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The Content-Dearth Edition Friday, March 29, 2024

‘2023 MLS Cup Highlights’: 5-Minute Apple Immversive Video For Vision Pro Debuts Tonight, by John Gruber, Daring Fireball

Perhaps the single most surprising aspect of Apple’s launch plan for Vision Pro is the relative dearth of original immersive content.

Apple Notifying WWDC 2024 Swift Student Challenge Winners, by Juli Clover, MacRumors

Students who entered the WWDC 2024 coding challenge can today sign in to Apple's Swift Student Challenge website to find out if they've won. Apple has selected 350 winners, who are eligible to attend the ‌WWDC 2024‌ special event at Apple Park on Monday, June 10.

There are 50 Distinguished Winners who will be invited to Cupertino for a three-day ‌Apple Park‌ event that will include the keynote meetup and two additional days of opportunities to interface with Apple engineers.

Coming Soon?

Apple Plans New iPad Pro For May As Production Ramps Up Overseas, by Mark Gurman, Bloomberg

Apple Inc.’s overseas suppliers have ramped up production of the company’s long-anticipated new iPads and a launch is planned for early May, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

The release will center on revamped versions of the iPad Pro and iPad Air, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans aren’t public. As Bloomberg News has previously reported, the Pro models will get crisper new OLED displays — short for organic light-emitting diode — while the iPad Air will get a 12.9-inch screen option for the first time.

Develop

Our Apple Sports Design Critique, by Sam Gold, Lickability

A few weeks ago, Apple did a surprise announcement of Apple Sports, a new app for sports fans. We do internal design critiques quite often, but we noticed a few things worth mentioning for designers and developers thinking about modern iOS design practices.

This app remixes stock UI components in really interesting ways. We once heard someone say, “design your app for the current iOS version + 1.” So with that lens, we’ve been looking at what the design of Apple Sports can tell us about iOS 18.

Notes

iOS 17’s Creepy-Sounding ‘Discoverable By Others’ Journaling Setting Isn’t Actually Creepy, by John Gruber, Daring Fireball

When describing features like this, Apple ought to presume that the user is assuming the worst.

Apple Sues Former Employee For Leaking iPhone's Journal App And More, by Joe Rossignol, MacRumors

The lawsuit alleges that over a five-year period, Aude used his Apple-issued work iPhone to leak information about more than a half-dozen Apple products and policies, including its then-unannounced Journal app and Vision Pro headset, product development policies, strategies for regulatory compliance, employee headcounts, and more.

Bottom of the Page

Today, I learnt that AppIntent is not too difficult. Onwards to widgets!

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