![]() (My money is that this is will be their approach for native Watch apps. The pragmatic thought is that some of this stuff will get a mention at WWDC, but Apple will follow-up later in the year in more detail. While the yearly release cycle keeps things fresh - and in step with iOS with features like Continuity - but it feels like just about the time each version of OS X gets good and stable, a new version comes down the pipe.Ĭhances are, of course, that my dream of a slower 2015–2016 cycle won’t come true. Likewise, I’d be fine with OS X slowing down a bit. Apple could tidy up the new features in iOS 8, and polish the rough bits, turning iOS 8 into a mature mobile operating system not a mere rung in the iOS ladder to the sky. It’s interesting to think about what a Snow Leopard moment for iOS could look like. I don’t think the market will let Apple slow down on iOS, however, The space is competitive, and Android is looking better and better each year. ![]() Pundits have said that for years, and that bulleted list a few paragraphs up is a little frightening in that regard. The problem is - of course - that Apple may be stretched too thin. While it’s possible that all of these things will make it into the Keynote, it’s a whole hell of a lot of stuff to talk about.Įverything on that list is exciting, and with Apple on the hook for annual releases, chances are iOS 9 and Mac OS X 10.11 are just around the corner. Here’s a list of potential talking points, in no particular order: With WWDC coming up, the annual topic of what Apple will highlight is back on my mind. The difference between iOS 8 and Snow Leopard is that former brought many user-facing features, while the latter only really had one: Exchange support. Swift, third-party keyboards, Extensions, TouchID APIs, better notifications and more showed up with iOS 8. Snow Leopard was heralded as a “love letter to Mac developers.” The phrase surfaced again last year, and was thrown around a lot after WWDC 2014, and for a long list of good reasons. Instead, we’re going to concentrate 100% on the things that affect you, the developers.” We’re not going to overextend ourselves adding a raft of new customer-facing, marketing-friendly features. The overall message from Apple to developers was something like this: “We’re adding a ton of new things to Mac OS X that will help you write better applications and make your existing code run faster, and we’re going to make sure that all this new stuff is rock-solid and as bug-free as possible. Now they were applauding zero new features for Snow Leopard? What explains this? Many of these same developers applauded the “150+ new features” in Tiger and the “300 new features” in Leopard at past WWDCs. ![]() There were even a few hoots and whistles. After the rapid-fire updates of 10.1, 10.2, and 10.3 followed by the riot of new features and APIs in 10.4 and 10.5, could Apple really get away with calling a “time out?” I imagine Bertrand was really sweating this announcement up on the stage at WWDC in front of a live audience of Mac developers. In his review of 10.6, John Siracusa wrote: QuickTime X and Safari 4 shipped with the OS, and things like Grand Central Dispatch, OpenCL and much more robust 64-bit support all shipped with Snow Leopard, as well, no to mention Exchange support, which was a big step forward for the Mac in enterprise environments.Īll that said, however, Snow Leopard lacked the laundry list of new features that OS X customers had grown use to. Serlet claimed that 90% of the projects within OS X were refined between 10.5 and 10.6. There are a sea of complexities under those three tentpoles.
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