Apple under Jobs was a design company. Apple under Cook is not. The difference is stark.
At best, Apple is coasting on decades-old designs; at worst, Apple is wrecking those designs. Jobs had an eye for UI details, whereas Cook doesnāt care about that, and his āleadershipā has infected the entire company.
Jobs was far from perfect, but thereās so much shit Apple ships today that Jobs would call half-baked garbage. https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/113148867549129796
In case you missed it yesterday:
New, on Morrick.āāme ā Itās Lowtime - Observations on Appleās September event: https://morrick.me/archives/9864
Does anyone remember how cute the Just Landed app was? I think it went offline in 2016 but around 2012 (?) and 2014, it was so awesome! I loved the animations and the cartoonish images depicting the current status.
Donāt get me wrong, I looooove Flighty, but I felt the UX of Just Landed was sooooo good!
You can see how a pill shape count-badge keeps everything much more uniform... it used to be like this but @sandropennisi's new gorgeous app has them too (and his app looks so, so nice with them).
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