Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
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Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#2> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch.
One of the worst UI experiences out there.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#3In one sense this is logical. A HomePod with a screen and an iOS variant. On the other hand, what is this for? What uses do these smart home devices serve? We are a decade plus into the “smart home” era and most of these things are more trouble than they are worth.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#4So is this about the kernel, or just the GUI layer? Or somewhere in between?
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#5> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. One of the worst UI experiences out there.
28 million watch sales may suggest that not everyone shares your opinion.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#6In one sense this is logical. A HomePod with a screen and an iOS variant. On the other hand, what is this for? What uses do these smart home devices serve? We are a decade plus into the “smart home” era and most of these things are more trouble than they are worth.
Apple has on a few occasions in the past come in after people have spent a lot of time and energy developing things and making a small market, figuring out how it should actually work, making a nice version 1.0 of how it should actually work, making that market explode 100-fold and taking all the money.
That smart homes are more trouble than they are worth currently sounds to me like ripe territory for Apple to poach.
However not sure if without Jobs and Ive if they can actually do anything like what they used to.
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#7> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. One of the worst UI experiences out there.
28 million watch sales may suggest that not everyone shares your opinion.
It'll also be a very different experience on a screen many times as large.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#8> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. One of the worst UI experiences out there.
28 million watch sales may suggest that not everyone shares your opinion.
As someone who has owned every single Apple Watch model/generation and love the hardware, I agree with GP on the terrible UX of the app grid.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#9> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. One of the worst UI experiences out there.
Wow Apple watch in the mac form factor. It's like they want to be known for the worst OSes possible.
Re: Apple rumored to be working on a smart home operating system version
#10> For example, he expects there to be a hexagonal grid of apps, just like on the Apple Watch. One of the worst UI experiences out there.
28 million watch sales may suggest that not everyone shares your opinion.
I only ever use mine for the face + notifications. The UX is godawful. I'd probably buy an Apple watch that only served to relay OTPs.