They still do it, Yosemite -> El Capitan; Sierra -> High Sierra. It’s just they’re now pushing the updates out at an arbitrary yearly cycle rather than doing it ‘when it’s ready’
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iOS 12 Said to Feature Animoji in FaceTime, Deeper Siri Integration, and Do Not Disturb Improvements
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yah, iOS 12 is sounding grrrrreat..... 
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no but then again i hardly use it.
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Anyone else have Siri disabled?
no but then again i hardly use it.
Pretending that integrating anything into the system is "free" or even nearly so, is plain naive. Adding even something as seemingly innocuous as a new emoji entails updates to repositories, test plans, test procedures, and the execution of those tests to validate the procedures themselves. Then you incur some portion of the regression testing/documentation costs in perpetuity for as long as that "thing" is part of the system. That's not even including the up front work that resulted in the ultimate decision to include the "feature" in the system. Resources are expended even if there is little to no "coding" involved.
With that in mind, it is entirely fair to criticize Apple for spending what we all assume are limited (albeit, possibly quite large in Apple's case) resources on a feature that, as implied by the tone of your post, appeals primarily to younger users when features with potential for a lot more universal appeal continue to lag. For example, as a "geezer", I would find Siri infinitely more useful than emojis, if it didn't fail miserably at providing me with a useful response 40% of the time I try to use it. So if Apple wants to provide emojis, fine. Complaining that they appear to be doing so at the expense of functionality, stability, or convenience in other areas is equally fine.
LOL what a joke apple has become. And I am the guy waited in line 2007 for an iphone. Zero excitement with their releases. Still focusing on failed emojis for 12 yr olds... SMH!
THIS!
I waiting in line for an iPod a long time ago, now i wouldn't wait in line or anything that comes out, and I have no intention of per ordering anything. how times have changed.
so significant that it's going to appeal to the rich 8-year-olds who use this for all of 1 week before they forget about it.
Tim: hello! I’m pretty sure we got already many enough emojis. Personally I prefer to use just a few of them. Will you kindly give more focus on Siri’s functionality and better communication in more languages? Emojis never should be a major feature when a new iOS is coming out.
Personally, I think its a good idea to take a step back and work on ironing out bugs. However...I also see it being a plan that could hurt Apple. People are getting restless with the current iOS design and now that we know a new one is in the works...people are going to be even more impatient. For those of us who actually see the value in fixing bugs...we also see that for everyone else...a major update that doesn't have as many new features...is a VERY difficult sell to make. (Think about the public's excitement about Sierra and the lack of excitement for High Sierra). As much as I like the idea of taking a step back to put the primary focus on bug fixes and enhancements...I also at the same time hope what comes in 2019 is worth the wait. Because if what comes in 2019 is not worth a two year wait in people's minds...Apple could take a pretty big hit. So far, the new features we're hearing we're going to get this year, I don't think will be enough to satisfy the people who are already restless. I don't see them being enough to hold people for another year until the supposed major change. Apple may be screwed either way here...
If I were to say I didn't give a crap about bug fixes (Which I do. But hypothetically)...I personally wouldn't say I'm looking forward to iOS 12. At all.
If I were to say I didn't give a crap about bug fixes (Which I do. But hypothetically)...I personally wouldn't say I'm looking forward to iOS 12. At all.
Apple devices are starting to get boring. I even had iPhone since the 3G one. They need something new and exciting in iOS 12. At least one feature.
The whole look is stale. Homescreen been the same for 10 years! Widgets hidden in the side, cmon, just let us customize the lock screen already. Music app is gross and needs a complete overhaul again, but given their past performance they won't be able to pull it off.
Exactly. Don't get me wrong...I LOVE the idea of ironing out the bugs. But by no means does bug fixes qualify as a major update. Personally, I will be satisfied with bug fixes and performance enhancements. But not everyone thinks that way. I could see this being an extremely disappointing update in the eyes of many people. It's a very difficult sell to make to the public when your highlighting feature is primarily bug fixes. (Take High Sierra for example. Outside of stability...High Sierra is an extremely boring update. And this is coming from someone who knows the value of stability and security. What came in High Sierra...wasn't enough to convince many people of the worth in it). I don't see it (iOS 12) being enough to satisfy people for another year. The major changes in iOS 13 better be worth the wait...because otherwise this is a decision that could hit Apple hard.
All these new features and iOS still can't provide automatic sorting options for reminders such as name and due date. Did Apple engineers bother to test the Reminders app with more than a single item in the list?
And how about a silent mode icon that displays in the status bar when the side switch of an iPhone is set to silent?
And how about a silent mode icon that displays in the status bar when the side switch of an iPhone is set to silent?
