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Re:Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Me... by DidYaWipe on Monday March 03, 2025 @06:47PM (#43248275)
And that also raises a huge issue: The problem isn't just functional defects, but also design defects and regressions. The new Settings panel is pretty much universally hated, from all the feedback I've seen. Apple is spending time dicking around with things that already worked and that will not drive sales through changes... so WTF? This faffing points to a major priority-setting problem within the firm.

Look at the state of Xcode, a tool that's fundamental to the iPhone's appeal. Every developer knows that this thing needs a massive rewrite. The word is that nobody within Apple even understands it thoroughly anymore, so it's way past time to strap it on and build a modern tool from the ground up that's maintainable, instead of slapping band-aids on Project Builder indefinitely. Come on, Apple, you can afford to throw resources at this for a year and just get it DONE.

Meanwhile, Apple is letting open, "urgent" QA personnel requisitions sit unfilled for YEARS. We can all see the results.

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Re:Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Me... by pasc1878 on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @04:11AM (#43252257)
Go back to Project Builder :)
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Re:Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Me... by eszed on Tuesday March 04, 2025 @08:29AM (#43254288)
> The new Settings panel is pretty much universally hated

Data-point of one, but: the new Settings panel is very much appreciated by the non-technical users I support, because it approximates the iPhone settings panel they're accustomed to. Personally, I hate it, but I also like that my colleagues are better able to discover and make changes for themselves. I figure learning new tech is a core part of my job description (but not theirs), so my frustration counts for less than their comfort, so I suck it up.

Xcode, however? I completely agree with you there.

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Re:Apple's Software Quality Crisis: When Premium Hardware Me... by mung on Wednesday March 05, 2025 @05:03AM (#43264844)
Bit late to this thread, but you mention their design defects which bother the shit out of me. It’s been this way a long time now, but I hate, absolutely HATE how they changed save as (cmd+shift+s) to duplicate document in some of their apps. And then you close the duplicated document because that is not what you wanted, and it asks you if you really want to delete it. Delete what? It does not exist on the file system! I know one might say that technically it does or something because of versioning or some shit… the way every other OS and non-Apple app works was not broken. And I dont know anyone who likes pasting in text formatting as a default. MS broke that too. Why would ya change the functionality of an existing keyboard shortcut?
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