True, but to be fair I do have cutlery I like, I think it probably says something, albeit a little, about me. Heck, same goes for most tools I suppose. So they’re *slightly* fashion items?
I don't agree things were "largely better before". But YMMV.
This is akin to saying: "if Steve were alive..."
Best post I have read on MacRumors!
You have your opinion, I know the facts.
It’s not just skeuomorphic design, it’s user friendly interface that anyone can make it work. For me, the iPhone in its current state is a joke. Nothing is intuitive. Everything has to be taught now. You cannot hand a person an iPhone 11 and expect them to be able to use it. When Forstall was in the lead of software, everything was intuitive and a lot of things were skeuomorphic. One of Apple’s biggest mistakes under Cook was firing Forstall - a sad decision as Cook was threatened; that’s not speculation- it’s fact. The second in the chain of mistakes is putting Ive in charge of software and user interface which he knew nothing about. They took away all the intuitiveness when they completely axed skeuomorphic design. The bashing of skeuomorphic design at the time was all throughout Apple to support Jon Ive. But in reality, he led them down the wrong path. The third major flaw of Cook’s reign is a complete disregard for customers, and total foresight only for share value. This is a problem in many companies as CEOs are rewarded greatly in stock to do the wrong things just to increase shareholder value of stock, which Cook is a large benefactor. So disregarding so much potential with Forstall, and not making them just work together sent Apple down the wrong path. Apple is big enough to sustain the loss of innovation in the short run, but in the long run Apple seems right to be the next Blackberry. Unless the Board finds a real leader, who can innovate and understand the product pipeline, the company will suffer greatly. Some other company will swoop in and provide the software experience people expected and got from Apple years ago but no longer can use or realize. So many bugs and so many confusing user interface decisions. A lack of willingness to update hardware and sell this crap may be the saddest part. Sure the iPhone is great, but it’s a nightmare for a first time user to understand. The design has been held onto for too many years. The designers were pushed aside by the bean counter at the top. He figured people will be lax with the same designs for years on end. Like the 2020 iPhone SE. great that Apple can design a good chip, but I wish Apple could maintain properly its ecosystem and lead. Not going to happen as long as Cook is in charge - that’s a fact.
Understand it's your opinion, however, my opinion is that ios 4/5/6 was not the epitome of flawless design. Thinking it was, is a joke. When I bought my ipad 2, went down to the Apple store for a class. Maybe everything has to be taught today, but based on the table full of people back then, not much has changed.
The change in ios from 6 to 7 had to be sanctioned by Steve, at least partly. Apple has to plan for it's operating systems years in advance. As I said above, imo, IOS 4/5/6 was not the epitome of design and form and function. I don't think there is any high bar. Apple refreshes IOS from year to year in a direction Apple wants to take IOS. All companies freshen up their products. Some people agree with these "refresh", others don't.
I looked at the imdb page for Fun Home and the producers are listed as:
I looked up Skeuomorphism and most definitions indicate that it’s how it looks, not how it works.
Just like Steve did? Steve actually had the charisma and vision to pull together a group of folks that founded a startup that went on to be purchased by Apple. Sooooo, going to produce on Broadway is nothing like what Steve did.
Not strange at all. There are lots of brilliant people that can’t work with others. If they’re worth keeping around, they make them “individual contributors”. I’m assuming either no one wanted to hire him because they knew of his reputation OR he was only excited to work in the tech industry when he was under Steve Jobs.
Steve didn’t just take a vacation away from tech for 10 years then drop back by Apple for a job, he was actually running ANOTHER tech company at the time that got bought by Apple. SOOoooo, if Scott can pull some folks together, form a tech company, run it to be successful enough to become a takeover target by Apple, then sure. I doubt that’s in the cards, though.
I wouldn’t say zero chance either, because anything can happen. But he doesn’t seem the type that would take a lower job than an executive and I don’t know any tech company that will hire a tech executive that has nothing to show for the past few years. Most of the posters here have done more in tech since 2012 than Forstall.
I’ve heard it described as however the world was when folks formed their view of “self” is what they consider the “best times”. And, it’s hard for them to see anything as better than that. Folks that want to have a clearer assessment of the current day actually have to make a conscious effort to recognize the bias up front.
Good points but when have you last encountered a fellow claiming he/she needs a new fork design because the old one feels kinda “stale”
