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UDavid Pierce ovela kumagazini i-Wired ube nethuba lokukhuluma ngokuningiliziwe namadoda amabili abalulekile ngemuva kwento entsha elindelwe enophawu lwe-apula olulunyiwe - i-Apple Watch. Indoda yokuqala ebalulekile ngu-Alan Dye, umklami walokho okubizwa ngokuthi "i-interface yomuntu", umuntu wesibili obalulekile uKevin Lynch, iphini likamongameli wezobuchwepheshe we-Apple kanye nenhloko yesofthiwe ye-Apple Watch.

Sibe nethuba lokubona u-Kevin Lynch ngesikhathi senkulumo eyisihluthulelo, lapho "ebonisa" izici zomuntu ngamunye ze-Watch esiteji. U-Alan Dye akabonakali kakhulu ngemuva, kodwa umsebenzi wakhe ubungabalulekile kangako uma kuziwa ekuklameni indlela yokusebenzisana newashi. La madoda amabili aveza ukuthi i-Apple Watch isho ukuthini ngempela nokuthi kungani i-Apple inqume ukuklama iwashi ikakhulukazi.

Ukutholwa okungalindelekile kukaKevin Lynch

Kuyathakazelisa ukuthi lapho uKevin Lynch efika e-Apple, wayengazi ukuthi uzosebenza ngani. Ngaphezu kwalokho, umhlaba wonke wamangala ngokufika kwakhe evela e-Adobe. Ngempela, u-Lynch wayengomunye wabahleka usulu, egxeka esidlangalaleni uSteve Jobs kanye ne-iPhone ngokungakwazi kwayo ukudlala i-Flash. Ngisho ne-blogger uJohn Gruber uphawule ngokufika kwakhe ngokumangala. "U-Lynch uyisiwula, ukutholwa okubi," wabhala ngokwezwi nezwi.

Lapho uLynch efika enkampanini ekuqaleni kuka-2013, waphonswa ngokushesha esivunguvungwini sokuthuthukiswa komkhiqizo omusha. Futhi wathola ukuthi iphrojekthi yayingemuva ngaleso sikhathi. Kwakungekho software futhi kungekho prototypes esebenzayo yedivayisi. Kwakukhona ukuhlolwa kuphela. Iqembu elingemuva kwe-iPod lizame ukuhluka okuhlukile okubandakanya isondo lokuchofoza nokunye okunjalo. Nokho, okwakulindelwe yinkampani kwakucacile. U-Jony Ive ujube ithimba ukuthi lidale idivayisi eguqulayo edizayinelwe isihlakala somuntu.

Ngakho waqala umsebenzi ewashini. Kodwa-ke, bekungakacaci ukuthi umshini ogqoke isihlakala ubaluleke kangakanani nokuthi uzowuletha yiphi inqubekelaphambili. Indaba yokulawula nokusetshenziswa komsebenzisi nayo yayibalulekile. Futhi yileso sikhathi lapho u-Alan Dye, uchwepheshe walokho okubizwa ngokuthi "ukuxhumana komuntu", ngokuyisisekelo indlela idivayisi esabela ngayo kokokufaka komsebenzisi, engena endaweni yesehlakalo. "Isixhumi esibonakalayo somuntu" sihlanganisa umqondo jikelele wedivayisi nokulawula kwayo, okungukuthi isixhumi esibonakalayo somsebenzisi, kodwa futhi, isibonelo, izinkinobho zehadiwe.

U-Dye wajoyina i-Apple ngo-2006 futhi waba nomsebenzi ikakhulukazi embonini yemfashini. E-Cupertino, le ndoda yaqala ukusebenza esigabeni sokumaketha futhi yabamba iqhaza ekwakhiweni kokupakishwa komkhiqizo okuyisakhiwo sodumo manje okuyingxenye yemvelo ye-Apple. Ukusuka lapho, u-Dye wathuthela eqenjini elisebenza "esixhumi esibonakalayo somuntu".

