June 12, 2016

WWDC 2016 Keynote wishlist

That time of the year again, when good boys and girls await to be told why our toys are better that everyone else’s — and if we’re lucky… we even get expensive new ones to buy!¹.

Here’s my wishlist for tomorrow’s event:

Software:

• macOS 12: I like the rumored new name, OS X / Mac OS X / MacOS X / 10.12.x was always very geeky.
  • More Window Management options: Allow 3+ apps in fullscreen, and not only vertical tiles.
  • Spotlight: Siri integration.
  • Notes: Speed improvement and easier creation of notes — let me add notes by dragging text jezz.
  • Photos: Bring more basic iPhoto functionality, especially automatically grouping by event.
  • iOS Apps: At least some easier path for iOS developers to brings their apps to the Mac.
• iOS 10:
  • Siri for 3rd parties.
    
  • Useful lock-screen for TocuhID: figure out a flow where I don’t have to touch home button with nail if I just want to see recent notifications.
  • Customisable Control Center.
  • Keyboard: two simultaneous languages and new autocorrect UI.
  • Photos: Google Photos level search.
  • Stable 3rd party keyboard APIS.
  • No autocorrect for hardware keyboards.
• watchOS 3:
  • Rethink the UI.
  • Custom watch-faces.
  • Less graphics, more speed.
  • Always on time.

Hardware:

• MacBook Pro
  • Faster, thinner, lighter.
  • 13in with 16GB of memory and 512GB of storage for $1799
• Siri Speakers
  • Great sound.
  • Modular: add additional speakers easily.
  • Apps: don’t have to AirPlay everything
  • Less than $200.

Likelihood of getting everything I want is very low, but wishing anything less wouldn’t be in the spirit of WWDC.

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1. And also tell everyone else why ours are better↩︎

Apple wishlist

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