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MKBD asked Craig Federighi in 2020 [1]. Federighi said it would be very easy for Apple to just scale the iPhone Weather app to the iPad, but that's not somethi
by avrionov 4y ago
MKBD asked Craig Federighi in 2020 [1].
Federighi said it would be very easy for Apple to just scale the iPhone Weather app to the iPad, but that's not something the company wants to do, instead looking to create an app that makes use of the larger screen of the iPad in every possible way
[1] https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/apple-exec-explains-why-the-ipad-misses-out-on-these-two-apps-71593321843819.html https://tech.hindustantimes.com/tech/news/apple-exec-explain...
- mason55 4y agoThat's an answer but not a reason. Surely it didn't take Apple 12 years to figure out how to make an iPad-native weather app. Either they explicitly didn't want to make one for some reason or they just didn't care. If they actually wanted to make a weather app they could have done it.
- threeseed 4y agoBecause Apple does not have infinite development resources. There have always been far more important things to work on than an iPad weather app. In this case they happened to get it for free with their Dark Sky acquisition.
- frankjr 4y agoIsn't that exactly what they have done though? I guess they were looking but didn't come up with something better.
- Kon-Peki 4y ago> makes use of the larger screen of the iPad in every possible way For example, the Xsnow accumulation on the top in-app widgets! I wonder - if you shake the iPad, will it clear away?
- seltzered_ 4y agoFunny, I switched to a linux tablet pc last year and at one point ran xsnow while running macos in virtualbox.