Last year iOS and OSX banners were completely different. This year the iOS 8 banner is a lot similar to OSX banner. I'm sure there is some significance there.
I don't think the poster is necessarily all that far off the mark.
FYI, MS just did this same thing and introduced it at their build conference - the ability to write one app and target everything from windows phone to Windows 8.1 on a PC. And speaking as a developer, I can tell you that this is a very appealing thing.
In reality, Apple already does something like this with universal binaries. It's already possible to target a single binary at iPhone - iPad, regardless of size. And the bottom line is that for many applications, the nuances of what customize the experience for a given context have more to do with interaction than with presentation. I know that I am simplifying somewhat in saying that, but speaking from experience, it is absolutely possible to create single code bases with differing expressions based on the properties of the target device.
As with all things, the issues with universal apps and divergent platforms are not impossibilities, but reflect details of implementation. What MS did with surface and Window 8 (which you point out) doesn't make the idea flawed, it makes the implementation flawed. Just as Apple perfected the implementation of a tablet device, I see no reason why Apple or any other company cannot architect and design carefully enough to make it work, and well. People reacted to the idea of a tablet based on the flawed implementations they had seen... and they assumed the devices were a practical impossibility. But of course the failures of the past were not failures of a fundamental nature, but rather were failures of nuance. This is exactly the same.
Frankly I would not be at all surprised if what the poster indicated comes to pass.
iOS and OS X are already the same OS, pretty much. Or are overlapping Venn diagrams. However Apple chose to change the prefixes of its UI layer (Appkit -> UIkit for a reason). To differentiate between these two OSes. It isn't just frameworks though, it's philosophy. It's UI. The UiTableview is the workhorse of iOS, the major navigation aide along with UINavigationController. The NSTableview is on OS X but is limited. A navigation controller makes little sense. Add to that the difference in UI between touch and mouse ( in particular size of elements) , and the design differences between fully sandboxed and access to the file system and largely the same API lead to totally different types of applications.
iOS apps might run on OS X ( I can't see the reverse) as widget type apps. What could go the other way from OS X to iOS is mouse events when a keyboard is present. Keyboard is already there.
So iOS 8 as well as OS X 10.10. It seems they are maintaining the aggressive pace of 1 OS update a year. Quite impressive actually. Leaves Microsoft in the dust.
Yes Apple announced that's what they planned to do when they revealed Mavericks. I like it, as well as the fact that all future OSX releases will be free.
The iOS 8 aqua banner is a visual metaphor for Apple's past present and future, through surfer psychology.
Imagine surfing--you just rode a giant wave, showed all your stuff, pulled out all the stops. Success. Then the wave dies down. You find yourself underwater, rising back to the surface, preparing your body for that next big wave.
The iOS 8 banner is that serene moment when glowing in the success of that narly wave you just rode, while ramping up to do it all over again.
The example I found for that definition was: "a turgid and fast-moving river" [TABLE]
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So iOS 8 as well as OS X 10.10. It seems they are maintaining the aggressive pace of 1 OS update a year. Quite impressive actually. Leaves Microsoft in the dust.
Microsoft would be happy if their users would just adopt Windows 8.whatever on their computers...
Counting al the platforms Windows 8.x runs on, how many versions of Windows does that really add up to??
I think that the name shouldn't be Yosemite. For one it's doesn't quite roll off the tongue, like Mavericks does. Secondly, it doesn't sound as nice as Mavericks (or say, Sierra) especially to international users. El Capitan too for that matter. Sierra though is a good name —thanks for that @SolipsismX— and I love OS X Sierra more than the previous two, at least– it looks/sounds "prettier", so to speak. Love the new WWDC font too, over-kearning (thanks, @mstone) looks great. And I've always loved the thin fonts Apple started using.
As for the iOS banner, I like it. Very tranquil. Thanks @rogifan for posting more pics. I agree that it's showing an underwater scene, just below the sea/wave level; plus I think turgid is the wrong word to use– it's not very 'pretty', as some people have pointed out. It's interesting how someone pointed out how the 8 can be an infinity symbol though. Definitely excited. More so than last year's WWDC, at least.
I think that the name shouldn't be Yosemite. For one it's doesn't quite roll off the tongue, like Mavericks does. Secondly, it doesn't sound as nice as Mavericks (or say, Sierra) especially to international users. El Capitan too for that matter. Sierra though is a good name —thanks for that @SolipsismX— and I love OS X Sierra more than the previous two, at least– it looks/sounds "prettier", so to speak. Love the new WWDC font too, over-kearning (thanks, @mstone) looks great. And I've always loved the thin fonts Apple started using.
As for the iOS banner, I like it. Very tranquil. Thanks @rogifan for posting more pics. I agree that it's showing an underwater scene, just below the sea/wave level; plus I think turgid is the wrong word to use– it's not very 'pretty', as some people have pointed out. It's interesting how someone pointed out how the 8 can be an infinity symbol though. Definitely excited. More so than last year's WWDC, at least.
Sierra is definitely the prettiest name. People name their daughters that all the time. Yosemite probably only has one person with that name it's a cartoon character. However, Sierra is my 2nd choice behind El Capitan only because the Sierra Nevada's are so vast and El Cap is a smaller, specific point of interest, like Mavericks, than a brave and experienced adventurer could experience.
