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Re: iPhone IOS7 design philospphy coming to OS-X

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On 4/9/14 3:44 PM, 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-group
>> -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.
> 

Personally, I cannot stand the look or feel of IOS 7. It appears to be the
design and thought of a kindergartner just learning to draw and put thoughts
together. What drew me to OS-X was the "dimensionality" of the interface. If
it gets any more like IOS 7, I will stay away. My .02...

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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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