We just got a truckload of Macworld information dumped on us from our best source. As we piece it together we'll trickle it out. The first big piece of information is that iWork is going into the Cloud. Not just storage, either. We are talking interface for Numbers, Pages and Keynote (which is going to see some interesting new templates and transition additions). Yes, the iWork applications are now going to be Web Applications.
This isn't a huge surprise as the industry (Google, Microsoft, Zoho) is heading in this direction. Questions remain that we'll try to get sorted ASAP. Will this work on iPhone/iPod touch? Will there be traditional apps that go along for offline access - or will this use Safari's new Offline DB/SproutCore framework functionality? Stay tuned...
Oh, and we've heard there is going to be some "Magic" involved. (Yes this is a clue)
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please let them finally add
please let them finally add the following to keynote:
- layers control (it drives me mad to re-stack everything as soon as i have multiple layers)
- allow to loop animations
just two additions, but with huge impact imo...
iPad
This clearly is done with the iPad in mind. Much more than any existing Mac.
I'm also pretty certain that current iPhone/iPod touch models will not be able to use these web applications. Simply because their minimum screen resolution requirement is likely 640x480 or 800x600.
I expect the iPad (supposedly comming this fall) will be the main user for these - allowing Apple to transition to a true 'NetPad' (rather than 'NetBook') which seamlessly blends local data and applications with data and applications on the web.
This will be a true 'Mobile Companion'.
I like the idea of
I like the idea of introducing more MobileMe options for iWork, but if they get rid of the stand alone applications that is going to be disappointing. Let's face it, the online applications Apple has already done are handy, but far from a desktop replacement.
if its half as good to use as
if its half as good to use as this itll be cool :http://280slides.com/
Tell us more
So what else is going on?? give more clues about the MAGIC thing!!! I can't wait!!
Not web-only
I can understand the iWork apps having a web interface, but there is no way the standalone applications will fail without Internet access.
In addition, I would be surprised if the web apps were this powerful.
If Apple are moving their own apps to a web interface and killing the desktop version, what does this say for third party software? Something about two feet short of doom, I expect.
So what else is going on??
So what else is going on?? give more clues about the MAGIC thing!!! I can't wait!!
Please, not web-only!
It would be a huge disappointment if Apple were to add the iWork suite to their Mobile Me service and discontinue upgrades to the offline iWork. I find MobileMe quite primitive and unreliable, especially compared to Google's webapps. I have subscribed to MobileMe mainly, if not exclusively, for iDisk access and sync. Webmail is awful and full of glitches,
So what else is going on??
So what else is going on?? give more clues about the MAGIC thing!!! I can't wait!!
So what else is going on??
So what else is going on?? give more clues about the MAGIC thing!!! I can't wait!!
So the truckload is being offloaded somewhere...?
Don't leave us hanging, let us know what you've got.
So what else is going on??
So what else is going on?? give more clues about the MAGIC thing!!! I can't wait!!
Why does Apple hate dial-up
Why does Apple hate dial-up users? First they took our built-in modems away. Then their Software Update downloads ballooned from 30MB to 300MB. Then they introduced iTunes Genius, which (for me) means a 90MB download every week. And now THIS??? I live in the woods in the middle of nowhere, I can't get broadband here at any price, I'm lucky if I can get a reliable 33.6kpbs on my 24" iMac. All it does is download -- 24/7/365 -- just trying to get caught-up. I would give my left nut for a 128K ADSL line but instead Apple gives me "The Cloud". Only I don't want "The Cloud" -- I want to hear my telephone ring for the first time in months!!!
You are an idiot!! Move out
You are an idiot!! Move out of the woods. Do you expect the technology staying the same just for your majesty. Go get a life. You are lucky that you can still find a dial up service. You should give your both nuts and then Apple might think about it. Idiot!!!
I think its you who needs to
I think its you who needs to get a life. I'll give up my 110/10 MB connection at any day if I could live in middle of nowhere. BTW. Technology sucks... Its for guys with bad looks and small penises.
Hey that is not nice. We are
Hey that is not nice. We are all Mac users here...
Maybe he has a really nice cottage by a lake or something.
Noob, if you like Apple and
Noob, if you like Apple and still want to be in the middle of the woods (maybe you like trees or something, I don't know....), there might be a solution...
Have you ever thought of using a satellite connection?
When I was in the dumps with my connection and couldn't get Comcast, I was on the verge of signing up with DirecWay for a dish....
Yes, they are a little pricey with $70 a month service and roughly ADSL level speeds, but you know what? They may just about be the thing you need to finally walk on the cloud(s)
Give it a thought....
Yuu can catch them anywhere in the US as long as there is a clearing in the trees.
You are the freakin Idiot!!!
I cannot believe that you the biggest fucking idiot here jumps all over this guy just because he lives in a rural area that does not have access to high end connections readily available. Not everyone has a high speed service at their fingertips at all times, some people travel to areas that do not have high speed accessible 24/7.
