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Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by Tloewald »

danpalmer wrote: post #36
Tloewald wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

This is true in theory if not practice, but the point is that Apple blocks third party VMs (or did).

Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by Tloewald »

TerryBenn wrote: post #59
Tloewald wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Bullshit. Windows RT has similar app interoperability and significantly advanced share functionality when compared to iOS and yet has no 'security issue' nor 'malware'.

No users either.

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Post by slap_shot »

I'm surprised there hasn't been much speculation regarding an Apple TV announcement. It's been about a year since Tim Cook stated 'TV is something we are incredibly interested in' - Apple has sold over 13MM Apple TVs - connected 'Smart TVs' are growing (roughly 25MM connected smart tvs in use) - and Apple just released the CW app on Apple TV.

Maybe it doesn't seem like a WWDC kind of announcement, but opening up an SDK for this rich viewing experiences on Apple TV could be huge, depending on what examples they have lined up.

Also, since the Apple TV would only require a hardware upgrade (at most) - and is mostly just software, it could be kept under wraps pretty easily. Hopefully something comes up about TV!

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Post by nknighthb »

kunai wrote: post #52
coldtea wrote: post #41

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> I hope we see a modern, case-sensitive filesystem, for once, without resource or data forks of any kind. How is a "case-sensitive" filesystem more ...modern? Case-sensitivity has fewer edge cases (I'll give you that, especially concerning Unicode), but it's really just us bending over to the way the computer sees files instead of the way people think about them. The files "accounts.xls" and "Accounts.xls" are not c…

When I switched to OS X from Linux, case sensitivity was a thing I missed dearly. I know that it's a fringe feature, and that even I don't use it much, but it irks me that it isn't there, especially when both ext4 and NTFS have it. It's more important considering Time Machine backups and actual UNIX moving and copying of files, and this is also where resource/data forks are also a huge burden. Unless OS X implements…

NTFS "has" it, but it's only there to meet POSIX requirements. It's merely case-preserving in non-POSIX contexts, which ultimately means almost nobody uses it.

Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by nextstep »

kunai wrote: post #9

I 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.

You can format your HD to be case-sensitive using DiskUtil. It's just set to case-insensitive be default.

Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by dman »

coldtea wrote: post #51
dman wrote: post #22

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+1 for newer opengl. 3.2 is from 2009 :(

So? Any particular thing you're missing in the desktop from OpenGL 4.x? Do people really play that many games on their Macs? And do they think 3.2 vs 4.x would make that much a difference? And it's not like 2009 is that back. If you want to see real pain, see us web people not being able to use 5+ year old CSS technologies without tricks because of lack of support, and having to use an almost unchanged for 15+ years…

ARB_sampler_objects, ARB_draw_indirect, ARB_tesselation_shader, compute shaders, opengl es compatibility, debug callbacks to name a few.

Please do not justify brokenness by citing other brokenness.

Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by jmduke »

moubarak wrote: post #49
da_n wrote: post #43

Here are my predictions based on what I've read and some guesswork, and being very bored. iOS. The visual refresh for iOS will make it feel modern and present a new design language for developers, ribbon, leather and wood textures are eradicated, however no fundamental changes such as widgets. There will be some relenting in the iron-fisted control of default apps, but only a couple of apps will be allowed (Browser a…

i don't know why i feel they should introduce a digital camera running iOS.

They do; it's called the iPod Touch.

Re: WWDC 2013 Expectations

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Post by onedognight »

coldtea wrote: post #41
kunai wrote: post #9

I 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.

> I hope we see a modern, case-sensitive filesystem, for once, without resource or data forks of any kind. How is a "case-sensitive" filesystem more ...modern? Case-sensitivity has fewer edge cases (I'll give you that, especially concerning Unicode), but it's really just us bending over to the way the computer sees files instead of the way people think about them. The files "accounts.xls" and "Accounts.xls" are not c…

> How is a "case-sensitive" filesystem more ...modern?

HFS has a case-sensitive flag. OS X works fine with it turned on. Some applications, notably games, sometimes have problems with it. You can easily create a case-sensitive development partition and have expect no problems.

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