You could convince me that macOS Sonoma was iOS.

macOS Sonoma’s public beta is live and continues the ‘continuity’ trend Apple has been pushing for the past few years.

  • kirklennon
    39•1 year ago

    But in case that wasn’t enough of an iPhone vibe for you, the other big update that comes with this public beta is that you can now put widgets on your desktop. Widgets! … Now, this is neat. It also strikes me as one of those iOS carryovers that doesn’t make a whole lot of sense on a computer.

    Is the writer even aware that Apple first introduced widgets in 1984 as “Desk Accessories”? This isn’t an iOS thing that carried over to the Mac; it’s a Mac thing that went through a lot of iterations over the years, migrated to iOS, and then came back to the Mac in a form that’s almost exactly the same as when they were originally introduced decades ago.

    • redcalcium
      9•1 year ago

      Man, I do miss those old dashboard widgets. Does this means we would get something similar back? If each space can have different widgets, that would be even better.

    • @[email protected]
      5•1 year ago

      Not to be a crusty old man or anything, but I see this more and more in tech journalism. Which makes sense, I’m getting older and the journalists are younger. Tech is a "young " scene. but there is no collective memory. Anything that existed before the writer was old enough to be aware of it simply doesn’t exist. I’ve read articles about how Facebook messenger was “the first instant messenger” as if we didn’t have IRC, ICQ, or AIM back in the day (and older ones I’m sure). Or how TikTok is successful because it’s the first platform ever to bring short form video to the masses (completely forgetting Vine). Or even here, on Lemmy, about how the fediverse is something new - the first time there is decentralized discussing (ignoring USENET for example). On one hand it’s maddening that people don’t do their homework or have knowledge, but at the same time I recognize that I am completely guilt of being blind to tech before my time as well.

      I enjoy collecting cassette tapes and VHS classics. I work in big tech all day and I like the retro stuff in my downtime. Found some video tapes thrifting this last weekend and the gen-z cashier asked me what they were and were surprised there were movies on these. So I get it.

    • @[email protected]English
      4•1 year ago

      While reading the article I was wondering that haven’t desktop widgets been around for ages already.

    • @chacklEnglish
      4•1 year ago

      I remember seeing Dashboard and thinking it was the coolest thing ever.