The Apple Community, Part II
macstories.netthe greatest thing about Apple isn’t the product line itself. It’s the community. It’s the users and the developers and the journalists. It is you, reading this on an Apple device. It’s the Apple community using Apple products. And you won’t believe it until you experience it.
Estimated reading time: 4 min
iOS 6 Wishes
macstories.netPractically speaking, I’d like to see application icons becoming more than a simple graphic on screen, but a way to convey information prior to launching an app (think a weather app with a live-updating icon); widgets, as a way to take part of an app’s core functionality and make it easily accessible on the Home screen without having to open the full-blown version (think “quick add” for OmniFocus on the Home screen); vertical scrolling, to better blend Springboard navigation and multitasking together without burdening the Home button.
Estimated reading time: 11 min
It’s Time To Change iTunes
macstories.netI’ll tell you what’s wrong with iTunes: in the age of iCloud, iTunes is a weirdly old-fashioned desktop software to organize media and manage devices in the same way we did 10 years ago. Only with more features and content types. iTunes is the epitome of old interfaces and interactions trying to hold onto the present.
Estimated reading time: 5 min
Read It Later Reborn: Pocket Saves Everything “For Later”
macstories.netThere are some things Pocket could do better, but no app is born perfect on 1.0. Pocket looks great, works reliably, and is the epitome of a new kind of Internet user: one that is interested in many things, but doesn’t always have the time for them. Pocket is the inbox for the Internet.
Estimated reading time: 21 min
The iOS-ification Of Apple’s Ecosystem
macstories.netThe iOS-ification of OS X is, at this point, inevitable, and anyone who doesn’t see it, or tries to neglect, is either software-blind or has some kind of interest in that way of thinking. I am looking at my Mac’s screen right now, and I can count dozens of iOS-inspired elements now co-existing with “old school” Aqua interfaces and controls.
Estimated reading time: 4 min
A Fine Impression of Apple’s Modernized Podcasts App
macstories.netApple’s Podcasts app
Estimated reading time: 5 min
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The iOS 6 Trilemma
macstories.netiOS 6 is the epitome of a company that has set out to find an equilibrium between data and presentation, control and user experience.
Estimated reading time: 48 min
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Instagram 3.0: Maps. New User Profiles. Infinite Scrolling.
macstories.netInstagram’s updates aren’t just about iterating on capturing — adding filters and giving you more ways to take photos is one thing, but the service has bigger aspirations than just sharing and socializing with friends in the moment.
Estimated reading time: 3 min
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Launch Center Pro 1.1
macstories.netLaunch Center Pro 1.1, released today, focuses on improving three key aspects of Launch Center Pro: native in-app actions, the Action Composer, and TextExpander support in URLs.
Estimated reading time: 7 min
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Nintendo 3DS From An iOS User’s Perspective
macstories.netWhat I really can’t ignore is the interface, which looks amateurish and ugly. On iOS, we’ve seen some beautiful works of art and design in the past four years, and I didn’t expect to see Apple-like UI quality on the 3DS. But the whole 3DS navigation seems like it’s been conceived for six-year olds with a lack of taste and interest in well-designed modern interfaces that can improve and simplify our digital lifestyles, and maybe that’s true. It looks childish, overly mechanical and ultimately unintuitive.
Estimated reading time: 7 min
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iPad mini: Our Complete Overview
macstories.netThe biggest feature, however, is its design, which is only 7.2mm thin and 23% lighter than the third and fourth generation iPad. Schiller compared the thinner of the iPad mini to a pencil. The iPad mini weighs 0.68lbs, making it as “light as a pad of paper”.
Estimated reading time: 4 min
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Five
macstories.netBy combining breakthrough hardware design with the human touch, iPhone didn’t just change the way people communicate, work, and play: it saved lives, improved workplaces, told stories. Sometimes there’s more to progress than just technology.
Estimated reading time: 2 min
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