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  • Apple's new and sweeping user interface design is called 'Liquid Glass'

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    charlesn said:
    blastdoor said:
    But the elephant in the room is that Apple is noticeably behind in the most important and exciting new technology since the web. They can catch up and I think they will catch up. But they are clearly behind right now and there’s no fresh coat of paint that can cover that up.
    But who's doing the noticing and to whom is it clear that Apple is "behind?" The technosphere press? Sure. Commenters on their boards? Sure. The mass market that forms the vast majority of Apple's customer base? Not a chance. This is just another flavor of the endless knock that Apple is behind on xyz features, blah, blah, blah. True! Apple is rarely first to market with new features, but more often than not it's best in market when it later debuts them. I believe this will be the case with AI, not because Apple will have the flashiest features out there, but because of its approach to putting consumer privacy first, which is a message that's only going to resonate even more strongly with consumers as time passes. 
    My wife is applying for jobs and used ChatGPT to reformat and tailor her resume and to help rewrite answers to questions. She’s not a tech nerd, and she’s using ChatGPT for a genuinely useful and important purpose. She’s blown away by it. 

    Apple’s writing tools are silky little doodles compared to what ChatGPT was doing for her. And I’ve used ChatGPT for much heavier lifting than her example. 

    If you don’t understand how behind Apple is on this critically important technology, it means you’re also behind and are missing out. If ever there were a time when FOMO is actually appropriate, this is it. If you’re not making effective use of this “new” class of AI tools, you’re in trouble (unless you’re retired or a trust fund kid). 
    williamlondonmuthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple's new and sweeping user interface design is called 'Liquid Glass'

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    I’m not necessarily opposed to a fresh coat of paint. And making the UI more consistent in appearance across devices can be a positive.

    There are also some new features here and there that seem like genuinely useful improvements. 

    But the elephant in the room is that Apple is noticeably behind in the most important and exciting new technology since the web. They can catch up and I think they will catch up. But they are clearly behind right now and there’s no fresh coat of paint that can cover that up.
    Alex1N9secondkox2muthuk_vanalingam

  • Apple's new and sweeping user interface design is called 'Liquid Glass'

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    Liquid, eh.. like 'aqua' ? Is it lick-able? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aqua_(user_interface)
    Rogue01williamlondonhammeroftruthAlex1N

  • Apple Intelligence translation for users, new AI tools for developers coming at WWDC

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    https://daringfireball.net/linked/2025/06/07/swift-6-llms

    Gruber talks about the productivity disadvantage for developers using Swift 6 because Apple doesn’t have AI assistance for developers and the lack of open source swift 6 code means other AI developer tools also don’t support swift 6 well.

    apple is falling behind in a serious way here 
    williamlondonctt_zh

  • Trump trade war delays Apple Intelligence's debut in China

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    9secondkox2 said:
    China gonna China. But it's not like everyone is clamoring for th current version of Apple's AI.
    Srsly. I use the enterprise version of ChatGPT almost every day for real work. All I’ve used apple intelligence for is Genmoji. 

    Anybody arguing Apple isn’t behind is either a hopelessly delusional fan or just knows nothing about what others in this field are doing. 
    williamlondonnubusavon b7ssfe11mr moeCrossPlatformFrogger