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This week @mfirdaus and I talk about this week’s WWDC 2011. We will split this in 3 parts: Lion, iOS5 and iCloud as the discussion got pretty long. If you want to watch the video of the keynote click here but also do check out Justin Lee’s keypoint summary of the keynote or just refer to Apple’s what’s new section for their info about Lion.
Show Notes for WWDC 2011 Keynote on Lion
- Bringing iOS to desktop: Trying to convert PC users using iOS devices to a Mac
- User Interaction Changes
- Multi touch gestures
- Reverse scrolling, Smooth zooming. Scroll bars no longer unless scroll (iOS-like behaviours)
- Emphasis on fullscreen app support (more for developers: OS supports fullscren better )
- Launchpad: iOS-like launcher for apps
- Mission Control: Can see everything in other spaces. Can manage spaces easier.
- Airdrop: File sharing done easy/right for intranet (transfers encrypted)
- Document versioning & Auto Save
- Could be big for consumers and offices.
- But will work with only iWork or all apps? (app needs to implement or an OS native feature)
- Visual comparison similar to Time Machine interface: Can actually view old document to copy and paste
- No need to manually save: new save as a new version
- Delta saving so it saves only the changes (to save space)
- Resume: Saving of program state: inspectors, window position automatically saved and restored when application reopened
- Apps / MacStore
- Delta Update
- In-app purchases
- Push Notifications
- Apps install on all authorized comps: Buy once, deploy to all authorized computers. Good for consumers
- New Mail app with updates
- 250+ new features
- Mostly are incremental
- Some notable ones:
- Full Disk Encryption
- Quicktime: merge and rotate videos
- Quicktime: record selected region
- Price: USD$30. ~4GB only available on the Mac Store