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  • If you were underwhelmed by WWDC 2025, you're not alone

    randominternetpersonrandominternetperson
    No offense, but are you a developer?  It's a developer conference where developers are introduced to new capabilities introduced in the new OSes.

    You can't judge a conference by its keynote.

    It's possible that the conference is ultimately "underwhelming," but its the conference attendees who will decide that.

    And it's day 2 of a 5-day conference!
    Like it or not, WWDC is public-facing, with investors, conventional media, and more, making their own takes about it. It's a very public demonstration to the user base as a whole, what's to come. If it was the developer-only club, they wouldn't be shilling F1 and Apple TV+ at the start of the keynote.

    You are welcome to disagree, but gatekeeping that "Only developers get to have opinions" isn't right.

    Amber has been at gig this longer than most developers have been on the platform. 12 years in April. She's qualified to judge.
    Perhaps it's semantics, but the article didn't say "the WWDC keynote was lackluster." It's an assertion about the conference.

    WWDC 2025 was certainly one of the more subdued I've personally seen. Granted, I am admittedly one of the newer Mac users to AppleInsider staff -- I made the switch in 2019.

    But even in 2019, we had all the excitement of a new operating system: iPadOS. This change would ultimately cement the iPad as its own thing, and not just a larger iPhone.

    So, my point still stands.

    And, I have a theory for why this year wound up being so lackluster. So, please, feel free to obtain your own cork board, red string, and lovingly printed-out headshots of Apple Executives, while I map out what I feel like was an inevitably lackluster Worldwide Developers Conference.
    Language matters. If you want to say that you weren't impressed by the presentation from a marketing perspective, then that's fine. But how about we wait until developers get a chance to digest the hundreds of hours of conference materials before we judge the conference. I watched a few hours of presentations yesterday, and I'm as impressed as I always am about the tools and technologies Apple puts in our hands, and in the thoughtfulness and care that went into it.
    StrangeDayswilliamlondondewmetrainMan83decoderringtiredskills

  • If you were underwhelmed by WWDC 2025, you're not alone

    randominternetpersonrandominternetperson
    No offense, but are you a developer?  It's a developer conference where developers are introduced to new capabilities introduced in the new OSes.

    You can't judge a conference by its keynote.

    It's possible that the conference is ultimately "underwhelming," but its the conference attendees who will decide that.

    And it's day 2 of a 5-day conference!
    TheSparklemacxpressneoncatMike WuertheleAmberNeelyCesar Battistini Mazierogregoriusmpeterhartwilliamlondonblastdoor

  • iOS 26 vs iOS 18: Is Apple's 'Liquid Glass' a true redesign?

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    Wesley_Hilliard said:
    Pretty happy with this redesign, personally. I think some of the more busy screenshots with readability issues are the exception, not the rule. It's been quite interesting and responsive in my use so far, though I'm sure some tweaks will be made through the summer.

    I take an opposite opinion. The content, like in Apple News or a social media app, isn't the "design." That's all going to looks relatively the same regardless of the window chrome. What changed was every aspect of how a user interacts with an app besides scrolling. Buttons, bars, tabs, and menus are all altered. I think it goes beyond a layer of paint.

    It isn't as dramatic as trading out the felt of a casino table for a plain white backdrop, but there's also a lot more OS chrome today than there was in iOS 7. The square footage of what was affected during the keynote yesterday was much much more than iOS 7, and I think people will notice.

    It is an opinionated design that users have the ability to walk back a bit with some toggles and customization. I'm happy that Apple has an opinion on design again -- things we're feeling a little too flat to the point that Android could easily skin and look like Apple's OS. This will be much harder to copy.
    I couldn't agree more. The fact that the home screen doesn't look much different is besides the point. This is about how users engage with apps. From the keynote it's clear that there is a push for hiding unnecessary clutter by default and exposing it dynamically as needed. It's a cool trick if they can pull it off, but I expect they can. I look forward to watching the sessions about how to implement this in your apps. 
    williamlondontiredskillsmacgui

  • iOS 26 is here with Liquid Glass redesign, new Camera, and Apple Intelligence promises

    randominternetpersonrandominternetperson
    (Apologies for posting this here, but I couldn't find an article about the keynote itself, so this is close.)

    Big thumbs up to the performance at the end of the keynote. It was funny, corny, and sincere all at once. I don't know who the singer is, but well done, dude (and all the other people involved in the production). 6 out of 5 stars!
    MassiveAttackwilliamlondonronnwatto_cobra

  • Classic 'Doom' now playable on Apple Network Server

    randominternetpersonrandominternetperson
    This project seems especially pointless.

    Is anyone shocked that a $10,000 computer with half a gig of ram that runs a flavor of Unix can run Doom? I'm sure it was a slog and took some clever hacks, but it's not surprising.

    Get it to run on my titanium Apple Card or my EZPass and I'll be impressed. 
    jeffharriswatto_cobra