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 “Adopt the new look of macOS Big Sur”, 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. Continue reading →

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. Continue reading →

For those wondering… I’m still trying to wrap my head around the start of the WWDC20 week, started by this exceptional opening keynote. So far, the best words for describing my feelings are “a near perfect balancing act”. #apple #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #wwdc

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Is Jony Ive in the room? Asking for a friend. #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple

What a timing…. HEY #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020 #apple Apple, HEY, and the path forward

More then ever it seems tech pundits and tech savvy people are asking for real, meaningful and transformative changes by Apple. Will they deliver? #wwdc #wwdc20 #wwdc2020

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. Continue reading →

From Brent Simmons: The best part of the App Store, years ago, from this developer’s point of view, was that it was easy to charge money for an app. No need to set up a system — just choose the price, and Apple takes care of everything. So easy! And for many developers, the very best thing about the App Store — the thing that actually helped their business — is gone. Continue reading →

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Oopsy, Apple! You Download the App and it Doesn’t Work

If Apple starts the transition from Intel to ARM with lowest volume Mac, I would have expected they do it starting with the Mac mini. Kuo confirms ARM at WWDC: 13.3-inch MacBook Pro and new 24-inch iMac will be the first ARM Macs, released as soon as Q4 - 9to5Mac

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 don’t which could explain such an expedited transition. #wwdc2020 #wwdc www.macrumors.com/2020/06/2… Continue reading →

Dear Apple AirPort Extreme users, watch this space for something that could change your tech life forever. numericcitizen.me

I’m not very optimistic on the outcome of the “HEY vs Apple” battle. Both, in their own ways, are arrogant, blinkered and calling out each other. Each will lose their face with a concession, even if it’s 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. Continue reading →

The previous tweeted quote about Basecamp/HEY founders attitude was a clip from a newsletter that I have created and that I’m receiving each day. The quote is not from Mailbrew themselves but from Benedict Evans. I should have been more precise.

About HEY/Basecamp founders. Found on the Internet.  😳

We didn’t get an iOS 13.6 beta this week… final release next week?

Oops. You Download the App and it Doesn’t Work

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). Continue reading →

Some (not many) interesting ideas for iOS 14 here. www.behance.net