Apple outs guidelines for creating iOS apps to go with its "Your First iOS App" manual

1. ilia1986 posted on 20 Feb 2012, 06:46 1 1

That's an interesting read. Particularly the "Design with the user in mind" part. However - what Apple forgets is the fact that the PC is a sandbox. There can be no uniform way of making apps in the long run, because the PC has infinite possibilities and infinite capacity for creation.

I understand what Apple is trying to do - and what their goal is - however - the price to pay is innovation, and freedom of choice taken from the end user.

PCs - be it phones, tablets or even mainframes - nowadays all offer a GUI - graphic user interface. And that GUI - especially when it comes to such intimate PC forms as phones - is very much a part of ourselves. And if we can't shape it and fit it to look and feel exactly as we want - there is some definite frustration to be had here.

It's like Photoshop. Imagine that instead of all the freedom you are given in Photoshop - you have instead only what MS Painter offers. That would be horrible, now wouldn't it?