113: Qualified Yeses

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 Alternative show title suggestions Stuck in my craw Return of bezels Cocoa-isims I hate you I’m not a fun person