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I-Apple maduze izoshiya esinye sezisebenzi ezibalulekile zeminyaka yakamuva, inhloko yokwakhiwa kwesoftware uGreg Christie. Ngokusho kweseva, ziyisizathu sokuhamba kwakhe 9 ku5Mac ukungezwani isikhathi eside no-Chief Design Officer uJony Ive. Manje usezokwazi ukuqinisa iqhaza lakhe ngaphakathi enkampanini. Kodwa-ke, kukhona nolwazi lokuthi ukuhamba kukaChristie kwakuhlelwe isikhathi eside futhi isisebenzi sakhe sesikhathi eside sizoshiya i-Apple kuphela ekupheleni konyaka.

Njengesekela likamongameli we-software design (ngokunembile, isixhumi esibonakalayo somuntu), u-Greg Christie wayephethe uhlangothi olubonakalayo lwawo wonke umugqa womkhiqizo. Wengamele ukuklanywa kwezinhlelo zokusebenza nezicelo ze-Mac, i-iPhone ne-iPad, futhi indima yakhe yayingeyona neze indiva. Lokhu kuqinisekiswa futhi i-blogger eyaziwayo uJohn Gruber: "Ithonya lakhe kumlingiswa we-OS X ne-iOS (okungenani ngaphambi kwenguqulo 7) laliyisisekelo ngempela." uyabhala kuwebhusayithi yakho I-Fireball ehluphayo.

Ukubaluleka kwayo kwavezwa yi-Apple uqobo, evamisile ukukhuluma nabasebenzi bayo. “UGreg uhamba ngemva kweminyaka ecishe ibe ngu-20. Ngaleso sikhathi, ube nesandla ekuthuthukisweni kwemikhiqizo eminingi futhi wahlanganisa iqembu lokuqala labaklami bezinhlelo zokusebenza abasebenze eduze noJony iminyaka eminingi, "kusho inkampani esitatimendeni. Izikhathi Zezezimali. kuMathewu Panzarin we I-TechCrunch Isikhundla sika-Apple asikaphumeleli andisa. "UGreg uhlele ukuthatha umhlalaphansi ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kulo nyaka ngemuva kweminyaka engama-20 e-Apple," kusho umkhulumeli wesifazane.

Yilolu lwazi mayelana nomcimbi ohleliwe oveza ukukhanya okuhlukile ngokuhamba kukaChristie, osebenze e-Apple kusukela ngo-1996. Ngokusho kwemithombo ye-9to5Mac engashiwongo ngamagama, ubudlelwano obungebuhle phakathi kwakhe nesikhulu sokuklama kwa-Apple uJony Ive yibo okufanele basolwe, kodwa iTechCrunch ithi ukuhamba kukaChristie bekwaziwa ngaphakathi enkampanini amasonto futhi kuhlelelwe isikhathi eside.

Kucatshangelwa ukuthi izizathu zokuhamba kuka-Christie kungenzeka kube ukungaboni ngaso linye mayelana nendlela yokuklama ebonakalayo yesistimu entsha yokusebenza ye-iOS 7, lapho u-Ive bekufanele ashaye indiva izikhundla zenkampani futhi azifundise ithimba likaChristie ngokwakhe. Kodwa-ke, le nkinga engase ibe khona manje izonyamalala ngoba ngemva kokuhamba komphathi wakhe, ithimba likaChristie lizophendula ngokuqondile kuJony Ive, hhayi kuCraig Federighi, njengoba sekwenzekile kuze kube manje.

Imithelela esebenzayo yesimo ngaphakathi kwe-Apple icacile: U-Jony Ive uzoqinisa isikhundla sakhe futhi umklamo uzoba ngaphansi kokulawula kwakhe ngokuphelele. Lokhu kungase kube kuhle ekuthuthukisweni okuqhubekayo, njengoba uChristie, owayesebenze isikhathi eside ngaphansi kukaScott Forstall, kwakufanele abe ummeli we-plastic and skeuomorphic design, u-Ive, ngakolunye uhlangothi, azama ukuyiqeda lapho ethatha isikhundla. indima entsha yenhloko yokuklama.

Kodwa kungakhathaliseki ukuthi u-Ive noChristie babethi banezindlela ezihlukene zokuklama noma cha, isizathu esiyinhloko sokusuka kwalaba bamuva akufanele kube ukungezwani kwabo. Nakuba kwakukhona ukungqubuzana kwemibono phakathi kuka-Ive noChristie, okungokwemvelo, akuzange kube khona ukungqubuzana okuvulekile, futhi ukuhamba kukaChristie kuwumphumela wohlelo lwesikhathi eside. Ngemva kweminyaka eyishumi nesishiyagalombili, u-Christie kufanele alahlekelwe umthwalo oqondile futhi ahlale e-Apple futhi asebenze "kumaphrojekthi akhethekile" ngaphambi kokuhamba kahle, njengoba kwenza uBob Mansfield.

Kodwa-ke, isimemezelo sokuhamba kukaChristie siza ngokuxakayo ngemuva kobufakazi bakhe phambi kwenkantolo ku-Apple vs. Samsung lapho wafakaza ngokubaluleka kwelungelo lobunikazi elithi "slide-to-unlock", futhi nangemva kokuba u-Apple emkhiphile ukuze akhulume mayelana nokuthuthukiswa kwe-iPhone yokuqala. Nakuba ukuhamba kukaChristie kungeke kwenzeke ngokushesha, ngeke kusaba nomthelela onjalo ekuthuthukisweni kwenguqulo entsha yesistimu yokusebenza ye-OS X, okuthi ngokusho kolwazi lwakamuva kube noshintsho olubalulekile lokuklama ehlobo, okuzogqugquzelwa i-flat iOS 7 ka-Ive. Okungenani ukudluliswa kwengxenye kokubukeka kwe-iOS 7 ku-Mac akukho ngaphandle kombuzo, futhi isibonelo, uhlelo lokusebenza olusanda kwethulwa lungabonisa indlela entsha. Ibhokisi leposi. Futhi njengoba uJohn Gruber esho: valelisa Lucida ubukhulu.

Umthombo: 9 ku5Mac, FT, I-Fireball ehluphayo, I-TechCrunch
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