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  • What to expect from WWDC 2017

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    avon b7 said:
    iOS needs a MAJOR overhaul with the focus on usability. Apple needs to follow its own design guidelines across the whole system and focus on making things uniform. Text selection and input needs work and folder navigation would be nice.

    It would be nice if iDevices belonging to the same user could be used as toolbox or pallette holders for applications on other devices. For example, if I am using Pages on an iPad I would like to have options from the app displayed on my phone screen. It would be even better if the same functionality could be built into macOS and have Mac Pages options available on an iDevice.
    Hey, I'd like it as well but folder navigation is not something they didn't know how to code. It was purposely left out of the iOS experience. So it is not likely to appear any time soon and it would seem they made the right choice, given thei success and the incredible powerful things you can do with iOS devices.

    iOS does not need MAJOR overhaul. It needs thoughtful, steady improvements as they've always done. MAJOR overhauls is what lesser companies try and do for a quick catch of the market's attention. Just look at car brands. You either follow your course plotted long ago and make small course corrections or keep wandering in a different direction at each try. Not a successful strategy. 

    Mac apps integration with iOS has little value. Maybe you'd enjoy it but pursuing it wouldn't be a good allocation of resources. Most people wouldnt use it and it's redundant. It is why you have the touch bar in MacBook and soon in desktop form. 

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  • What to expect from WWDC 2017

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    They need to add mouse support to iOS on the iPad and the next step is releasing an iOSBook Laptop.   This would be designed to replace the aging MacBook Air.

    This is the computer to take on ChromeBooks and Windows 10S laptops.


     

    Look, not to come harsh but...

    Face palm. Why would they take on a product (windows 10s laptops) that is predictably a failure from the start? The Microsoft one, though pretty, lacks any sense, in specs, price, and target audience. Forget students. They are just trying out what sticks, business, productivity, fans, students. It might be a surprise hit but their track record pretty much paints the picture and they aren't helping it by desperately trying to copy apple. They tried public disdain, now they try embracing apple , Linux, what have you.

    As for the third party 10s laptops, Apple has been eating their lunch for a while. They are the ones trying all sort of gimmicks to compete with Apple success and can't decide where to focus, so they throw everything they can think at the consumer. Low end pcs, high end pcs, noble materials, junk plastic, windows 10, 10 s, Linux, touch laptops, reversible laptops, tablets, netbooks, god knows what else.

     An iPad is clearly a better buy at this price point for a normal person. If you NEED a laptop, you NEED a capable machine and that is not a 10s. Neither version. 

    Besides, 10s will probably enfuriate buyers like winRT did. Even bundled msOffice being a trial makes people feel scammed.

    This 10s product is not competing with MacBook, despite the looks. Not if the buyer is well informed.

    The aging MacBook Air already has a replacement. It's the MacBook 12 inch. You just have to wait till it slides down to entry level. Just like the Air did.
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  • Flaw in macOS 'Quick Look' could reveal encrypted data

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    netrox said:
    If it was known for a decade, why was it never fixed or patched? Hmmm. 
    That´s the point everybody is neglecting to adress.

    There are few valid arguments as it stands:

    1 - They forgot about it
    2 - It is not easy to adress
    3 - Tradeoff beween usability and security
    4 - Since user access is implied, they thought it wouldn´t be that big of a deal
    5 - It is by design

    All bad.

    1 - It´s unlikely, given the detail they are know for. It would mean they don´t take security serious enough.
    2 - Not being easy is not a valid argument if they preach about security. Same as number 1.
    3 - Would have been fixed by now. It would mean they preach a false sense of security.
    4 - This would mean they dont get security.
    5 - It would mean they lie about security.
    cgWerksavon b7

  • Why you shouldn't worry about radiation from your Wi-Fi router or iPhone

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    Like I said on the podcast, another podcast, and this article: If you want to put the risk line in another place than I did, that's okay! But, the one in a million from RF in total is real. And like I said, when science changes its mind, so will I.
    We are all for science. But this kind of investigative science comes after, not before. It tends to be behind the curve as we´ve seen so many times. It´s only after something unexpected occurs that it gets a hint of what or where to look for an understanding. This is quite different from other sciences that bring about some form of breakthtough that materialize some invention, they know what they are looking for, and that is what CgWerks and others are pointing out.

    Either way, we´ll find out. There is a lot we all agree already.

    cgWerks said:

    There also needs to be some ability to think critically and a bit of a level playing field for discourse. Society, is moving away from this, and then wondering why things are getting worse.
    A great mind said that "It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it." That´s the playing field.
    Curious, it is, that such words come from ancient times and yet we are moving the opposite way.


    I´d encourage anyone on this topic to check Dr. Devra Davis speech on "The truth about mobile phone and wireless radiation".
    She is working with providers that care for prevention, she has great credentials, makes great points, goes deep, and she is always cautious enough to point out what we do and we dont know for a  fact. You may find that we do know more already than it is tipically brought up.
    cgWerks