Last years iOS banner clearly indicated depth, which is what we got. The image of water to me suggests that fluidity/kinetics is going to be emphasized this year. Not sure what that would mean though in terms of enhancements to the OS.
El Capitan is a cool name, but I think Yosemite would be better since it includes all the cool features of the area.. El cap, half dome, vernal falls, tuolumne meadows, cathedral peak (which I've climbed), etc.
Last years iOS banner clearly indicated depth, which is what we got. The image of water to me suggests that fluidity/kinetics is going to be emphasized this year. Not sure what that would mean though in terms of enhancements to the OS.
Maybe it's a waterproof iPhone and iOS 8 will still work underwater.
I wonder why they still do old-school print ads. Couldn't they get some custom OLED panels made that can not only animate but they can keep them turned off until the last minute. The light would shimmer on the water and the clouds would cycle past the mountains.
El Capitan is a cool name, but I think Yosemite would be better since it includes all the cool features of the area.. El cap, half dome, vernal falls, tuolumne meadows, cathedral peak (which I've climbed), etc.
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Ones Yosemite. The others a cloud.
Ones Yosemite. The others a cloud.
The iOS 8 image is underwater.
iOS and OS X are already the same OS, pretty much. Or are overlapping Venn diagrams. However Apple chose to change the prefixes of its UI layer (Appkit -> UIkit for a reason). To differentiate between these two OSes. It isn't just frameworks though, it's philosophy. It's UI. The UiTableview is the workhorse of iOS, the major navigation aide along with UINavigationController. The NSTableview is on OS X but is limited. A navigation controller makes little sense. Add to that the difference in UI between touch and mouse ( in particular size of elements) , and the design differences between fully sandboxed and access to the file system and largely the same API lead to totally different types of applications.
iOS apps might run on OS X ( I can't see the reverse) as widget type apps. What could go the other way from OS X to iOS is mouse events when a keyboard is present. Keyboard is already there.
So iOS 8 as well as OS X 10.10. It seems they are maintaining the aggressive pace of 1 OS update a year. Quite impressive actually. Leaves Microsoft in the dust.
Yes Apple announced that's what they planned to do when they revealed Mavericks. I like it, as well as the fact that all future OSX releases will be free.
Neither makes any sense. What was the author thinking?
The example I found for that definition was:
swollen, distended, tumescent, engorged, bloated, tumid More
So it can be used to describe water, but as I said earlier, it's an ugly word for such pretty water.
The lights will come up and James Doohan will be seated at an iMac.
"computer", he will say.
Siri will respond with something nice. He will smile. maybe say something about better than the old quaint keyboard.
He will say something about transparent aluminum.
Siri will begin to describe sapphire (crystalline aluminum oxide).
Thus, we will have an intro to Siri on OSX, and the sapphire crystal.
The iOS 8 aqua banner is a visual metaphor for Apple's past present and future, through surfer psychology.
Imagine surfing--you just rode a giant wave, showed all your stuff, pulled out all the stops. Success. Then the wave dies down. You find yourself underwater, rising back to the surface, preparing your body for that next big wave.
The iOS 8 banner is that serene moment when glowing in the success of that narly wave you just rode, while ramping up to do it all over again.
Long live the king.
I know Apple's gone rap but I hope that 8 's not in reference to an eight ball.
YOU WIN
It Can't be X.x it would be X.I because you don't add a 0 after the decim.....
It's done frequently, context decides.
A river could be turgid, but not an ocean.
And as you say, it's not a pretty word.
Microsoft would be happy if their users would just adopt Windows 8.whatever on their computers...
Counting al the platforms Windows 8.x runs on, how many versions of Windows does that really add up to??
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I want one. How do I get one? I want one.
Still with the trolling, then.
I think that the name shouldn't be Yosemite. For one it's doesn't quite roll off the tongue, like Mavericks does. Secondly, it doesn't sound as nice as Mavericks (or say, Sierra) especially to international users. El Capitan too for that matter. Sierra though is a good name —thanks for that @SolipsismX— and I love OS X Sierra more than the previous two, at least– it looks/sounds "prettier", so to speak. Love the new WWDC font too, over-kearning (thanks, @mstone) looks great. And I've always loved the thin fonts Apple started using.
As for the iOS banner, I like it. Very tranquil. Thanks @rogifan for posting more pics. I agree that it's showing an underwater scene, just below the sea/wave level; plus I think turgid is the wrong word to use– it's not very 'pretty', as some people have pointed out. It's interesting how someone pointed out how the 8 can be an infinity symbol though. Definitely excited. More so than last year's WWDC, at least.
Sierra is definitely the prettiest name. People name their daughters that all the time. Yosemite probably only has one person with that name it's a cartoon character. However, Sierra is my 2nd choice behind El Capitan only because the Sierra Nevada's are so vast and El Cap is a smaller, specific point of interest, like Mavericks, than a brave and experienced adventurer could experience.
El Capitan is a cool name, but I think Yosemite would be better since it includes all the cool features of the area.. El cap, half dome, vernal falls, tuolumne meadows, cathedral peak (which I've climbed), etc.
Maybe it's a waterproof iPhone and iOS 8 will still work underwater.
I wonder why they still do old-school print ads. Couldn't they get some custom OLED panels made that can not only animate but they can keep them turned off until the last minute. The light would shimmer on the water and the clouds would cycle past the mountains.
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