Should we care? I mean, general performance of a smartphone is crucial for a great user experience but... compared to Android, really? for the vast majority of people, do they care, besides the entry price? [Daring Fireball: Let’s Check In on the State of iPhone and Android CPU Performance]

One of the thing that will get my attention about Apple in the coming months and years: how the coronavirus will impact features and designs of Apple’s products, both in hardware and software.

The obvious example is the FaceTime camera on Mac computers. The second obvious example is FaceTime application in general, not to compete against Zoom or others, but to make it more useful and bringing more value to human visual communications.

The Magic Keyboard makes us want more from iPadOS: real and complete external monitor support.

Magic Keyboard: Apple’s Laptop Conversion Kit – His Dork Materials:

I remember arguing with a guy on supporting flash challenges like transposing « hovering » events with the mouse pointer. How on earth someone could « hover » with their fingers on the screen for content to change accordingly? That wasn’t possible obviously.

Now, look at the iPad with the just introduced pointer support. It’s exactly that, hovering on buttons make the pointer morph into the button’s shape. Fascinating.

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You know what I'd like to see from Apple? An update to their aging iBooks Author application on macOS. This is what I'd like to see. Last update was in 2018.... come on.

Apple Books for Authors:

One of the thing that I like about Apple: web design. Clean. Simple. This store front is new and only in the US, for now.

Apple Store Online - Apple