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Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X

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In article <5345b125$0$33459$c3e8da3$9deca2c3@news.astraweb.com>, JF
Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> wrote:
> >
> > http://9to5mac.com/2014/04/09/jony-ive-shakes-up-apples-software-design-grou
> > p-iphone-interface-creator-greg-christie-departing/
> 
> This is an article about Jony Ive ousting Greg Christie who was the
> Human Interface VP and moving that staff under his own industrial design
> organisation. (in effect building his own empire instead of cooperating)
> 
> In that article is the revelation that OS-X 10.10 will adopt the "flat"
> user interface introduced in IOS-7.
> 
> Goodbye buttons, hello 1980s's Lynx look with light blue text indicating
> a clickable item.  "Back to MAC" still alive and well, unfortunatly.
> 
> More importantly, either Tim Cook is allowing Ive to become the next
> Steve Jobs with control over all products, or Tim Cook isn't a good CEO
> and can't manage internal wars and alloing empire building by Ive who is
> becoming too important to fire ("too big to fail" in banking terms)
> 
> The thought has begun to cross my mind that perhaps it is time to fire
> Ive now before he wrecks all of Apple with internal power fights and
> gains so much control that he can't manage it all.
> 
> It was credible that they fired Forstall because he couldn't work with
> Ive. But if a trend starts that a lot of people are being fired because
> they can't work with Ive, perhaps the problem isn't wirth those people
> but rather with Ive.

Johnny Ive is a hardware designer ... he hasn't got the first clue
about software design, and it shows. He shouldn't be allowed anywhere
near iOS or OS X. The "fame" has obviously gone to his head.  :-(

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iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-09 16:44 -0400
  Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-04-09 21:33 +0000
    Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X billy@MIX.COM - 2014-04-10 06:15 +0000
  Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-10 09:34 +1200
    Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-09 18:24 -0400
      Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-09 18:37 -0400
        Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2014-04-10 20:23 +0200
          Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-10 15:18 -0400
  Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-09 21:06 -0400
  Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X George Kerby <ghost_topper@hotmail.com> - 2014-04-12 10:12 -0500
    Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> - 2014-04-13 10:12 +1200
      Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X Alan Browne <alan.browne@FreelunchVideotron.ca> - 2014-04-12 18:33 -0400
      Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@vaxination.ca> - 2014-04-12 19:12 -0400

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