brentsimmons
brentsimmons
I can’t help but wonder if — given equivalent knowledge of UIKit and AppKit — iOS development isn’t harder now than Mac app development. At least for some kinds of apps. Mac apps don’t have to deal with size classes, safe area insets, two very different classes of devices, getting kill... inessential.com
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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@brentsimmons I'm not convinced the interaction model (direct via touch and voice) can ever be as powerful as the well-established indirect model. Instead, it feels like a transition; that if there is a "Minority Report" future for tech, it might be an evolution of the current touch-based model but it is nowhere near the stage wherein we get the sheer power and near-endless possibilities of the established computing interaction model quite literally at our fingertips.

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SimonWoods
SimonWoods

@brentsimmons (a second attempt, this time maybe with words that make some sort of sense)

I agree and think this was inevitable, since the interaction model is limited and so the software has to bend over backwards for even the simplest thing. As compared to the indirect model, where you can build things together and more easily make both simple and complicated software. For this reason I think the current form of touch-and-voice is a transitional step when compared to the rock-steady finality of text-and-cursor.

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gerwitz
gerwitz

@brentsimmons does SwiftUI bring you any (distant) hope?

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