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So, have Apple really cocked up this release, or is it just the bloggers going to town whenever they find some flaw and hacker news loves it when people find pr

by weavie 13y ago

So, have Apple really cocked up this release, or is it just the bloggers going to town whenever they find some flaw and hacker news loves it when people find problems? Am genuinely curious - I've boon obsoleted with my iPod 4 so can't find out for myself..

potatolicious 13y ago
A bit of both. It's a massive redesign, not all of it is well executed, and there's substantial performance degradation in some parts. There are also a larger than usual number of major bugs that shipped with the final. None of it is the-sky-is-falling material though. There are some bugs that will drive devs up the wall (especially when they end up getting fixed later and break the workarounds), and the lack of optimization in some components will put limits on their use, but nothing particularly game-ending. In summary: not a disaster, but less polished in general than previous iOS releases at this stage. Side note: I noticed this time that there was a lot less Apple engineer engagement on the dev forums. Couple that with the number of polish bugs (see: the Sloppy UI blog from yesterday) and you'd get the impression that the iOS team was stretched severely to get this out the door. Hope they're all getting some much-needed downtime.
- leoc 13y ago
  At a guess, this http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-smartphone-market-share-to-cheaper-models-1-.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-s... may have something to do with the rushed job this time.
melange 13y ago
Bloggers, for the most part. There are minor regressions that people are making a big deal out of, but usability overall has gone up dramatically. Anecdotally, my 65 year old mother in law and non-techie wife have had no problems with the new design, which to me indicates that it can't be a disaster.

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So, have Apple really cocked up this release, or is it just the bloggers going to town whenever they find some flaw and hacker news loves it when people find pr

by weavie 13y ago

potatolicious 13y ago
A bit of both. It's a massive redesign, not all of it is well executed, and there's substantial performance degradation in some parts. There are also a larger than usual number of major bugs that shipped with the final. None of it is the-sky-is-falling material though. There are some bugs that will drive devs up the wall (especially when they end up getting fixed later and break the workarounds), and the lack of optimization in some components will put limits on their use, but nothing particularly game-ending. In summary: not a disaster, but less polished in general than previous iOS releases at this stage. Side note: I noticed this time that there was a lot less Apple engineer engagement on the dev forums. Couple that with the number of polish bugs (see: the Sloppy UI blog from yesterday) and you'd get the impression that the iOS team was stretched severely to get this out the door. Hope they're all getting some much-needed downtime.
- leoc 13y ago
  At a guess, this http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-smartphone-market-share-to-cheaper-models-1-.html http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-08-09/apple-loses-china-s... may have something to do with the rushed job this time.
melange 13y ago
Bloggers, for the most part. There are minor regressions that people are making a big deal out of, but usability overall has gone up dramatically. Anecdotally, my 65 year old mother in law and non-techie wife have had no problems with the new design, which to me indicates that it can't be a disaster.