By: Waldo3
The biggest thing I took away from the entire presentation was how absolutely distracting the Apple presenters were with their hands. It's like they all watched that power video about not putting their hands below their waist while talking and they all awkwardly tried to not talk/talk with their hands. I was more of a game of.. where will the next presenters hands awkwardly be..
By: Alfman
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/139926/apple-wwdc-2024-the-13-biggest-announcements/#comment-10440577">Strossen</a>.
Strossen,
<blockquote>What I found interesting is although Apple will bundle the latest version of ChatGPT for free as a chat agent Apple’s use of AI is primarily focussed on specific end user features that people might actually use. This is a very Apple style approach. Watch a space develop, think long and hard about how ordinary people might actually use this new thing, then try to offer some solutions that are so easy and fun to use that users might actually use them. Then they build on that, looking at how their initial offering is received, and iterate over and over again.
The other thing that struck me was the advantage Apple has by both controlling the entire stack (Private Cloud Compute is very Apple) and by having a portfolio of very interconnected devices for all situations. </blockquote>
I don't know, I often get the impression apple fans are just looking for reasons to praise and idolize apple, even when they are copying others. "Apple Intelligence", built on the AI technology of others but now praiseworthy because apple's attached to it. Meh evangelicalism is not for me.
By: Strossen
This the best analysis I have come across of the significance of Apple Intelligence and how to think about the impact of AI on the wider tech world. Really worth a read.
"Apple Intelligence is Right On Time"
https://stratechery.com/2024/apple-intelligence-is-right-on-time/
By: Strossen
What I found interesting is although Apple will bundle the latest version of ChatGPT for free as a chat agent Apple’s use of AI is primarily focussed on specific end user features that people might actually use. This is a very Apple style approach. Watch a space develop, think long and hard about how ordinary people might actually use this new thing, then try to offer some solutions that are so easy and fun to use that users might actually use them. Then they build on that, looking at how their initial offering is received, and iterate over and over again.
The other thing that struck me was the advantage Apple has by both controlling the entire stack (Private Cloud Compute is very Apple) and by having a portfolio of very interconnected devices for all situations.
Interesting times ahead.
PS loved the new calculator! Reminded of this great story by Andy Hertzfeld
https://www.folklore.org/Calculator_Construction_Set.html
By: emarsk
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/139926/apple-wwdc-2024-the-13-biggest-announcements/#comment-10440561">sukru</a>.
+1 for Rectangle.
I hated how macOS doesn't properly maximize windows. Rectangle finally fixed that for me (plus the tiling features).
By: sukru
In reply to <a href="https://www.osnews.com/story/139926/apple-wwdc-2024-the-13-biggest-announcements/#comment-10440543">unix_joe</a>.
If you are on the mac, I would recommend the awesome <b> Rectangle</b> application for window management.
Not only it has standard shortcuts like "move left", or "move right", it has huge amounts of functions, and is highly customizable. Bonus points for being free and open source:
https://rectangleapp.com/
By: unix_joe
The most significant improvement is window tiling/snapping on macOS. I think if I ever find myself at a Mac, I'll finally get expected behavior when I try to move applications around. Twenty years from now, that might be the feature improvement we remember the most from yesterday's show.
Also there's a calculator for iPad which is a huge deal considering how useful those devices are in the educational space. It looks a bit like the calculator in Gnome.