iOS 7 Running Behind, Rumored to Have Significant Visual Makeover

[twoodcc]

well we don't want them to release it before it's ready, but i sure hope it's ready soon

 

[groovetech]

BILLIONS of dollars and they can't hire more people?

Design isn't stacking cans. More people does not equal faster (or better) results. In fact, more people can actually hinder quality.

 

[zync]

His name is "Ive" not "I have"

Thanks. It's called a typo. I'm pretty sure everyone else understood that. I fixed it. Are you happy?

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I like the linen texture. It looks nice. Can't imagine why it would be offensive to anyone. The stitched leather of Find My Friends, or the faux casino look of Game Center..now THOSE are hideous.

I'd rather have either of those on everything than have "linen" on something.

 

[jouster]

You think the iPhone was invented on Jan 1st 2007?

It was probably conceived at least 3 or 4 years before and almost certainly was the natural evolution of other products and technologies that Apple had been working on for some time. The iPad was invented before the iPhone but Apple put it on the back burner and launched it 3 years later.

Product planning is an evolutionary process but you have to start with a vision otherwise you simply won't know what direction you're heading in. If you don't you could wake up one day to find you're competition has just re-invented the product/market leaving you high and dry.

I know all that.

Again, what would you advise Apple to do for the ten-year product window?

 

[Nimrad]

That's how you burn through human resources and tarnish your company reputation for not being able to work on more than one project at the same time.


Yeah - people like to suddenly get pulled out of their current work and plunge into something completely different. Increases their productivity for sure.

I hope you understand what I really meant, and this was just to make a point that there's a middle way. If not, please google Harvard Professor
Clayton M. Christensen. That's where this idea comes from. He's regarded as one of the best business professors in the world, but I guess they didn't ask you at that time.

 

[Neodym]

I hope you understand what I really meant, and this was just to make a point that there's a middle way. If not, please google Harvard Professor Clayton M. Christensen. That's where this idea comes from. He's regarded as one of the best business professors in the world, but I guess they didn't ask you at that time.

I actually googled him and could neither relate why you consider him "one of the best business professors in the world" nor what your posting has to do with his theories.

His books seem to deal with market behaviours and grading the impact of inventions by type, together with the implications thereof for companies. What you wrote was economics 101: "No sleeping pillows when in good times, keep costs low, effectivity high and don't waste a dollar.".

I didn't read his books, but i can't see where this Professor Christensen would possibly claim that pulling people out of running projects only to assign them to another one would increase productivity (which is important for any company, no question).

Actually those are questions better evaluated from the psychological POV, e.g. as a certain type of people works best when they stay in their position/task for a long time, as they feel safe and encouraged by knowing each detail of their job.

And even those that appreciate change (as part of their nature) need time to get into something completely different. Understanding complex projects to a degree that you can actually contribute effectively is no trivial task.

Maybe i just don't get your point, so if you don't mind please explain your theories and their deductions from this Professor Christensen for a simple person like me.

 

[Neodym]

I'd rather have either of those on everything than have "linen" on something.

It would be so easy if Apple only allowed - wait for it - CHOICE! People could simply choose whether they liked skeuomorphism or not.

I for one would switch to a colourful Aqua theme (like in OSX 10.2) in a heartbeat. The unpretentious "flattened" look really isn't my cup of tea!

 

[zync]

It would be so easy if Apple only allowed - wait for it - CHOICE! People could simply choose whether they liked skeuomorphism or not.

I for one would switch to a colourful Aqua theme (like in OSX 10.2) in a heartbeat. The unpretentious "flattened" look really isn't my cup of tea!

I don't mind it being flatter. I think we've come a long way from 10.2. I just really hate that texture. It looks like they had an intern, that had used Photoshop for all of 5 minutes, make it. But I do agree, some choice would be nice.