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Apple Introduces iOS 8

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Re: Apple Introduces iOS 8

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Post by ja27 »

Osmium wrote: post #42

So so happy to see the SceneKit API make it to iOS. Even though 'minor' compared to some of the other announcements, it was the number one thing I was looking for in today's keynote, and it was nice to see it featured. Can't wait to start using it.

That's the most useful thing I saw for my current development.

The integration, widgets, etc. will open up a lot of new possibilities too.

I'm not too excited about Swift but it looks like it could speed up the code, compile, load, test cycle.

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Post by arrrg »

sz4kerto wrote: post #8

There are two big things here: Health: it's stepping on the toes of many partners, but might be groundbreaking. It's extremely hard to crack healtcare, it's very closed, defensive system of people and bureaucracy, Apple might just have the power to do it. Extensibility: intents are basically _the_ reason Android can work so much better in many cases than iOS. I hope MS will bring it to WP very soon.

Love that I will be able to hook my Withings scale up. Best tool to aid weight loss. But their app sucks. (They showed some other Withings products during the Keynote, so I assume they are in.)

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Post by groovylick »

omnibrain wrote: post #38
eertami wrote: post #11

I don't have an iPhone, but I just can't understand why the keyboard cannot be lowercase when you're writing in lowercase. I just don't understand the motivation.

And I don't understand why they can't cram the punctation marks (at least full stop and comma) on it. And I have an iPhone...

Long tap for numbers and punctuation, ala android, is always annoying missing when using the iPad keyboard. Its so simple, plus saves so much time and mental processing hunting through the extra keyboard states.

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Post by thebokehwokeh2 »

bane wrote: post #50
georgemcbay wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"It's worth noting that Google had absolutely everything they needed to do this years ago, and just... didn't." This is so true and so sad. Google Voice, why are you so almost great and so neglected? I have to say though that my disappointment in Google Voice is quickly being matched by my disappointment in Google Maps which actually was great but continually gets less so with each release.

I would have agreed with you except I'm actually liking the very latest bump. Telling me which lanes to get into to make an exit? Brilliant. I think it's also taking traffic into account now.

Traffic integration is most probably Google's acquisition of Waze. It'll probably only get better.

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Post by ceejayoz »

criley2 wrote: post #51
threeseed wrote: post #48

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> True competition is prevented by design. You really think Apple is threatened by the competition posed by an alternative keyboard or browser ? Pretty sure they care far more about maintaining their "99% of malware" exists on Android record.

Please look past the hype, malware on phones is a near non-issue. Need I remind you that it was iOS devices being hijacked by hackers, not Android devices? Claims like "99% of malware exist on Android" didn't prevent Apple users across the west from having their devices hijacked for ransom. And no, Apple isn't threatened by the "competition". I'm just saying: from the perspective of a tech-forward developer who spend…

> Claims like "99% of malware exist on Android" didn't prevent Apple users across the west from having their devices hijacked for ransom.

The feature used for this - remote locking of a stolen/lost phone - is present on both Android and iOS, as are weak passwords. That you're acting like that's an issue with the hardware/software involved is a good indication that you're trolling or fanboying.

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Post by jevinskie »

Wow, real dynamic linking. Xcode even let me do so when targeting 7.1. Does anyone know if you will be able to submit apps to the AppStore that use dynamic frameworks while still deploying to < iOS 8?

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Post by joezydeco »

Cenk wrote: post #60
omnibrain wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I don't understand why they can't cram the punctation marks (at least full stop and comma) on it. And I have an iPhone...

Typing two spaces turns into a full stop and a space.

I think you and I are the only two people left on the planet putting two spaces after a full stop/period.

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Post by Lx1oG-AWb6h_ZG0 »

the_watcher wrote: post #59
omnibrain wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

And I don't understand why they can't cram the punctation marks (at least full stop and comma) on it. And I have an iPhone...

I don't understand why every single keyboard on mobile doesn't have the .COM button. It's basically become as ubiquitous as any punctuation mark given how often emails are typed.

IIRC, this is exactly what happens for html5 forms: the default keyboards on ios/android/wp do display the "@"/".com"/".net" buttons next to the space bar depending on the input type.

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Post by jordan0day »

k-mcgrady wrote: post #29
sz4kerto wrote: post #8

There are two big things here: Health: it's stepping on the toes of many partners, but might be groundbreaking. It's extremely hard to crack healtcare, it's very closed, defensive system of people and bureaucracy, Apple might just have the power to do it. Extensibility: intents are basically _the_ reason Android can work so much better in many cases than iOS. I hope MS will bring it to WP very soon.

Yeh, I loved the health demo they did showing the Mayo Clinic app. Problem is that unless my local doctor integrates with it I'm never going to get to use most of this stuff. I think it's particularly going to be a problem outside the US where there are public systems. We might start missing out on these kinds of innovations and it's the sort of thing that would tempt me to go private (not the entire system, just per…

> I'm never going to get to sue most of this stuff

tort reform freudian slip?

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