113: Qualified Yeses

iOhYes

John and Darryl recap and grade their WWDC wish-lists and discuss changes to the Human Interface Guidelines for iOS.

WWDC Wishlist Scorecard

John

• Get serious about home automation, maybe make Apple TV an automation hub (Half Credit)
• Siri as a Service (3rd party integration) (Yes)
• Refactoring for Swift (in Xcode) (No)
• Announce date to sunset Obj-C (No)
• Xcode for iPad Pro (Half Credit)

Darryl

• More voice command vocabulary. Something like AppleScript (Half Credit)
• Make Buttons Great Again (Quarter Credit)
• Better accessibility hierarchy visualization tools built into Xcode (Three Quarters Credit)
• Additional accessibility tools for checking things like color contrast. (TBD)
• Improved dynamic font API (Yes, but not what I’d hoped for)
• Upgrade pricing/trials (No: but we got clarification on subscriptions on The Talk Show)
• Faster watch app loading. A way of deferring the most expensive parts? (Yes!)
• Simulators and Xcode bots for Linux? (Lol)

iOS 10 HIG Changes

• Widgets
  • Available on “Search” and above “Quick Action List” when you 3D touch an icon on Home screen
  • Panning/Scrolling not supported
  • Avoid backgrounds / no background images
  • Allow jump to app, but no “Open App” button. Allow interaction via content
• Messages
  • Can now integrate with Message by providing a messaging extension
  • Content with Focus and Value
  • Constrained space
  • Simple/Intuitive interface
• Integration with Siri
  • Don’t
    • Advertise
    • Impersonate Siri
  • Do
    • Minimize visual/touch interactions
    • Respond quickly
    • Take people directly to content
    • Improve accuracy via custom vocabulary
    • Provide example requests
• Expanded Notifications
  • Detail view
  • Actions that make sense
  • There be dragons, destructive actions

Picks

Darryl

• Auto Adjusting Fonts for Dynamic Type
• Build Phase

John

• Audio-Technica ATH-ANC7B QuietPoint Active Noise-Cancelling Closed-Back Headphones - Wired

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