![]() And they would have been able to do great work in any other (even generic) office building. Apple did great work already before they moved to this temple. Lately much of his time was spent on Apple Campus and while that might be important for Apple as a company looking for a monument (and possibly some of their employees), to us customers and users it is not. Jony Ive’s best days have gone by (maybe to really shine he needed Steve’s guiding hand?). You TidBITS folks are right on the money. But I haven’t seen any think differenting from Apple in terms of design in a long time and it would be refreshing for the company to go after that brass ring again. And of course, radical design changes are always a risk-sometimes they turn out to be terrible, as with the round Mac Pro. Gruber’s concern that the designers are now reporting to the COO is spot on. The question is if Apple will be able to replace him with someone who will once again want to stand out from the crowd, and if Apple’s executive team will see that as important. And regardless, it’s a done deal-he wanted to go, which might have been an indication that he was bored at Apple too. These are just my opinions, but they’re some of the reasons I’m not at all sad to see Ive leave. I hate the bulky size, and I hate how slippery they are, forcing the use of a case that makes them even larger and more unwieldy. When it comes to the iPhones, I continue to absolutely hate having the side button opposite the volume buttons, so it’s nearly impossible to press one and not the other. I guess the iMac Pro falls somewhere in the middle, but neither it nor the Mac Pros are exactly mainstream. But apart from the debacle that was the round Mac Pro and the upcoming Mac Pro (where the jury hasn’t yet had a chance to meet), the industrial design of Macs in particular has at best evolved in tiny ways (MacBook Air, Mac mini, both very slowly to boot) or stagnated entirely (27-inch iMac). ![]() There’s no question his earlier work under Jobs was innovative and forward-thinking, and in more recent years, the Apple Watch was very well done. Just look at iOS 7, which tons of people couldn’t even see because of all the thin gray type. I’d argue that under Ive, usability testing completely disappeared at Apple. It’s the sole reason I’m still using a 2012 MacBook Air. And the butterfly keyboard is, as I edited Josh’s original to say, a train wreck. Typing on the glass keyboard is incredibly slow and error-prone, so much so that it drives many people to Siri’s haphazard dictation. Keyboards are in fact one of thing that’s been terrible under Ive. Some will mourn Ive’s departure, but it’s better to see it as a golden opportunity for Apple to chart a new direction in design.Įveryone is entitled to their opinion, certainly, but I think it’s safe to say that we’re not nearly as big fans of Ive’s recent work as you are. Reports have indicated that Ive has become less involved with the day-to-day work in recent years, and he has likely felt constrained by his position at Apple. John Gruber’s commentary at Daring Fireball echoes the post-Jobs wonkiness of Ive’s designs. Worse, Apple’s fetish for thinness under Ive has driven unpopular technical decisions, such as the loss of the headphone jack on iPhones, the need for many MacBook users to carry dongles, and most notably, the train wreck that is the butterfly keyboard (see “ Apple Updates MacBook Pros with 8-core Processors and a Keyboard Fix(?),” ). His departure, particularly following that of Angela Ahrendts (see “ Apple Retail Chief Angela Ahrendts Leaving in April,” 7 February 2019), will undoubtedly send heads spinning, which is why Apple was quick to point out that it would be one of the primary clients of Ive’s new company.Īlthough Ive was largely responsible for the design of ground-breaking products like the original iMac, iPod, and iPhone, design flops like the iPod Hi-Fi, round Mac Pro, Magic Mouse 2, and first-generation Apple Pencil also occurred during his tenure. In the wake of the death of Steve Jobs, Ive and his designs were seen as a key factor in Apple’s continued success. #1656: Passcode thieves lock iCloud accounts, the apps Adam uses, iPhoto and Aperture library conversion in VenturaĪpple has announced that Chief Design Officer Jony Ive will leave Apple later this year to form an independent design company, which the Financial Times reports will be called LoveFrom.#1657: A deep dive into the innovative Arc Web browser.#1658: Rapid Security Responses, NYPD and industry standard AirTag news, Apple's Q2 2023 financials.#1659: Exposure notifications shut down, cookbook subscription service, alarm notification type proposal, Explain XKCD.#1660: OS updates for sports and security, Drobo in bankruptcy, why TidBITS doesn't cover rumors.
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