Welcome 1984 and THX-1138... Elegant my foot! No more personality... monotone and dead... nice... uniform look.
Horrible absolutely horrible...
Could just be they drop the OS part of the description:
OS X 10.9 becomes X9
iOS 7 becomes i7
No more animal names. Just simple and elegant like Jony Ive's designs.
Super Bowl XXX is "Super Bowl Thirty" not "Super Bowl Triple Ex".
wave -> radio wave -> iRadio or iWave
Kind of reminds me of BMW's naming scheme. Even though they don't have cars with those names, but you know what I mean.
Then soon enough it would be named X11![]()
They don't call them "Latin" numerals. do they?That would be Latin. The Ancient Romans spoke Latin.
I meant the "X" would only be a numeral to a Roman.Ten would be decem if you spoke Latin. Pronounced deck-em.
They both promise things they are incapable of delivering.Yes I know what you mean. Apple and BMW are very similar. They are both aspirational brands. Both design led with emphasis on simple, elegant products. Both at the forefront of new technology. etc. Also Audi has a similar naming system to.
The wallpaper based on the banner
http://dribbble.com/shots/1107082-OS-X-10-9
Image
Source:
http://www.mac4ever.com/actu/80507_en-attendant-la-wwdc-le-fond-d-ecran-de-mac-os-10-9
You obviously haven't been paying attention for the past few years. Go look at a gallery of Apple's current product lineup. Uniformity is everywhere. It's their trade mark design ethos and has been like that for a while.
Don't forget Steve Jobs was a minimalist who wore exactly the same clothes every day so he didn't have to think about what to wear. I would bet that Jony Ive has the same thought process.
"Personality" as you put it means diversity and complexity. I don't want that. My life is complicated enough. I want to pick up any Apple device and instantly know how to use it. I want simplicity. That's why people buy multiple Apple products, because they work seamlessly together.
Thanks for all the fun posts, everyone! Most enjoyable thread in years! Here's to a great WWDC tomorrow!![]()
John saw the beast "rise up out of the sea, having seven heads and ten horns" (Revelation 13:1-10)