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  • What to expect from WWDC 2017

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    avon b7 said



    You can send any document from a Mac to any device that supports Bluetooth file transfer. No one has ever been able to explain why that particular door was permanently bolted shut on iDevices.

    Yes, the system was designed specifically to exclude file navigation but that was a long time ago. Times have changed. We now create far more documents than before on iDevices and folder navigation would be a welcome addition.

    Just switch on any iDevice for the first time and go to settings. It is a mess with options spread all over the place. Clearly nobody foresaw that the settings panel might require so many options down the line.
    The explanation for shutting Bluetooth transfer is simple. Precisely because users have more media than ever, it's a way to impede major piracy. If you notice, not even Android supports it fully anymore, at least not all of them. Companies with skin in the game have been closing the doors as they enter the parallel media selling market. 

    As for folder navigation, I believe it's the way they intended it to be. They took a lot of time and pride building apps that are far easier to use for their specific purpose. Want music? Music app. Want books? Books app. Photos? Photos app. 
    They are moving away from the filesystem and improving the shortcomings with spotlight and AI. That's the way it is. I happen to appreciate it.

    It is nice to have but not remotely as useful as in a desktop or laptop. If they don't get to introduce that, you always have Android. You will find Android settings being way messier.

    iOS isn't without its faults. There is no perfection, you just have to find which imperfections you can live best with. 


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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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