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> Promote Craig Federighi, after all these years I am still not convinced he is the right person for the job Yeah I wonder about Federighi. He doesn't seem to
by deergomoo 2y ago
> Promote Craig Federighi, after all these years I am still not convinced he is the right person for the job
Yeah I wonder about Federighi. He doesn't seem to catch much criticism from the Apple pundits—I assume because he's one of the few SVPs that seems like a real human in interviews and videos and not a stilted robot like the rest of them. But Apple's software, and macOS in particular, seems to be rotting from the inside out. Changes ship and everyone says "boy this is a step backwards, I hope they iterate quickly" and then it sits, almost entirely unchanged, for years on end. e.g. new Settings in macOS, Stage Manager on the iPad.
With how much the hardware team has been knocking it out of the park since the ARM transition it's really starting to feel like the software is the weak link. This rumoured massive redesign this year has me feeling very anxious.
- kridsdale1 2y agoI have met Craig a couple times. The man radiates charisma like a god damn movie star. The whole vibe in the room changes when he enters. Something about it, man.
- khazhoux 2y agoIt's obviously the hair. His epic lion’s mane. I'm told he has the superpower of memory. Someone told me they had an eng review with him on a year prior, which ended with action items for the team to fix XYZ. Then a full year they had another review, and Craig came in and right away asked, "Did XYZ get done?"
- ksec 2y agoIt is not about design features and bugs etc. The whole iOS feels a lot slower than before despite having much more processing power. Android caught on, and now feels smoother than iOS. And that is with iOS animation tuned off.