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WWDC 2013 Expectations
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Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am happy if they add a share button like the Android one. It's a small wish but it's clear that Apple is falling behind in many areas except performance and battery life on tablets. Relaxing App Store rules to include programming languages/VMs will give a little boost to our community too. If I want to learn Haskell I want to do it on the iPad.
The way apps can interoperate in Android is definitely an advantage over iOS for developers, but it's a security/sandbox issue not a lack of capability in the OS. iOS hugely trails Android in malware... Coincidence? App Store allows programming languages and even VMs. It doesn't allow running externally sourced code.
Any malware issues on Android have more to do with differences in vetting than the intents system.
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#33I'm not sure if Apple did a good job at keeping secrets, or whether there isn't anything to keep a secret about? We're expecting new software, but that's easy for Apple to keep under wraps as it doesn't really have to be used outside Cupertino, unlike manufactured products like an iPhone. Nothing abnormally secret there. We're expecting new MacBooks, but the rumour is a move to Haswell, which would only be a spec bum…
>> "We're expecting new software, but that's easy for Apple to keep under wraps as it doesn't really have to be used outside Cupertino" I would assume they have to use iOS out in the field to test things like Maps and any changes they've made to the software controlling the radio signals.
Historically Apple software hasn't really been leaked that much as far as I can tell. The fact we don't know anything about iOS 7 or OS X 10.9 isn't anything new, that's the same as every OS release.
Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#34I'm not sure if Apple did a good job at keeping secrets, or whether there isn't anything to keep a secret about? We're expecting new software, but that's easy for Apple to keep under wraps as it doesn't really have to be used outside Cupertino, unlike manufactured products like an iPhone. Nothing abnormally secret there. We're expecting new MacBooks, but the rumour is a move to Haswell, which would only be a spec bum…
> Nothing abnormally secret again. What do you mean by this? You listed the things that we do know, then said nothing about those things are abnormally secret.
I mean that the secrets aren't likely to be anything out of the ordinary for Apple given the last few years.
We don't know much about the software, as usual, and we know pretty much what the hardware will be, as usual, with the exception possibly being a new Mac Pro, which I'm not sure is going to be released soon, although it might be announced.
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#35Anyone else bothered by the fact that the font size is only 11px? Being on a 27" iMac the article was hard to read. TSDR (Too Small Didn't Read)
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Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am happy if they add a share button like the Android one. It's a small wish but it's clear that Apple is falling behind in many areas except performance and battery life on tablets. Relaxing App Store rules to include programming languages/VMs will give a little boost to our community too. If I want to learn Haskell I want to do it on the iPad.
The way apps can interoperate in Android is definitely an advantage over iOS for developers, but it's a security/sandbox issue not a lack of capability in the OS. iOS hugely trails Android in malware... Coincidence? App Store allows programming languages and even VMs. It doesn't allow running externally sourced code.
It is a security issue, but I don't think it is what is causing the Android malware issue. The Intents system on Android is a security issue because most developers don't use it smartly and end up exposing their apps to SQL injection on the internal SQLite database they use.
Actually, the fact that Android uses a virtual machine for it's code has pretty good security benefits over running native code as on iOS.
Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#37I'm not sure if Apple did a good job at keeping secrets, or whether there isn't anything to keep a secret about? We're expecting new software, but that's easy for Apple to keep under wraps as it doesn't really have to be used outside Cupertino, unlike manufactured products like an iPhone. Nothing abnormally secret there. We're expecting new MacBooks, but the rumour is a move to Haswell, which would only be a spec bum…
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Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#38I am hoping for Apple TV apps + SDK, remaking game consoles accidentally like they worked over handheld gaming. If you think about WiiU + Microsoft's XBone announcement they might be trying to focus where Apple TV is going. The best way to do it would be the ability to Air Install apps/games from your phone/tablet onto Apple TV. Yes there is AirPlay for gaming now but being able to get it on the device helps with lag.
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#39I hope we see a modern, case-sensitive filesystem, for once, without resource or data forks of any kind. Second, I hope we see better graphics, new OpenGL is a must. Third, maybe a fresher UI similar to iTunes 11, would be nice. Aqua is dated. That's all I hope for. Just wait for it, the announcement is tomorrow. It's only 21 hours away... just wait.
"case-sensitive filesystem"
What is the business use case for a user to treat documents "Annual Report.docx" and "Annual report.docx" as absolutely different and unrelated?
Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
I am happy if they add a share button like the Android one. It's a small wish but it's clear that Apple is falling behind in many areas except performance and battery life on tablets. Relaxing App Store rules to include programming languages/VMs will give a little boost to our community too. If I want to learn Haskell I want to do it on the iPad.
Haskell and VMs are not against the App Store rules at all, you just cannot JIT anything. The ban against non-C languages was only in place long enough to scare Adobe away.
That's not true. An app cannot run code not part of the original app package. This was a huge problem for projects like the Commodore 64 emulator.