That will 100% be the problem Apple has on their hands. They have to bite the bullet and make it happen at the expense of new user adoption. I honestly do think they could’ve at least thrown the home screen reorg in this update; that would appease many people I think. So many threads of “can I arrange my home screen like this?”
I fully agree with that. But at the same time, 2 year releases need to be good enough to be worth the wait in people's minds. I fully support Apple's decision to put the primary focus on bug fixes in iOS 12. But at the same time...that is a VERY difficult sell to make to people. People are already impatient enough for a design change. Which means pushing it back another year is going to make people much more impatient and expect MUCH more. And if Apple doesn't deliver to what people are expecting...it's going to hurt. This is pretty much a double-edge sword for Apple.
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Absolutely! I myself will be perfectly satisfied with bug fixes. But I do want something new at the same time just to be like icing on top. I have the iPhone X, but don't use Animoji. So the addition of that to FaceTime...isn't exactly a selling point to me. And it's DEFINITELY not a selling point to those who don't even have a phone that can utilize Animoji.
Graphic freaking designers aren't coding the freaking OS. Do you honestly believe that the same people drawing the representations of the new Unicode entries are the ones who have even the slightest thing to do with Siri? Huge company, many divisions.
I agree with you. However, for people who just don't care...it's very difficult for bug fixes to be a selling point. People are getting very restless with the design. Which means they're going to expect a LOT more now that a redesign is being given another year. And if the redesign and new features that come to iOS 13 end up not not being worth another year of waiting (in some people's opinions) it could come back to bite Apple a bit.
I am old enough that I should fall in the annoyed camp, but I don’t. I don’t use them, but it doesn’t bother or offend me when someone sends me a text that does. I remember trying to be different from older people when I was younger. I’m surprised that more people don’t. There are lots of things to get upset about-kids eating Tide Pods for example- but music, fashion, and technology aren’t worth it. These things change with every generation, and trying to stop THAT is stupid, and I think emojis and Animoji’s are just new ways of talking.
Well aware of that. Lots of application, including game development experience, where many "non-code" assets are integrated into the final product. Maybe try reading the paragraph you deliberately cut out of the quote?
Or maybe you did, and actually think "coding" is all it takes to turn out an application or system, in which case my explanation means nothing to you and I'm wasting my time.
It’s great that Apple realise that the Steve Jobs era approach to impact marketing informing product software engineering just isn’t scaling anymore as the software, services and devices get ever more complex and feature rich.
Moving to what sounds like an agile development approach is going to work way better.
And I suspect stop them from losing engineers tired of being locked into a constant death march.
As well as ensuring stability I suspect this ‘feature pause means’ time to:
And finally I hope that Apple return to being ahead of the curve.
iOS 7 was rushed because they realised too late that the original iOS look felt dated.
This more sustainable way of developing iOS / macOs feels like a choice that was forced on them rather than one that they willingly chose on their own terms.
Time to start skating to where the puck is heading to, again.
Moving to what sounds like an agile development approach is going to work way better.
And I suspect stop them from losing engineers tired of being locked into a constant death march.
As well as ensuring stability I suspect this ‘feature pause means’ time to:
- Stabilise iOS and MacOS
- Ensure that the new combined iOS / MacOS application framework work properly (without then having to bake in new complex features at the same time too)
- Ensure the stability of the new UI changes that this almost certainly means for the Mac
- Work on a consistent UI for iOS (it’s looking scrappy)
- And to work on the engineering that will enable iOS to really fly on the iPad in 2019
- And to fix the music experience on the Mac. You all know what I mean.
And finally I hope that Apple return to being ahead of the curve.
iOS 7 was rushed because they realised too late that the original iOS look felt dated.
This more sustainable way of developing iOS / macOs feels like a choice that was forced on them rather than one that they willingly chose on their own terms.
Time to start skating to where the puck is heading to, again.
For those of you who still complain that Apple needs to reallocate emoji resources to the "more important" stuff:
It’s probably relatively easy, definitely for standard emojis and probably not that much more with Animoji’s because of the face mapping that had to be done with Face ID, and it’s popular with 14-35 year olds. Last summer there were articles about the cheeseburger emoji for Google Pixel being messed up. The cheese was UNDER the hamburger. I don’t care, most people my age didn’t notice but some people did care. Some higher up at Google apologized.
If i find out some security fix wasn’t finished because programmers were working on emojis THEN I would be upset. But I haven’t heard of that happening, ever. To find out that Apple spends time on a feature that a lot of people like and use, and doesn’t interfere with anything I want to do with the phone, doesn’t bother me in the least.