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
