#Trials frontier pour iphone mac os x
#Trials frontier pour iphone mac

The actual scrolling is done by flicking your finger as if the entire screen is a big plank of wood floating on the water. For example, there’s this vestigial little scrolling thing on the side of some screens (see, I was going to say “windows”), but it appears to simply be a visual indicator of scroll position. Yes, there are features that look and act sort of like the traditional GUI widgets from desktop OSes. There are no windows, no close/minimize/zoom widgets, no checkboxes, no radio buttons, no scroll bars, no nothing. That is what struck me the most once the actual iPhone demos started. The iPhone is not just a new platform, it’s an entirely new set of rules for interface design.

#Trials frontier pour iphone mac

What was once alien and intimidating becomes welcoming, and a whole new platform opens up to the Mac developer community.īut the second thing that attracts developers to the iPhone is more profound, and it explains a lot of the anxiety surrounding iPhone development.

#Trials frontier pour iphone mac os x

The first is the obvious: Mac developers who know Mac OS X APIs can transfer that knowledge directly to iPhone development. The instant desire to write an iPhone application can be explained by two things. And who knows what crazy Pixo OS this iPhone thing is running anyw-…Holy crap, it runs OS X! Must…develop…iPhone…app! I (actually) worked for Palm for a while and saw what developing for phones is like. But I’m (vicariously, remember) a Mac developer, not a “phone developer,” whatever that is.

Maybe, just maybe, in the back of my mind I was considering what it would be like to write an application for the iPhone. The anticipation about a widescreen iPod had been building for a while, and I was curious to know what Apple’s take on a phone UI would look like. The timeline of my reaction during the announcement mirrors the first 35 seconds or so of the video. This is often my mindset while watching Apple keynotes, and was the case during the iPhone announcement. Although I’m not a Mac developer, I am a programmer by trade, and as a Mac enthusiast I have little trouble putting myself in the shoes of a Mac developer. (Too bad ' AMV' is taken.) The video was a bit obscure, but I still think it’s on target.

Right after the iPhone announcement, I tried to sum up the developer reaction in the form of an Apple Music Video. Truthfully, only a little, but I still think it’s worth saying. At this point, you may be wondering what’s left to say about the iPhone that hasn’t already been said. Okay, so I’m a few months late, but at least I’m getting this out before the thing’s released.