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iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by delecti »

brandon272 wrote: post #156
Terretta wrote: post #82

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The same is true in a physical card wallet. An 80 year old with early onset challenges can work this wallet, pick a card, and then hold the phone to the reader at a store. It's all co-opting "familiar" actions for them, not tech-like, which means they can do it. The biggest UX issue Apple has for that persona isn't the wallet, it's the lack of physical home button. Everyone in their 70s and up seems to be given pause…

> The biggest UX issue Apple has for that persona isn't the wallet, it's the lack of physical home button. I'm in my 40s and don't have much trouble with reaching Home by swiping up from the bottom. But anecdotally, when I observe a person who is 65+ operate their iPhones, 9 times out of 10 they experience problems swiping up from bottom to reach Home. The swipe up does nothing, presumably because they aren't startin…

The hands of older people are also just literally less compatible with a capacitive touchscreen, because skin retains less moisture as we age. If you've ever seen an older person licking their finger before turning the page of a book, that's why.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by conradev »

kilian wrote: post #71

The wallet app UI is the peak of Apple's 'single 20y/o in sf' design. Anyone that has multiple card from the same bank (because, say, you have a personal account and a shared account with your partner) has to do the "pick between the two identical looking top 20px of cards" dance every time they use Wallet to pay for something. It is mind-boggling that the current UI persists.

The design is skeuomorphic, modeled after a standard bifold wallet which gives your physical cards the same treatment.

My current wallet doesn't give me any affordances: https://grifiti.com/products/grifiti-band-joes-3-25-x-1-25-i...

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by IneffablePigeon »

haritha-j wrote: post #95
mosburger wrote: post #32

IMO one of the cool things about Wallet is the notification that appears on the homescreen when you're in proximity of the venue or time of the event and automatically displays the pass when tapped. I wonder if "create your own" will be able to do that (I'm not sure how it would)?

That one's real fun if you happen to be near the train station a lot, and have an anytime return ticket.

Yeah I had to turn that off when I lived near the train station.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by jermaustin1 »

alistairSH wrote: post #164
lode wrote: post #138

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> The same is true in a physical card wallet. Not at all. In my physical wallet, those identical looking cards have different names on them, ie. and for joint accounts. I can also mark them up with a marker, or request a different picture from some banks. In iOS I need to remember that the one ending with 0044 is mine, and 0073 is for our joint account. I have no way to add an alias or distinguish them otherwise. Thi…

That's not universally true. I have a shared checking account with my spouse. Both my personal card and shared card are the same, save for the actual card number.

Same here. I'm in the US. I actually thought Credit/Debit cards had to have YOUR "full" name on them.

My wife and I share MANY accounts, and none of our cards have a "shared" name on it.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by ChrisMarshallNY »

reaperducer wrote: post #111
ravenstine wrote: post #99

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What does an 80 year old (or anyone really) need with more than one or two cards on a daily basis where this would be an issue? Not being flippant; I legit want to know what leads to this. I have multiple cards but there's only one I use 99% of the time, and it's pink so it stands out.

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> Just wait. You'll find out.

That was a bit blunt; but absolutely true. I'm 64, and never really gave much thought to being here.

Seems like a lot of folks in tech are doing the same.

I won't suddenly become black (I can't even get a decent suntan), and I'm unlikely to suddenly become a woman (but I guess, technically, it's possible), but we all get older (the alternative kinda sucks). Every single one of us will, one day, enjoy the special warm feeling that you get, when someone dismisses you with a flippant "OK Boomer," or whatever the millennial and GenX versions will be.

That's what makes the infamous Silicon Valley (but Brooklyn is actually much worse) ageism so bad. A lot of folks are finding themselves being hoist by their own petards, as they are suddenly unable to get a job.

One of the interesting things about AI, is that younger folks are now getting screwed. Not sure if that's good for older folks, though. The ones that are already there, and are doing a decent job of adopting AI, are probably going to be OK, but that's unlikely to be a majority.

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by nottorp »

darkwater wrote: post #69
nottorp wrote: post #46

I paid 0.99 for some 3rd party app to do that for me years ago. It still seems to work. And I'll still need it because I doubt I'll be switching to 26 or 27 any time soon. Edit: Pass2UWallet is the name of the app I'm using if anyone cares. I'm not getting a commission for that yadda yadda doo.

TFA is from a developer that created an app to create passes in iOS (and Android)

Not the only app though :)

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by noio »

15 years ago, a friend of mine built an app to do this — "Pass Creator" — then Apple yanked the functionality.

He paid me to create the icon for it, which was my first paid graphic design job: https://www.noio.nl/2012/10/pass-creator-app-icon/

Thanks Paul.. good times!

Re: iOS 27 is adding a 'Create a Pass' button to Apple Wallet

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Post by smt88 »

rootusrootus wrote: post #87
kilian wrote: post #71

The wallet app UI is the peak of Apple's 'single 20y/o in sf' design. Anyone that has multiple card from the same bank (because, say, you have a personal account and a shared account with your partner) has to do the "pick between the two identical looking top 20px of cards" dance every time they use Wallet to pay for something. It is mind-boggling that the current UI persists.

This has been one of my peeves for years . Apple is capable of good design, and overall is well regarded for it, but there are a number of places where they have blinders on and absolutely refuse to fix extremely obvious missteps.

Apple is capable of beautiful and minimalistic designs, but their usability has been terrible since basically the iPod.

Minimal is often an enemy of usable.

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