353: WWDC 2020

Design Details

This week, we go deep down the WWDC rabbit hole to dissect the latest design details coming from Apple HQ. We also share our spicy takes on the new macOS icons in this week's sidebar.

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In this week's Sidebar, we share our hot takes on the latest macOS Big Sur icons, digging into the visual style, what this means for the platform, and what parts we expect to change before the final release.

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Follow-up:

• Steffen Kotschi shared ibm.com/able, a great accessibility toolkit from IBM.

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Tweets:

• Jasmine Jones enjoyed the latest episode with Maurice Cherry. We are always open to guest recommendations.
• Ahmed noticed the off-by-one podcast episode counts in Apple Podcasts. It kills us, too.
  • PS: Use Pocket Casts

WWDC 2020:

• If you missed it, the WWDC 2020 website has everything you need to catch up.
• iOS 14
• iPadOS 14
• watchOS 7
• macOS 11 Big Sur
• MKBHD's interview with Craig Federighi is great - and they kind of answer the minimal-Siri UI question. We're not totally satisfied.
• This Apple Newton demo from 1993 was 27 years ahead of its time.
• iOS 14 revealed that TikTok was reading the pasteboard every 3 seconds
• Now is the time to learn SwiftUI

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Cool Things:

• Brian shared Uicard, a pocket-friendly wireframing ruler. It's a kickstarter for now, but just passed their goal - if you want one, get in on that early-bird deal!
• Marshall shared all the WWDC session talks he recommends ya'll to watch:
  • Design
    • Design for iPad
    • Adapt the new look of macOS
    • Design with iOS pickers, menus, and actions
    • Design for the iPadOS pointer
    • Make your app visually accessible
    • Design great widgets
    • SF Symbols 2
    • The details of UI typography
  • Development
    • Platforms State of the Union
    • What’s New in Swift
    • Introduction to SwiftUI
    • What’s New in SwiftUI
    • Stacks, Grids, and Outlines in SwiftUI
    • App accessibility for Switch Control
    • Data Essentials in SwiftUI
    • Advances in UICollectionView
    • Add custom views and modifiers to the Xcode Library
    • Widget Code-along

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