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Re: iCloud beta

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Post by mahyarm » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:11 AM UTC

Steko wrote: post #8

Running Firefox 3.6 at work, unsupported. Chrome omitted from their suggested browsers ("latest version of Safari, Firefox, or Internet Explorer"). Did I mention the adorable frowny cloud: https://www.icloud.com/static_pages/unsupported_browser/en-u...

It works on OSX Chrome too.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by ireadzalot » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:43 AM UTC

acangiano wrote: post #13

adammichaelc wrote: post #12

Tried, got this: http://postimage.org/image/176470lk4/

Same here. And I'm a paying developer on Lion.

It just let me in. I am a paid member as well. You may have to wait for a couple of hours and try again.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by cageface » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 1:51 AM UTC

So I get the skeuomorphic UIs, complete with bits of torn paper at the top of the calendar pad and all, without even the justification of a touchscreen? No, thanks.

Are they going to put a scent generator in my next Mac so my trash starts to stink if I don't empty it?

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by radicaldreamer » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:06 AM UTC

cageface wrote: post #23

So I get the skeuomorphic UIs, complete with bits of torn paper at the top of the calendar pad and all, without even the justification of a touchscreen? No, thanks. Are they going to put a scent generator in my next Mac so my trash starts to stink if I don't empty it?

While many people on hacker news might roll their eyes at the UI design, many novice users seem to like these interfaces- it signifies to novice users that they can stop keeping a paper address book and paper calendar and move to the using their iPad and the web, something they might have previously only thought business or techy types did.

Additionally, I don't think the functionality of these apps suffers at all from this.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by cageface » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:32 AM UTC

radicaldreamer wrote: post #24

cageface wrote: post #23

So I get the skeuomorphic UIs, complete with bits of torn paper at the top of the calendar pad and all, without even the justification of a touchscreen? No, thanks. Are they going to put a scent generator in my next Mac so my trash starts to stink if I don't empty it?

While many people on hacker news might roll their eyes at the UI design, many novice users seem to like these interfaces- it signifies to novice users that they can stop keeping a paper address book and paper calendar and move to the using their iPad and the web, something they might have previously only thought business or techy types did. Additionally, I don't think the functionality of these apps suffers at all fr…

John Siracusa makes the case against these kinds of UIs well in his Lion review: http://arstechnica.com/apple/reviews/2011/07/mac-os-x-10-7.a...

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by sudonim » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 2:53 AM UTC

The team involved really spent the time to make the web versions of these apps have an aesthetic unified with the iOS and Mac versions. As someone who does web stuff day in, day out... the difference between working and polished is huge. Apple has pulled out all the stops to make these polished apps. Kudos to them.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by gutini » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 3:13 AM UTC

If anything, excellent use of Steve's turtleneck as background texture inspiration.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by SingAlong » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 3:43 AM UTC

canistr wrote: post #17

Timothee wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not everyone with an Apple ID can log in, only paying developers. I have a free developer account and was able to log in. I don't have a @me.com address so I couldn't check Mail, but the rest worked.

I have a free account as well but it says I do not have access.

Same here. It says that I need to be associated with any of the two developer programs to have access.

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by evgen » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 4:30 AM UTC

mattberg wrote: post #19

bengl3rt wrote: post #3

Erm... Okay, so I want to move all my mail (and my address) over from MobileMe. Where's the button?

agreed, right there with you. my main apple id is gmail, but i do already have a me.com account also. would like to merge but it seems the only option on the iPhone is to create a new one, not sign-in with an existing one.

Is your dev account on the same apple id as your mobileme account? My dev and mobileme accounts are different apple ids and I am assuming that is why I can't use mail...

Re: iCloud beta

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Post by SODaniel » Tue, Aug 02, 2011, 4:45 AM UTC

My guess is that Apple's move into the cloud space will be a pretty big boost for other online backup, sync and share companies; SpiderOak, Dropbox, Wuala etc.