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A Visual Comparison of Catalina & Big Sur - Who Wins? #apple #macOS11
Excellent visual comparison between macOS Catalina and Big Sur (see link below). Here are a few observations:
- Big Sur design is a step back in clrity in many areas. Ex.: Icons and segmented controls in top portion of windows.
- More padding around items lists. I’m not sure why. I prefer Catalina’s version.
- Dark Mode is slightly better looking in Big Sur.
- Battery panel in Settings is horrible.
- Gone are popup alerts at the top of windows, they now look to be centered within window content and movable. Catalina is better.
- Menu bar is translucide. Catalina is better too.
- Safari is much better looking in Big Sur.
- Notes is much improved in Big Sur.
- Big Sur icons shapre are much more uniform. Advantage to Big Sur here.
- Big Sur Side Bars in many apps like Maps is better looking too.
Who wins? Well, the jury is still out.
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Which Mac will go first to ARM? My take. #apple #armmac #applesilicon
Which Mac will transition first to Apple Silicon? Will Apple start with the desktop or the portables? That is the question. I would say, the desktop, but…
On the first Mac to be converted to ARM: my bet goes on the Mac mini, a lower volume, utility orientated machine for the Mac enthusiasts. Next, the iMac redesign where any perf discrepancies with the MacBook is more easily explanable (desktop versus laptop, you know). But…
…my confidence level in this theory will be negatively impacted by the actual release of a rumoured redesigned iMac but with an Intel processor instead. Rumors are circulating about a published benchmark with a 10 cores Intel CPU in a new iMac design. If Apple did release this machine, it would send a clear message: they will continue to support Intel machines for a long time. But…
…launching an iMac redesign with an Apple Silicon inside would make a much better marketing story: something like a powerful Apple Silicon powering a brand new design with unique features (fan-less design, FaceID, or even… touch input support?). But…
…I concede the fact that price/watt ratio is much more useful and lends much more practical advantages on a portable product than on the desktop where space and energy are less constrained which puts some doubts on my take.
Finally, about the Mac Pro conversion to ARM. My gut feeling is that it will be the last to be converted… with A16 CPU? Who knows.
PS: I would expect Apple to re-introduce their illuminated logo on the MacBook. A sign of Appleās enthusiast returning to the Mac.
Daring Fireball: On Ming-Chi Kuo’s Report of a 24-Inch ARM iMac
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Poor advertisers... thanks to Appleās iOS 14.
They are the ones who will suffer the most from Appleās iOS 14. Good for them. If they want to show ads, the burden of finding new ways is on them, not on Appleās shoulders or on ours. In other words: fuck them. European advertisers critical of iOS 14 warning users about ad tracking - Appleinsider
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Widgets & iPadOS - Apple is in a ābad design choiceā corner
Iāve been thinking a lot about the limited support of widgets in iPadOS 14. While waiting for an answer from Craig Federighi (see previous posts), I think I know why. The way Apple introduced widgets in iPadOS 13 kind of put themselves in a ābad design choiceā corner.
Take an iPad with iPadOS 13 in landscape orientation with widgets showing on the left, now look what happens when rotating the iPad in portrait mode. See? Imagine widgets all over the home screen. How could the iPad handle this orientation change gracefully? You tell me.
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A bizarre upcoming fall schedule for Apple? #iphone12 #ios14
If iPhone 12 launch is effectively delayed by a few weeks or months, could Apple decide to release iOS 14 for currently shipping devices while we wait for iPhone 12? It would be a first for Apple, but I certainly hope so. #iphone12 9to5mac.com/2020/07/0…
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On Siri updated design #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #ios14
I like the new Siri design but I don’t like it after all. The animated sphere placement feels wrong as it leave space on top of it on which we cannot interact. Siri answers and feedbacks onscreen position feel very inconsistent. Sometimes it will appear at the top with another smaller banner at the bottom. Sometimes only a banner at the top.
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iOS 14 Widgets and Anxiety #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020
Following the reveal of widgets support on iOS 14, Iām feeling anxiety over how I’will “design” my home screens coming this fall. The same kind of feeling related to my Apple Watch watch face design, btw.
What role will play the App Library? Will I reduce my reliance on folders for organizing my apps and add more pages that I can hide as needed? How many pages reserved for widgets only will I create and for which use case?
Decision, decision, decision.
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The Secret Feature of Upcoming ARM-Based Mac #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple
Wild dream of the day: what if a silent yet unannounced feature of the ARM-based Mac is touch support? Looking at one of the WWDC session video called āAdopt the new look of macOS Big Surā, spacing of many UI elements certainly feels in preparation of touch support introduction. Plus, iPhone apps running unmodified on these machines would feel at home with touch support.
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On macOS Big Fur surprising visual and design attributes #wwdc #wwdc20
Taken out of one of @gruber recent post. In red: the Cancel button looks like being disabled. Very bad. The menu bar transparency, why? Is Apple trying to make us forget about this distinctive UI element? In yellow: the window title being no longer at the center, to make room for buttons (that look less and less like buttons)…
In green: a depth effect with surrounding shadow, thumbs up. General look of the refresh popup dialog, very iOS is refreshing on the Mac.