Secondly, what if you have a "high-speed" internet connection but the service drops out multiple times per day? Services like Comcast, Verizon, etc. do NOT guarantee the stability of those connections. Just because the service is supposed to be high speed does not mean that it is that way every single minute of the day, it would be a bitch to be working on a document and lose that data because the connection goes out.
Some assholes.......like yourself are so misinformed about technologies. Just because it is available in your city does not guarantee that it will be available at your particular street address. I had Verizon trying to sell me their Fios service for over six months, I finally called to find out what they could offer to my home and business. After 45 minutes, they had set me up for a tech to install the system, connect service, etc. Waited for 3 weeks to get them there, after 10 minutes out at their truck the come back to inform me that the particular development I live in cannot get the Fios service.
This is something that should have been known prior to me waiting and getting started on the order. Is Verizon to damn dumb to market people for months, annoying those who get these solicitations in the mail everyday or week. Promising such great service, telling us how bad the competing service companies are, etc. Yet they are too freakin stupid to do their own research internally to make sure that a particular home or business address can actually receive the services without taking the consumer's time up putting them thru all of that hassle and still not be able to provide.
Just my 2 cents!!!
I think you hate dialup
If I were you I'd disable genius and not connect to the "cloud" for anything not necessary to live. I can't even believe you posted on this site. It probably took you 10 minutes to load the pages.
If you are on dialup you need to work "offline".
Everyone HATES Dial-up Users
Many other PC Makers got rid of the Modem LONG before Apple did. I can understand if you don't have access to high speed (people in the middle of nowhere), how this would be frustrating, but if you have access to High Speed and haven't switched to it yet; all I can say is once you go High Speed, you don't go back.
You can always get DIRECTV
You can always get DIRECTV High-Speed Internet, so quit bitch'n and join the modern world.
http://www.mybluedish.com/
Apple isn’t about choice.
Apple isn’t about choice. Does Apple give us Blu-ray support?
Can I use an Apple program and burn my own HD disc from HD movies I have shot? Why not? iTunes/AppleTV that's why. If I don’t want to save my work on the cloud or keep software on my computer will I have that choice?
It's about money; they want to charge you for everything you do. every time you use a piece of software they want to charge you. every time you watch a movie or TV show in inferior so called HD quality, they want to charge you.
You’re driving me away Apple.
Apple doesn't give us Blu-ray
Apple doesn't give us Blu-ray support, because many people think it's never going to become mainstream. Why should Apple pay to license Blu-ray when clearly everything is heading to digitally stored files instead of some sort of optical storage disc?
Your question about burning movies doesn't make sense. Are you asking if you can make your own HD video discs to play on other computers or other DVD players or something? If so, you can do that. You just need to do some looking for the right software. iTunes and Apple TV would be no reason to prevent people from burning there own discs. If you were actually asking if Apple has a program to rip HD disc you already own onto your computer, then no they don't. Why? Because the Motion Picture Association of America will not allow the ripping of copy protected DVD's and Blu-ray discs. That's not Apple's choice.
Your argument that Apple wants to charge for everything is ridiculous. When you buy a Mac you get the entire iLife suite included. None of that stuff comes on Windows computers, with the exception of a newly added photo storing program. iLife includes a lot in case you don't know. Check out most PC's and you will have to search for these programs to buy or download them from the internet.
Please stop this flame
Please stop this flame war.
Everyone should highlight their post and follow the following keystrokes:
ctrl-fn-F2, right, down, "ser", right, "spe", right, down, enter
MobileMe Mail is terrible
They have proved with the MobileMe webmail UI that they are not capable of building a performant desktop app replacement web application. If this is the level of quality that the iWork cloud apps are going to be at then I wouldn't use them.
That's fine as long as I have
That's fine as long as I have the option of running them as Desktop Applications only.
Otherwise I'll be moving to a open source Office Suite.
Tried satellite?
If you are in such a remote location with dial-up being your 'only' solution, consider going satellite and you'll at least get around 500kbps or higher of a connection and will feel like you have been transported forward a century or two.
Just a thought.
woah wait- isnt snow leopard
woah wait-
isnt snow leopard not supposed to be pixel dependant? like wont it think of a line as a line and a circle as a circle instead of points arranged in a pattern?
if it was, not only would it make iwork compatible on all iphone/ipod touch models, but it would also mean that all apps in the app store would be compatible on an ipad and an iphone mini because it would not depend on resolution. (i know that the apps would have had to be reworked so that the code would display without dependance on pixels)
now im fairly new to this speculating thing and havent paid much attention to the snow leopard updates and info, so i could be wrong. however i remember this pixel independance thing and leopard in the same chapter of my brain.
cant wait to see.
"it make iwork compatible on
"it make iwork compatible on all iphone/ipod touch models"
Apple would have to write a separate application to go on the iPhone OS. The iPhone OS does not support windows as we understand them.
"all apps in the app store would be compatible on an ipad and an iphone mini"
No. Apps in the App Store, and indeed most Apple apps, were designed with assumptions about screen size in mind. The iPhone SDK simply does not allow anything else.
uniPaaS?
Did Apple buy the creators of uniPaaS to build their system, then?