Because that maniac didn't let it happen. Simple politics when working in a huge corp like Apple.Honest question. There are a lot of badly needed features in iOS 7, most notably quick toggles for settings like Bluetooth and wifi, better multi tasking, notifications on lock screen, Siri able to change settings etc. Why didn't see any of these things while Forstall was running the show? Surely some of these could have been included in iOS 6.
Come on now guys, in his biography and via wiki history lesson, we all know scott was brought over since the beginning when jobs came back to save apple.
Yeah I suppose you could include Steve too. But man there are some obvious things here that I wish I could do on my iPhone right now. So annoying when you ask Siri to turn off Bluetooth and she says "sorry I can't do that". If Scott was all that why did he let iOS stagnate to the point where Apple now has to copy features from other platforms? Seems to me like once the App Store was created and once iOS devices started selling like crazy he basically coasted.
Maybe if he had thought of them they wouldn't have ended up on those other platforms first.
And if you actually research, Android/Windows Phone/WebOS actually ripped off from a jailbreak tweak.
Why didn't we have cut, copy, and paste until iOS 3? Or multitasking until iOS 4? As a general rule, Apple is slow to release but quick to impress (with intuitiveness and design). Forstall vs Ive has nothing to do with this delay; it's been around since Android was introduced and the competition started.Why didn't see any of these things while Forstall was running the show? Surely some of these could have been included in iOS 6.
Sorry but no, I had most of these features on my old WinMo phones back in 2006 or so. In fact, the only one I don't remember having is the notification center and with widgets it wasn't needed. I could create toggles, widgets (live ones), etc. with custom ROMs. These ideas are old ideas. I suspect the jailbreak community actually came from the devs at xda who were quite experienced with WinMo and then android.
I don't know seems a bit too coincidental that these changes come after he's shown the door.
But iOS has been adding features with each generation ever since iOS 2. So iOS 7 would have had some new features, even if Forestall was still at the helm. So yes, I do think that it is a coincidence that these features came out after Forestall left. Or do you imagine that Forestall had a whole different set of features he was planning to add to iOS 7, which were all tossed out along with him?
True. But it seems almost too coincidental that some of the major things people were asking for came after Forstall was out. Some of the rumors that came out after he was let go were that he was religious about 'what would Steve do' and often told members of his team that 'Steve wouldn't like that'. Of course these are just rumors but not entirely unbelievable as Forstall was a protégé of Jobs. Maybe in his mind something like control center would make iOS too complicated or too much like Android, or wouldn't be true to what Steve would want. I don't know this, just guessing.
You do realise Android is a shameless copy of iOS, right? iOS launched in 2007 and Android in 2008.
I have no doubt we would have had control center (or something similar) even if Forstall was still there. Apple was always a little late to the game and after enough people ask for it, it always happened in most cases. Remember the iPad toggle switch? Within less than a year they added the option for it to be mute or rotation lock. That was due to pure customer requests.Honest question. There are a lot of badly needed features in iOS 7, most notably quick toggles for settings like Bluetooth and wifi, better multi tasking, notifications on lock screen, Siri able to change settings etc. Why didn't see any of these things while Forstall was running the show? Surely some of these could have been included in iOS 6.
Forstall was known for being something of a Steve fanboy. Only took feedback from Steve, backed whatever play Steve wanted to make. Bit of a sycophant even
There is talk that this was the case.that due to various bugs etc, Tim wanted a ground zero overhaul of the system a kin to the whole OS 9 to X. But Forstall, who was fine with cleaning up the under structure, balked at changing the UI. And unlike Steve, Forstall was not open to being convinced.
...so instead he focused on making iOS's apps look like they were made with real leather...