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Apple moving to ARM: another game changer move in the works #wwdc #wwdc20 #apple
Today, it will be interesting to see how Apple is positioning its move from Intel to ARM.
To me, one thing is clear: this could be another game changer move. Apple has proven many times in the past that you don’t need to own a market (PC sales) to create new inflection points on its trajectory. Remember when Apple legitimize the use of the USB ports in its original iMac? Now, they could legitimize the use of ARM on traditional computers.
If I was Intel, I would be scared.
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When Brent Simmons speaks, Apple should listen #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #wwdc
From Brent Simmons:
The best part of the App Store, years ago, from this developerās point of view, was that it was easy to charge money for an app. No need to set up a system ā just choose the price, and Apple takes care of everything. So easy!
And
for many developers, the very best thing about the App Store ā the thing that actually helped their business ā is gone.
And this
I canāt reconcile in my mind the tension between Apple as the think different company, the pirates, the rebels, the company at the intersection of tech and liberal arts ā and Apple the company that runs this legalistic, nitpicky, greedy, inhuman, happy-face Kafka App Store.
And finally this
If I could distribute my iOS app outside of the App Store, I would. Iād switch in a heartbeat. Even though itās free and money isnāt my issue. It would make my work as an app maker easier.
Ouch. Coming this guy, it means a lot.
WWDC20 already has a special feel to it, even before the start… not only because it is digital only, but also because I feel (many) developers are simpky fed up with the Apple way.
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Apple's passive-aggressive attitude... #wwdc
Apple’s ARM-based Macs (aggressive) transition plans… these rumours seems to point to a much more aggressive transition than I was expecting… Apple must know a few things that we donāt which could explain such an expedited transition. #wwdc2020 #wwdc www.macrumors.com/2020/06/2…
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Hey, HEY & Apple - Settle down already! #apple #appstore #hey
Iām not very optimistic on the outcome of the āHEY vs Appleā battle. Both, in their own ways, are arrogant, blinkered and calling out each other. Each will lose their face with a concession, even if itās small. Big egos against each other here.
Meanwhile, potential users on iOS will suffer from the lack of much needed app updates. This could be a deal breaker for many users like me. HEY is losing, Apple is losing, users are losing.
What a mess. ā¹ļø
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HEY, Micro.blog and web standards
It is fun to compare HEY and Micro.blog. They both depend on open web standards on the backend. HEY depends on SMTP while Micro.blog depends on HTTPS/HTML. HEY wants to re-invent the end-user experience while Micro.blog provides a pretty much generic end-user experience. By turning the end-user experience upside down, HEY doesn’t rely on IMAP. This is where some people turns their back to HEY (there may be other reasons, though).
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HEY, whatās next? @DHH #apple #appstore
Now, as a potential customer of HEY!, what I want to hear or read from @DHH is: whatās next? How are they tackling the problem in order to comply? Will they comply? I want to support their new platform AND their cause, but from a user standpoint, they have to put out a plan and communicate it ASAP.
My 14 days trial will end on July 1st. I want to know before making a 99$ commitment.
Hey, youāre turn now.
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Hey Apple, you are in deep sh** #wwdc #wwdc2020 #appstore #iosdev
As an Apple observer for more than four decades (yep!), I rarely seen such a public relation mess like the one this week, a week before WWDC. Apple messed up big time with the worst possible timing by alienating their developers. On top of that, their definition of apps that doesnāt work upon startup is already being smashed by so many counter-examples. This is a complete mess and I donāt know how Apple will get out of this shit. If goes far beyond the 30% commission.
**This is not the Apple that I want to see, promote and embrace. **
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Hey, and Apple - must read thread by @dhh
Here is a MUST READ thread by @dhh about Apple messing around the launch of Hey, a new and innovative email service. I wish Hey gets though this. I support their fight because Apple is fucking arrogant here… I want Apple to open up… or else. Please, share.
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When Fantastical shows Apple what they should do with Calender
Fantastical latest update (v3.1) could be the thing that bring me back to it: integrated support for nearly all major video conferencing applications. As a big user of Webex, Teams, Zoom, this could be really useful for me. apps.apple.com/ca/app/fa…
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On Apple, education and healthcare
At the very beginning of Apple, their leadership was young and they cared about education. Apple became popular in the edu market simply because they built their products around it. They succeeded.
Now, Apple leadership is getting older and they now care about healthcare. The story repeats itself as they build many products and features around that. Will success follow? It certainly looks like it. How Apple becomes the operating system for health - Philip ElmerāDeWitt
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So, whatās up with Automattic and Tumblr? š¤Øš¤š§
Question of the day: whatās up with Automattic and Tumblr? š¤Øš¤š§ This question came up to my mind this morning as I reblogged a post from someone I follow on Wordpress. The reblog action was popularized by Tumblr if Iām not mistaken. Since Automattic bought Tumblr for a few pennies, I was just wondering.
