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Former iOS Chief Scott Forstall Surfaces After Quiet Year of Traveling and Philanthropy
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You guys talk like you worked for him...we have absolutely no idea why he was fired. I'm guessing maps was the final straw.
Ha ha, yeah. They are pretty funny. But then again that kind of thinking runs both ways.
It doesn't matter, he's made plenty of money at Apple and no doubt he got a nice severance package.
Most of those complaints are pretty pathetic.
Like 'notes icons need more contrast'. No, they're supposed to be low contrast so they don't distract.
Also the trim thing. People who aren't clinically retarded would easily figure out that the 'trim' opposite the 'cancel' is the button. Those are your options.
'Is airplane mode on or off?' Anyone who has ever used a light switch generally knows that when something is light it is on, when it is dark it is off.
Seriously. Do people want iOS to be designed for the dumbest of the dumb? Can people not intuitively learn what is a button and what isn't when there are only 3 pieces of text on screen and one is a title? Can people not learn when something is selected/highlighted?
There are legitimate complaints one might have about ios7 but this tumblr reports none of them.
That ******* is the same guy that you praise for everything Apple hardware related. Maybe ******* is a little extreme? Furthermore, why does he have to be an *******? He didn't get Scott fired. Scott fired himself...at least from what I've read
Scott Forstall surfaces after quiet year of traveling and philanthropy, when the strange echoes of voluminous bellowing laughter rolling across the savannah for the last couple months turned out to be echoes of Mr Forstalls reaction to experiencing the dysfunctional laughing stock of an OS that Apple replaced his own with.
The rest of the world didn't find this anywhere near as funny and was rather cross instead.
Neither were available for comment, but Mr Forstalls grin having lept off his face, said plenty, but asked not to be quoted.
The rest of the world didn't find this anywhere near as funny and was rather cross instead.
Neither were available for comment, but Mr Forstalls grin having lept off his face, said plenty, but asked not to be quoted.
Except everything that's been reported seems to indicate they didn't really work together much. Hardware design had no input on software and vice versa. Now apparently hardware and software design collaborate much more closely.
I think you mean Apple needs this guy to come back. He doesn't need Apple, he's gotten along just fine since leaving.
Hilarious how many on this forum talked so much crap about Scott and now they are asking for him to come back. Get real.
I believe that was the final straw as opposed to being the one reason. There was a lot of talk at the time that heads of other divisions would dread being in a meeting room with him, so far as to some not being willing to meet with him unless Tim Cook was also in the meeting.
If that is the case, then the firing would be more about the attitude than it was the Maps fiasco. As it was, even the Maps theory more often hinges on the fact that Forstall refused to sign the apology letter that Tim Cook issued rather than him getting fired for the Maps application itself. SUpposedly he felt Apple didn't owe anyone an apology.
Exactly, just as candid as you just were fully explaining in detail what your problems were with iOS7. You're no better than the people you're ragging on.
Actually, the whole "Maps fiasco" seemed invented to me. Sure, Apple's Maps app wasn't (and still isn't) as accurate as Google Maps. But that wasn't due to the app itself being awful, but rather because their database (include POI information) was simply not as extensive as Google's. And it still isn't, and may never be.
The iOS7 redesign, OTOH, is a completely different story.
Tim Cook and the executive team's obsession with collaboration I think is the best explanation for why Forstall was fired. The other SVP's work well together, they didn't with Scott.
My dream scenario is that Forstall becomes CEO of Microsoft with a blank cheque to transform the company, and then beats the arrogant Apple crowd at its own game.
Apple has already started the transition of becoming the next Microsoft, in all the worst senses. Forstall could re-work Windows 8.
Think of it. If Windows 8 becomes fantastic under Forstall, it doesn't need to battle for market share since it already is king of the park in terms of marketshare.
Then Apple might be buried in its arrogant stash of cash, with a tombstone that reads: pride comes before a fall.
The take-home lesson for Apple, from Blackberry, is that having a massive pile of cash cannot save a company, once the fickle public decides they like something else.
Apple will have to get killed under a truck to learn the lesson that you discard the professional market at your peril, by solely chasing the fickle consumer market.
Remember: Pros need to keep their systems consistent, year after year, to get their jobs done - whereas consumers change whims as fast as throwing out Sony in preference to Samsung.
There has to be a payback day for Apple throwing out matte antiglare screens that many pro's need - and dumbing down the software to cater for idiots who can't figure out how to use a multi-layered filing system.
If there's justice in the universe, there has to be a payback date.
If your sole reason for thinking Apple cannot fall, is because of their massive pile of money, then, you, my friend, are not a student of corporate history.
Ever heard of Pullman Palace Car Company?
Apple has already started the transition of becoming the next Microsoft, in all the worst senses. Forstall could re-work Windows 8.
Think of it. If Windows 8 becomes fantastic under Forstall, it doesn't need to battle for market share since it already is king of the park in terms of marketshare.
Then Apple might be buried in its arrogant stash of cash, with a tombstone that reads: pride comes before a fall.
The take-home lesson for Apple, from Blackberry, is that having a massive pile of cash cannot save a company, once the fickle public decides they like something else.
Apple will have to get killed under a truck to learn the lesson that you discard the professional market at your peril, by solely chasing the fickle consumer market.
Remember: Pros need to keep their systems consistent, year after year, to get their jobs done - whereas consumers change whims as fast as throwing out Sony in preference to Samsung.
There has to be a payback day for Apple throwing out matte antiglare screens that many pro's need - and dumbing down the software to cater for idiots who can't figure out how to use a multi-layered filing system.
If there's justice in the universe, there has to be a payback date.
If your sole reason for thinking Apple cannot fall, is because of their massive pile of money, then, you, my friend, are not a student of corporate history.
Ever heard of Pullman Palace Car Company?