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I don't see much stagnation: (1) Maps is probably the biggest thing they've done since the original phone's launch; (2) they are moving more and more of the i

by Steko 14y ago

I don't see much stagnation: (1) Maps is probably the biggest thing they've done since the original phone's launch; (2) they are moving more and more of the interaction to voice every year; (3) they are moving more and more of the users' data to the cloud every year.

chc 14y ago
It was pretty clear that he was talking about visual design and interaction. None of the things you list here are in that domain. One is a new app, one is a voice UI and one is an Internet-based storage service.
- Steko 14y ago
  "None of the things you list here are in that domain. One is a new app ..." Since the very sentence I was responding too was about apps ("iOS is stagnant, reviews of recent Apple designed skeuo-heavy apps bemone the lack of functionality") I fail to see how talking about app functionality is some huge leap of logic on my part. "he was talking about visual design and interaction. None of the things you list here are in that domain" How is voice control not about interaction?
  - killahpriest 14y ago
    Perhaps it should be read as "visual design and [visual] interaction."
- bennyg 14y ago
  You think voice integration isn't interaction? That's literally a form of interaction with the device that was not there in iOS 1.
  - chc 14y ago
    I feel pretty sure there was a "visual" in there you're ignoring.
    - bennyg 14y ago
      Didn't know you meant visual(design and interaction). Still though, it's a little frustrating to say they've stagnated. Apple is very, very long-term focused.
bane 14y ago
IMHO it's definitely running in place 1 - replaced what they already had and then moved it up to feature parity with the competitors 2 - pioneered it then let it sit, is Siri really that much better and personally assisting me today then at launch? 3 - which appears to be only a response to the competition's great cloud integration perhaps stagnation is too strong a word... tread-milling perhaps?
- myko 14y ago
  Wasn't Siri bought from another company which was already competing against similar products like Vlingo? Saying Apple pioneered it is a bit of a stretch. Especially considering how effective Android's voice commands were well before Siri was introduced.

by Steko 14y ago

chc 14y ago

It was pretty clear that he was talking about visual design and interaction. None of the things you list here are in that domain. One is a new app, one is a voice UI and one is an Internet-based storage service.

Steko 14y ago
"None of the things you list here are in that domain. One is a new app ..." Since the very sentence I was responding too was about apps ("iOS is stagnant, reviews of recent Apple designed skeuo-heavy apps bemone the lack of functionality") I fail to see how talking about app functionality is some huge leap of logic on my part. "he was talking about visual design and interaction. None of the things you list here are in that domain" How is voice control not about interaction?
- killahpriest 14y ago
  Perhaps it should be read as "visual design and [visual] interaction."
bennyg 14y ago
You think voice integration isn't interaction? That's literally a form of interaction with the device that was not there in iOS 1.
- chc 14y ago
  I feel pretty sure there was a "visual" in there you're ignoring.
  - bennyg 14y ago
    Didn't know you meant visual(design and interaction). Still though, it's a little frustrating to say they've stagnated. Apple is very, very long-term focused.

bane 14y ago

IMHO it's definitely running in place 1 - replaced what they already had and then moved it up to feature parity with the competitors 2 - pioneered it then let it sit, is Siri really that much better and personally assisting me today then at launch? 3 - which appears to be only a response to the competition's great cloud integration perhaps stagnation is too strong a word... tread-milling perhaps?

myko 14y ago
Wasn't Siri bought from another company which was already competing against similar products like Vlingo? Saying Apple pioneered it is a bit of a stretch. Especially considering how effective Android's voice commands were well before Siri was introduced.