It seems that Apple’s software quality issues are getting more and more attention. After the article by Marco Arment surfaced and caused a stir, noted software designer Craig Hockenberry decided to add his thoughts on his blog. Here’s a excerpt:
The reasons Marco’s piece got a lot of initial attention was because the basic message resonated with a lot of people in our community. But as usual, idiots with ulterior motives twisted the original message to suit their own purposes.
The good news is that none of the problems us geeks are seeing are show stoppers. We’re not complaining about software quality because things are completely broken. There’s still a lot to love about OS X and iOS.
But this good news is also bad news. Our concerns come from seeing the start of something pernicious: our beloved platform is becoming harder to use because of a lot of small software failures.
It’s literally a death by a thousand tiny little cuts.
One of the strengths of Apple is their software development community. Many of them have stood by the company in thick and thin. The fact that they’re now starting to call Apple out publicly should worry Tim Cook and company enough that they need to do everything possible to turn this ship around. Otherwise, they may find that they have developers jumping ship. Plus how people view the quality of their software will deteriorate.
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Another Noted Software Designer Has Something To Say About Apple’s Software Quality
It seems that Apple’s software quality issues are getting more and more attention. After the article by Marco Arment surfaced and caused a stir, noted software designer Craig Hockenberry decided to add his thoughts on his blog. Here’s a excerpt:
The reasons Marco’s piece got a lot of initial attention was because the basic message resonated with a lot of people in our community. But as usual, idiots with ulterior motives twisted the original message to suit their own purposes.
The good news is that none of the problems us geeks are seeing are show stoppers. We’re not complaining about software quality because things are completely broken. There’s still a lot to love about OS X and iOS.
But this good news is also bad news. Our concerns come from seeing the start of something pernicious: our beloved platform is becoming harder to use because of a lot of small software failures.
It’s literally a death by a thousand tiny little cuts.
One of the strengths of Apple is their software development community. Many of them have stood by the company in thick and thin. The fact that they’re now starting to call Apple out publicly should worry Tim Cook and company enough that they need to do everything possible to turn this ship around. Otherwise, they may find that they have developers jumping ship. Plus how people view the quality of their software will deteriorate.
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