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Is it just me, or does that seem like a surprising set of features for a mid-cycle release. Typically it's just bug fixes for anything other than a major OS lau
by jobu 11y ago
Is it just me, or does that seem like a surprising set of features for a mid-cycle release. Typically it's just bug fixes for anything other than a major OS launch.
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- chickenbane 11y agoYes and no. Looks like many of these changes are just at the app level - Notes, Car Play, Health. However, because Apple doesn't separate these apps from the system (ie., you can't update them from the app store) they get bundled into the OTA. If these apps were civilian apps, I doubt anyone would be surprised by these updates.
- AshleysBrain 11y agoI agree - I thought the reason this was posted to HN was the fact this is a fairly significant update with its own announcement page, which doesn't appear to have been the case with .1 releases in the past. Perhaps iOS is moving to a faster update cycle? I hope Safari gets more meaningful updates as well - the once-a-year updates sometimes with not much new (looking at you Safari 9) is real slow progress for web developers, especially compared to Chrome and Firefox.
- connorshea 11y agoSafari 9 unprefixed quite a few CSS features, and it looks like 9.3 will bring a not-insignificant update to Safari as well!
- pflats 11y agoMoving education features to September/October release essentially dooms them to not be used until the next school year, or at least the second semester. Testing and implementing new technology midstream is tough in education. Most of that gets done over the summers in the US.