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I hope they invest some time in macOS, gosh it's become a right mess over the last 3-5 major releases - Tahoe is the worst of the bunch.
I'd bet you money within 5 years Apple will continue following Microsoft (after metro) and try "merging" macOS and iOS together into one OS, most likely iOS.
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It is a gimmick, not anything users as a spectrum might find favorable. And the sad thing is, that Apple is the only one with such a laughing stock of UX/UI. I am totally annoyed by the animations in Apple Notes. The icons have considerable increased in size and everything screams what a mess to me: the shadow as part of "the experience", partly rounded icons which talk more space than rectangles, hidden functions or…
> And the sad thing is, that Apple is the only one with such a laughing stock of UX/UI. I'm not defending Apple here, but have you seen how people feel about Windows 11? I don't mind the Liquid Glass UI so much as what's happened to the macOS UX :-/
> The changes introduced by Windows Aero encompassed many elements of the Windows interface, with the introduction of a new visual style with an emphasis on animation, glass, and translucency; interface guidelines for phrasing and tone of instructions and other text in applications were available.
> Apple won’t quite launch ‘zero new features’ like they claimed with OS X Snow Leopard back in 2009, however. According to Gurman, Apple still plans to release a number of new AI features with iOS 27, so the company doesn’t continue to fall behind in the AI race. Goddamit. Zero new features is clean. It's communicable. It lets Cook, as he departs, harken back to quintessential Jobs. It will sell phones. It will sell…
I brought a Pro Max last year, after owning a perfectly fine 13 mini for years, and just my luck the latest iOS seems to make everything worse.
Face detection. Navigating photos. Unresponsive Apps. Confusing as f*ck UI.
No idea why I spent so much money on a Pro phone, should of stuck with the 13 mini and refused to upgrade the OS.
I hope they invest some time in macOS, gosh it's become a right mess over the last 3-5 major releases - Tahoe is the worst of the bunch.
Macs make up 8% of Apple's revenue. That entire product line is basically a hobby compared to iPhone and its ecosystem.
If Apple dropped the Mac, how many of those former Mac users would also drop the iPhone? (I would.)
And of course, Mac is the platform for writing iPhone apps. Indeed, Mac is the platform that Apple engineers use to write the iPhone operating system, which was based on and shares a lot of code with the Mac operating system.
The Mac is the lynchpin that holds the entire ecosystem together. It also provides a lot cachet to Apple. Most of the wealthiest and/or influential Apple users are Mac users as well as iPhone users. If Apple can't make a desktop computer anymore, the company's founding product, that would be embarrassing to say the least.
The number one priority must surely be fixing the keyboard, besides the horrible UX? Millions are having problems for years so it's not just me, honestly thought i was "getting old" but no incredible amount of threads and now this on YT with 1 mil views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo Wild typing on a 3210 was less stressful for me.
As a side note, I can't believe not a single device manufacturer has been able to make a blackberry-style keyboard work with a modern phone. Texting is by far the #1 activity on smartphones and yet when it comes to typing we have somehow gone backwards since the mid 2000s.
The number one priority must surely be fixing the keyboard, besides the horrible UX? Millions are having problems for years so it's not just me, honestly thought i was "getting old" but no incredible amount of threads and now this on YT with 1 mil views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo Wild typing on a 3210 was less stressful for me.
But this was very validating to watch.
I love my iPhone but hate the iOS typing experience. It's so bad that I bought an external foldable Bluetooth keyboard that I keep in my bag just so that I could type longer emails.
I miss my BlackBerry keyboard.
The number one priority must surely be fixing the keyboard, besides the horrible UX? Millions are having problems for years so it's not just me, honestly thought i was "getting old" but no incredible amount of threads and now this on YT with 1 mil views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo Wild typing on a 3210 was less stressful for me.
Installing the Google keyboard has been step #1 on every new iOS device of mine for the last decade. Sometimes I'll accidentally switch back to the default one while typing and immediately notice how broken the experience is. And yeah, I have definitely run into the exact issue shown in this video. As a side note, I can't believe not a single device manufacturer has been able to make a blackberry-style keyboard work…
Not sure if it's better that the iOS keyboard.
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Macs make up 8% of Apple's revenue. That entire product line is basically a hobby compared to iPhone and its ecosystem.
So you wouldn't mind taking an 8.5% pay cut? Apple stockholders wouldn't mind an 8.5% drop in the stock price? If Apple dropped the Mac, how many of those former Mac users would also drop the iPhone? (I would.) And of course, Mac is the platform for writing iPhone apps. Indeed, Mac is the platform that Apple engineers use to write the iPhone operating system, which was based on and shares a lot of code with the Mac o…
I would drop every device I have currently (myself and my family) which is too many to admit publicly
The number one priority must surely be fixing the keyboard, besides the horrible UX? Millions are having problems for years so it's not just me, honestly thought i was "getting old" but no incredible amount of threads and now this on YT with 1 mil views: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hksVvXONrIo Wild typing on a 3210 was less stressful for me.