The way the presenters are so excited and happy comes off as so fake. It's increasingly obvious the amount of money these people are getting paid is buying their excitement. There's no way people are naturally so excited about these features. Feels almost like a dystopian novel watching this. Am I alone in this feeling? What are your guys thoughts of the Keynote?
by kratom_sandwich on 6/24/20, 8:43 AM
As a wannabe power user, my impressions are:
> The presentation itself was kind of weird. From Apple, I would have expected something more elegant, less over the top, less humorous
> I'm very fond of the Steve Jobs analogy that computers are "bicycles for our minds". I have the feeling that Apple is adding training wheels to my bike rather than something useful like a suspension, a luggage rack or new lights.
The Touchbar is still there, there are no new (big?) functions in the operating system, I am personally not a fan of the redesign and buttons that only appear "when you need them" seem impractical. I believe that in one sentence, Craig echoed what the community has dreaded: Macs are degraded to development tools for iOS and the like.
by soulchild37 on 6/23/20, 9:01 AM
I feel ya, I am getting really disappointed that Apple decide to throwaway usability/accessibility of macOS in pursuit of more iOS-like design language. I can't even read the text on the menu bar clearly, had to zoom in and lower contrast of my screen.
by unsignedchar on 6/23/20, 5:18 AM
The lack of applause made all that enthusiasm sound really weird. A few times Craig sounded like he was going to pause for applause and then checked himself.
by jasonv on 6/23/20, 5:05 AM
I really enjoyed it. First keynote in a few years I’ve watched all the way through.
I liked the production, too.
by mickelsen on 6/23/20, 1:54 AM
Yeah, as plastic as a Samsung Galaxy launch keynote. Craig is authentic, but his style doesn't follow the aesthetic nor the cadence implemented now. The last good Apple conference for me was about 5 years ago.
by elevenoh on 6/22/20, 8:01 PM
How on earth would one verify apple's privacy claims?
e.g. is biometric data ending up on apple servers
Does the iPhone's secure enclave processor make verifying such near impossible?
by duxup on 6/23/20, 4:46 AM
Most people aren't good presenters....so in that way it seems pretty authentic presentation wise.
by dtroit101 on 6/22/20, 7:24 PM
Also, the iOS redesign looks like Windows Phone Tiles. Just sayin'...
by cJ0th on 6/23/20, 6:02 PM
pretty microsoft-ish in my opinion.
by CarerraSonjah on 6/23/20, 1:55 AM
It looks like Terminator I , except for the missing Iguana. Or barney t-shirt. Otherwise it's pretty This Topian, yes.
by Vomzor on 6/23/20, 1:37 AM
It’s way too fake and polished.
They should just let Craig do the whole show, he’s way more natural and at ease. But then people would whine about there being no diversity so we got a lot of random women instead.