I fell over this article:
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/the-apple-watch/
As we know, they started the watch development right after steve's death, and took 3 years... I found an interesting read, i can see that right after steve's death they were apparently pretty busy with making the big design re-haul, and adding features. So that means, this whole new design was apparently under way while forstall was there, and was decided upon and kickstarted while steve still was alive?
I also read in a book, that steve was worried about where the design was heading, and might want to revert back to simple.
Would also seem strange if they could do such a big re-haul in 1 year.. Anyway, it seems like it was apple's core decision before the 'departure' of these two guys (Fortstall, Steve), so maybe people should think an extra time, before blaming only Ive for this - i like it though
http://www.wired.com/2015/04/the-apple-watch/
Ive began dreaming about an Apple watch just after CEO Steve Jobs’ death in October 2011. He soon brought the idea to Dye and a small group of others in the design studio. At the time, they were in the midst of a marathon push to overhaul Apple’s mobile operating system. “We were literally living in the design studio,” Dye says, “a small group of us, working on iOS 7.” The seventh iteration of the iPhone’s operating system, iOS 7 was much more than a redesign of smartphone and tablet software: It was an inflection point at the company, marking the ascendance of Jony Ive to the throne atop all Apple design. Dye and the human interface crew had to rethink every interaction, every animation, every function.
As we know, they started the watch development right after steve's death, and took 3 years... I found an interesting read, i can see that right after steve's death they were apparently pretty busy with making the big design re-haul, and adding features. So that means, this whole new design was apparently under way while forstall was there, and was decided upon and kickstarted while steve still was alive?
I also read in a book, that steve was worried about where the design was heading, and might want to revert back to simple.
Would also seem strange if they could do such a big re-haul in 1 year.. Anyway, it seems like it was apple's core decision before the 'departure' of these two guys (Fortstall, Steve), so maybe people should think an extra time, before blaming only Ive for this - i like it though
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