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Predictions: * 10.7 "Lion" (obviously) * iLife 2011 (with FaceTime in iChat), iWork 2011 * New Mac replacing MacBook Air with a swivelling touch screen * iO

by gamble 16y ago

Predictions: * 10.7 "Lion" (obviously) * iLife 2011 (with FaceTime in iChat), iWork 2011 * New Mac replacing MacBook Air with a swivelling touch screen * iOS app support on OSX, utilizing said touch screen

jeremymcanally 16y ago
This is purely made-up dreaming, but I hope your last point comes in the form of a Dashboard-like thing that lets you easily launch iOS apps. Pop it up and launch when needed, hide it when you don't.
- X-Istence 16y ago
  Personally I never use Dashboard, it was cool to play with for a couple of hours and after that the novelty wore off. It really hasn't seen any innovation at all, and overall feels out of place. If they put iOS support in Mac OS X that would be awesome, but I hope they do it in a way that they are just like other apps on my desktop that can be put in the dock. That way I am much more likely to use the apps.
  - cubicle67 16y ago
    I use it (dashboard) almost daily. most used app is a great javascript based calculator (can eval almost any js), and iStat for viewing processes FrontRow, on the other hand, I use rarely. When I do, I'm glad it's there though
    - gamble 16y ago
      I use it regularly as well, (calculator, calendar, weather, stocks, and iStat) but I agree with the previous poster than developer interest in dashboard widgets is pretty minimal these days. It would be great if I could run arbitrary iPhone apps in the dashboard alongside my widgets. I think it makes sense for Apple as well, since the value proposition for iOS to developers is shaping into an argument that, yes, there are a lot of Android phones out there, but there are a huge number of iPod Touches, iPads - and perhaps now Macs - in the hands of customers that can run the same iOS apps.
      - easp 16y ago
        Apple has something going for iOS relative to android, even without running iaoS apps on macs: people actually install apps on iOS devices, not only that, they'll pay for them.
silvajoao 16y ago
Some wild ideas, totally not based on anything: * FaceTime on iTunes, for Mac and Windows * App Store for OSX
- djacobs 16y ago
  How do you envision FaceTime being integrated into iTunes? (I think the iChat suggestion seems more plausible.)
  - silvajoao 16y ago
    Of course iChat seems more plausible. The Facetime-in-iTunes idea is rather wild, but: * iTunes is available on Windows, thus bringing FaceTime to Windows and making it a serious contender against Skype * iTunes is widely deployed and this move would greatly expand the FaceTime user base * iTunes already has your Apple account, which is an email, which is used by FaceTime to make calls (if I'm not mistaken) * iTunes even has a Social Network :) Maybe you'll be able to FaceTime your favorite artists? A one-to-many call would make more sense here. Perhaps having FaceTime bundled with iTunes makes more sense. Anyway, speculating about Apple's events is one of my favorite pastimes :)
    - djacobs 16y ago
      I'm not sure I want iTunes any bigger. iTunes already wants to be too much. It has a store (with credit card management), your local music library, a social network, movies that you are supposed to watch via Apple TV, podcast management, the app store, low-level device management, a set of ratings systems for apps and music and movies... It's too much in one package. It violates a lot of good design principles. For example, because it's got so much going on, they can't optimize it for any one task. A lot of people think it needs some decoupling, not extra features. I think if Apple wants FaceTime to be on Windows and non-iOS phones, they need to promote the protocol and not just one application of that protocol.

by gamble 16y ago

jeremymcanally 16y ago

This is purely made-up dreaming, but I hope your last point comes in the form of a Dashboard-like thing that lets you easily launch iOS apps. Pop it up and launch when needed, hide it when you don't.

X-Istence 16y ago
Personally I never use Dashboard, it was cool to play with for a couple of hours and after that the novelty wore off. It really hasn't seen any innovation at all, and overall feels out of place. If they put iOS support in Mac OS X that would be awesome, but I hope they do it in a way that they are just like other apps on my desktop that can be put in the dock. That way I am much more likely to use the apps.
- cubicle67 16y ago
  I use it (dashboard) almost daily. most used app is a great javascript based calculator (can eval almost any js), and iStat for viewing processes FrontRow, on the other hand, I use rarely. When I do, I'm glad it's there though
  - gamble 16y ago
    I use it regularly as well, (calculator, calendar, weather, stocks, and iStat) but I agree with the previous poster than developer interest in dashboard widgets is pretty minimal these days. It would be great if I could run arbitrary iPhone apps in the dashboard alongside my widgets. I think it makes sense for Apple as well, since the value proposition for iOS to developers is shaping into an argument that, yes, there are a lot of Android phones out there, but there are a huge number of iPod Touches, iPads - and perhaps now Macs - in the hands of customers that can run the same iOS apps.
    - easp 16y ago
      Apple has something going for iOS relative to android, even without running iaoS apps on macs: people actually install apps on iOS devices, not only that, they'll pay for them.

silvajoao 16y ago

Some wild ideas, totally not based on anything: * FaceTime on iTunes, for Mac and Windows * App Store for OSX

djacobs 16y ago
How do you envision FaceTime being integrated into iTunes? (I think the iChat suggestion seems more plausible.)
- silvajoao 16y ago
  Of course iChat seems more plausible. The Facetime-in-iTunes idea is rather wild, but: * iTunes is available on Windows, thus bringing FaceTime to Windows and making it a serious contender against Skype * iTunes is widely deployed and this move would greatly expand the FaceTime user base * iTunes already has your Apple account, which is an email, which is used by FaceTime to make calls (if I'm not mistaken) * iTunes even has a Social Network :) Maybe you'll be able to FaceTime your favorite artists? A one-to-many call would make more sense here. Perhaps having FaceTime bundled with iTunes makes more sense. Anyway, speculating about Apple's events is one of my favorite pastimes :)
  - djacobs 16y ago
    I'm not sure I want iTunes any bigger. iTunes already wants to be too much. It has a store (with credit card management), your local music library, a social network, movies that you are supposed to watch via Apple TV, podcast management, the app store, low-level device management, a set of ratings systems for apps and music and movies... It's too much in one package. It violates a lot of good design principles. For example, because it's got so much going on, they can't optimize it for any one task. A lot of people think it needs some decoupling, not extra features. I think if Apple wants FaceTime to be on Windows and non-iOS phones, they need to promote the protocol and not just one application of that protocol.