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Am i the only one thinking that Steve Jobs would have refused most of the things that were introduced this morning? Apple sure has changed over the years.
by prrrnd 10y ago
Am i the only one thinking that Steve Jobs would have refused most of the things that were introduced this morning? Apple sure has changed over the years.
- losteric 10y agoHe wouldn't have refused them, but these would have been filler items or unannounced tweaks that people just discover as they use the product. I'm not surprised we're seeing diminishing returns on smart phone UX though...
- thisisdallas 10y agoNo, you aren't the only one. In my opinion, Apple has gone from a mixed of innovation + reaction + improved quality to mainly just reaction.
- throwanem 10y agoMaybe not. Does it matter? Steve Jobs, brilliant though he was, has been dead for a while now, and shows every indication of staying that way into the indefinite future. While that doesn't necessarily mean he has been unable to stay up on the last few years' worth of change and innovation in the mobile space, it does mean that whatever unique insights he's been able to derive from same are not in a place where they can do Apple's designers and engineers much good.
- mattkevan 10y agoThis is the exact right answer to 'it's not what Steve would have done'. Who cares what Steve would have done? He doesn't, not any more. Anyone who says this is basically just complaining about something they don't like, and invoking a ghost to back up the argument.
- kylec 10y agoYeah, I don't think that all that junk added to Messages would have been added under Steve Jobs. Not that I think that's a bad thing, but it's definitely a notable departure away from clean and simple and minimal to something that is much, much more complicated and glitzy.
- k-mcgrady 10y agoConsidering the number of people that use other messaging apps these features are what people want. Apple can't just ignore that.
- kylec 10y agoWhy not leave these things to third party messaging apps, keyboards, and integrations? Why does it all have to be first party?
- k-mcgrady 10y agoWhy build a first party messaging app if most people aren't going to use it? For people who just want to send plain text messages the UI is pretty much identical. Text box, type, send.
- jasonlotito 10y agoSteve Jobs refused a lot of things that he later back peddled on, and released many things that failed.
- BinaryIdiot 10y agoSteve was fantastic at saying no. He said no to the app store multiple times. He said no to almost everything that ended up being Apple staples. I'm not sure it's fair to give him so much credit.
- stock_toaster 10y agoDidn't Jobs also approve of that leatherette skeuomorphic nonsense in the old Notes app, and the weird bookshelf thing in ibooks? Nobody is perfect. [1]: http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/photo-jun-17-3-34-21-pm-100042569-large.png http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2013/06/photo-jun-...
- kirykl 10y agoDifference was how Steve sold it vs the two presenting iMessage today