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Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by smackfu »

The thing is that the previous years of invites haven't really had any deeper meaning, going back to 2010 or so. They've just been getting more and more stylish in representing "a lot of apps".

2010: Tube tiled with app icons

2011: Apple logo "window" into space tiled with app icons

2012: Apple logo made up of translucent round rects (stylized app icons) of various colors.

2013: Translucent round rects stacked on top of each other

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by cremnob »

I really hope the changes aren't extreme. I'm not a tech geek and I work in finance in a non-technology role (I'm only on HN for my consumer-level interest in tech, and the conversation here is better than other forums like reddit). I am pretty much the mainstream consumer and I actually like iOS a lot as it is. I hope Apple aren't making changes for the easily bored tech geek/pundit crowd who require change for the sake of change. They're not idiots so I'm confident that whatever changes are made will be well thought out, I'm just a tiny bit concerned because the only people on the web that are vocal about it are the tech geeks.

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by jordn »

smackfu wrote: post #4

The thing is that the previous years of invites haven't really had any deeper meaning, going back to 2010 or so. They've just been getting more and more stylish in representing "a lot of apps". 2010: Tube tiled with app icons 2011: Apple logo "window" into space tiled with app icons 2012: Apple logo made up of translucent round rects (stylized app icons) of various colors. 2013: Translucent round rects stacked on top…

I was thinking of an exception but it turns out it was instead a poster they put on the outside of the Yerba Buena Center [http://www.macrumors.com/2012/09/09/yerba-buena-stretched-ic...] - the background was a load of stretched iPhone apps - hinting at them 'stretching' the iPhone to create iPhone 5.

Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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smackfu wrote: post #4

The thing is that the previous years of invites haven't really had any deeper meaning, going back to 2010 or so. They've just been getting more and more stylish in representing "a lot of apps". 2010: Tube tiled with app icons 2011: Apple logo "window" into space tiled with app icons 2012: Apple logo made up of translucent round rects (stylized app icons) of various colors. 2013: Translucent round rects stacked on top…

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Re: Apple’s WWDC invite suddenly makes sense

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Post by geuis »

cremnob wrote: post #6

I really hope the changes aren't extreme. I'm not a tech geek and I work in finance in a non-technology role (I'm only on HN for my consumer-level interest in tech, and the conversation here is better than other forums like reddit). I am pretty much the mainstream consumer and I actually like iOS a lot as it is. I hope Apple aren't making changes for the easily bored tech geek/pundit crowd who require change for the…

I think I'm representative of the engineering tech type. I'm looking forward to some UI updates to help refresh the look of the product. I love the hardware, but after seeing and using Windows phones with the Metro UI and recent improvements in Android, there's a lot in iOS that's dated.

I'd like to see a rethink of how certain things like notifications are accessed. Swiping should be from the bottom, not the top. It's very hard to stretch one handed to access it. We should be able to set custom default apps. Being able to have micro views in apps that can display on the lock screen would be great.

So I'm with you, I don't like change for the sake of change. But as a 5 year iOS user myself, there's definitely room for some updates.

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