ten

best name ever.
 
Always wondered about the pronounciation when people write OS X 10.9 for example. For me the X is not "ex" but a roman ten. So people would actually say:

OS X 10.10 = OS ten ten ten

best name ever.

From now on it'll simply be "OS X". No number, nobody cares about that anyway.
 
Always wondered about the pronounciation when people write OS X 10.9 for example. For me the X is not "ex" but a roman ten. So people would actually say:

OS X 10.10 = OS ten ten ten

best name ever.
In every non-English speaking country the pronounciation is the equivalent of "OhEs Ex". Nobody calls it "OS Ten"...
 
It's smart business and marketing to talk about California

As an international company trying to sell in places such as China, it is simply smart business and marketing for Apple to talk about California. Because wherever one goes, most people ask "where are you from" as part of trying to judge who you are. One might be living and working far away, but it is important for promotional purposes to be able to say "This is where I am from, and I'm proud of that being part of who I am".
 
Why do so many people dislike Scott Forstall? He seemed so nice and fun when he demonstrated at the keynotes.
Yes but he was an ******* at work and too stuck in his out of date methods. No one liked working with him.
 
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