3 ms·

See also: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ There is often a subtle clue in the invite images as to what might be announced.

by unfunco 13y ago

cincinnatus 13y ago
I see a bunch of Mac minis, apple TVs and airport expresses ;-) Seeing people reading the tea leaves on this one will be entertainment for a few weeks.
cstuder 13y ago
Or maybe they just like pretty graphics.
supercoder 13y ago
What clues were in previous years exactly ? http://f.cl.ly/items/083S2g21292V1z403y31/image.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/083S2g21292V1z403y31/image.jpg
- taiki 13y ago
  None. It's always been the product announcements that have had the hints. WWDC usually was just colorful and playful. http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4852132/history-of-apple-event-invitations-and-hints http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4852132/history-of-apple-...
arrrg 13y ago
The shape of app icons has been dominating WWDC invites for a long time. They were a central design element going back to 2009 (refer to supercoder’s comment for a picture). First they showed actual icons of apps (2009, 2010, 2011), in the last two years and this year they showed more stylised app icons (2012, 2013, 2014). The goes back to even before Forestall was fired/left. It’s always differently coloured app icons. Last year they were overlaid and angled, the year before that they were also overlaid, angled and in different sizes. This year they are only in different sizes. All you could glean from last years invite was a slight shift in design aesthetic, but that change has already happened (and this years invite is in the same style as last years) so there is no new information in this invite. All this tells you is that WWDC will be all about apps. As it has been for at least half a decade now. I don’t think whoever designed this even know about the new iPhone hardware.
- jamesrom 13y ago
  Exactly, it's usually only the press invites for Apple Special Events that have a glimpse of what might be unveiled.
smickie 13y ago
Go on then, I'll have a go a reading too much into the artwork... Looks like a flat version of the Apple TV intro video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnlKtwIrFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnlKtwIrFg

See also: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ There is often a subtle clue in the invite images as to what might be announced.

by unfunco 13y ago

See also: https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ https://developer.apple.com/wwdc/ There is often a subtle clue in the invite images as to what might be announced.

cincinnatus 13y ago

I see a bunch of Mac minis, apple TVs and airport expresses ;-) Seeing people reading the tea leaves on this one will be entertainment for a few weeks.

cstuder 13y ago

Or maybe they just like pretty graphics.

supercoder 13y ago

What clues were in previous years exactly ? http://f.cl.ly/items/083S2g21292V1z403y31/image.jpg http://f.cl.ly/items/083S2g21292V1z403y31/image.jpg

taiki 13y ago
None. It's always been the product announcements that have had the hints. WWDC usually was just colorful and playful. http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4852132/history-of-apple-event-invitations-and-hints http://www.theverge.com/2013/10/21/4852132/history-of-apple-...

arrrg 13y ago

The shape of app icons has been dominating WWDC invites for a long time. They were a central design element going back to 2009 (refer to supercoder’s comment for a picture). First they showed actual icons of apps (2009, 2010, 2011), in the last two years and this year they showed more stylised app icons (2012, 2013, 2014). The goes back to even before Forestall was fired/left. It’s always differently coloured app icons. Last year they were overlaid and angled, the year before that they were also overlaid, angled and in different sizes. This year they are only in different sizes. All you could glean from last years invite was a slight shift in design aesthetic, but that change has already happened (and this years invite is in the same style as last years) so there is no new information in this invite. All this tells you is that WWDC will be all about apps. As it has been for at least half a decade now. I don’t think whoever designed this even know about the new iPhone hardware.

jamesrom 13y ago
Exactly, it's usually only the press invites for Apple Special Events that have a glimpse of what might be unveiled.

smickie 13y ago

Go on then, I'll have a go a reading too much into the artwork... Looks like a flat version of the Apple TV intro video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnlKtwIrFg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnlKtwIrFg