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iOS 8

59 points by davidbarker 12y ago

Retr0spectrum 12y ago
I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing, but a lot of these new features seem like they have been borrowed straight from android. Health looks similar to S Health, and the new keyboard features remind me of the Android keyboard quite a bit. Also, the quick respond notifications feature has been available to jailbroken device users for a while.
- izzydata 12y ago
  Good ideas tend to get adapted to many places. I also like how things started adapting the flatter minimalist UI. I have loved the way that looked forever, but only recently has it really taken off. Knowing apple though they will probably later on say that they created all of these things. Or at least apple fans will claim that apple created all these things.
- _random_ 12y ago
  "a lot of these new features seem like they have been borrowed straight from android" - Not all features! Give some credit to Windows Phone / Win 8 / Metro as well.
- bane 12y ago
  I think we're in kind of a tick-tock iOS-Android cycle now. One OS will push forward, the other will refine for a cycle, then swap for the next one. I'd be happier if both here pushing forward, but there's a logic to letting your competitor do the user R&D work and market testing for you.
ansimionescu 12y ago
Funnily, I've just re-watched this video again today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZakKwQ-gFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZakKwQ-gFM Will the users be able to disable remote Spotlight searches?
feifan 12y ago
Still no flux…iOS is too bright!
- aeontech 12y ago
  What do you mean? The screen brightness auto-adjusts by default already, what would f.lux give you?
  - salman89 12y ago
    Changes the color temperature.
  - Fishkins 12y ago
    f.lux doesn't reduce overall brightness, it reduces the blue end of the spectrum. This makes the screen warmer, and is supposed to be good later at night since blue light specifically is what triggers production of the chemicals that keep you awake.
  - feifan 12y ago
    Easy on the eyes when it gets dark. iOS is blinding when I turn it on past, say, 9pm, especially since I have flux on my computer. That transition is jarring. Having flux might improve my sleep cycle, certainly hasn't hurt :)
  - deleted 12y ago
    [deleted]
  - mercer 12y ago
    f.lux main benefit is that it gets 'warmer' in color as well, as the blue light is harsh and can affect your sleep (or so I've heard).
frik 12y ago
no words about WebGL on iOS 8 :/ (it will be on OSX.X)
dang 12y ago
Buried as a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7834779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7834779.

59 points by davidbarker 12y ago

I'm not saying it's necessarily a bad thing, but a lot of these new features seem like they have been borrowed straight from android. Health looks similar to S Health, and the new keyboard features remind me of the Android keyboard quite a bit. Also, the quick respond notifications feature has been available to jailbroken device users for a while.

izzydata 12y ago
Good ideas tend to get adapted to many places. I also like how things started adapting the flatter minimalist UI. I have loved the way that looked forever, but only recently has it really taken off. Knowing apple though they will probably later on say that they created all of these things. Or at least apple fans will claim that apple created all these things.
_random_ 12y ago
"a lot of these new features seem like they have been borrowed straight from android" - Not all features! Give some credit to Windows Phone / Win 8 / Metro as well.
bane 12y ago
I think we're in kind of a tick-tock iOS-Android cycle now. One OS will push forward, the other will refine for a cycle, then swap for the next one. I'd be happier if both here pushing forward, but there's a logic to letting your competitor do the user R&D work and market testing for you.

ansimionescu 12y ago

Funnily, I've just re-watched this video again today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZakKwQ-gFM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gZakKwQ-gFM Will the users be able to disable remote Spotlight searches?

feifan 12y ago

Still no flux…iOS is too bright!

aeontech 12y ago
What do you mean? The screen brightness auto-adjusts by default already, what would f.lux give you?
- salman89 12y ago
  Changes the color temperature.
- Fishkins 12y ago
  f.lux doesn't reduce overall brightness, it reduces the blue end of the spectrum. This makes the screen warmer, and is supposed to be good later at night since blue light specifically is what triggers production of the chemicals that keep you awake.
- feifan 12y ago
  Easy on the eyes when it gets dark. iOS is blinding when I turn it on past, say, 9pm, especially since I have flux on my computer. That transition is jarring. Having flux might improve my sleep cycle, certainly hasn't hurt :)
- deleted 12y ago
  [deleted]
- mercer 12y ago
  f.lux main benefit is that it gets 'warmer' in color as well, as the blue light is harsh and can affect your sleep (or so I've heard).

frik 12y ago

no words about WebGL on iOS 8 :/ (it will be on OSX.X)

dang 12y ago

Buried as a dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7834779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7834779.