Ukuzalwa komqondo we-Apple Watch

U-Jony Ive waqala ukuphupha nge-Apple Watch ngemva nje kokushona kukaSteve Jobs ngo-Okthoba 2011 futhi ngokushesha wabeka umbono wakhe ku-Dye neqembu elincane lozakwabo. Kodwa-ke, ngalesi sikhathi, abaklami babematasa kakhulu besebenza ku-iOS 7. Inguqulo yesikhombisa yesistimu yokusebenza yeselula ye-iPhone ne-iPad yayingeyona nje ukuhlelwa kabusha. Kwakungenye yezindlela zokuguqula i-Apple kanye noshintsho oluphelele lwesistimu yokusebenza ethandwayo ngaphansi kokuqondisa kukaJony Ivo, ngaleso sikhathi owayefika esihlalweni sobukhosi somklami ngokuphelele enkampanini. Udayi nethimba lakhe bekumele baphinde bacabange ngakho konke ukusebenzisana, ukugqwayiza nezici.

umakhi Saturday Night Live U-Lorne Michaels udume ngokugqugquzela abasebenzi ukuthi basebenze amahora amade ngokuhlanya ngoba ukholelwa ukuthi abantu baba nesibindi futhi babe nesibindi ngenxa yokukhathala okukhulu. Amafilosofi afanayo alandelwa ehhovisi lokuklama le-Apple. Njengoba ithimba lisebenza ekuqaliseni ukugqwayiza kohlelo lokusebenza noma Isikhungo Sokulawula esisha, izingxoxo zasemini ezimayelana namadivayisi azayo zaphumela ezingxoxweni zasebusuku. Umqondo wokwakha iwashi wavela kaningi, kanjalo nenkulumompikiswano mayelana nokuthi iwashi elinjalo lingaletha ini ezimpilweni zabantu.

U-Dye, u-Lynch, u-Ive nabanye baqala ukucabanga ngokuthi izimpilo zethu ziphazanyiswa futhi zilawulwa kangakanani amafoni ethu kulezi zinsuku. Abantu abamatasa kakhulu, njengoba laba abathathu benjalo, bahlala behlola isikrini sefoni yabo futhi babhekane nezaziso ezingenayo usuku lonke. Kwesinye isikhathi siba yizigqila zamafoni ethu futhi siwabuka kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, uma sinomunye umuntu, ukufinyelela ephaketheni lethu ukuze sithole ifoni njalo uma ikhala akulungile futhi kuyadelela. I-Apple ibangele kakhulu le nkinga kanye ne-malaise yanamuhla. Manje sebezama ukuyixazulula.

Umqondo bekuwukukhulula abantu ekuthunjweni kwamafoni abo, ngakho-ke kuyamangaza ukuthi i-prototype yokuqala esebenzayo yewashi kwakuyi-iPhone enebhande le-Velcro. Ithimba lenze ukulingisa kwe-Apple Watch ngosayizi wayo wangempela kusibonisi se-iPhone. I-software yayikhula ngokushesha kakhulu kune-hardware, futhi ithimba lalidinga nje ukuhlola ukuthi umqondo wesofthiwe uzosebenza kanjani esihlakaleni.

Iwashi elivezwe esibonisini lalinomqhele walo wakudala, ongazungeziswa ngokuthinta esibukweni. Kamuva, umqhele we-hardware wangempela nawo uxhunywe ku-iPhone nge-jack, ukuze ukwazi ukuhlola umuzwa wangempela wokulawula iwashi, ukuphendula komqhele, nokunye okunjalo.

Ngakho-ke ithimba laqala ukuzama ukudlulisa eminye yemisebenzi ebalulekile ukusuka ocingweni ukuya kuwashi, licabanga ukuthi lingayithwebula kanjani. Kwaba sobala kwasekuqaleni ukuthi ukuxhumana okuhle ngewashi kwakungeke kusebenze ngendlela efanayo naleyo ocingweni. Khetha oxhumana naye, cindezela umlayezo, qinisekisa umlayezo,… “Konke kuzwakale kunengqondo, kodwa kuthathe isikhathi esiningi kakhulu,” kusho u-Lynch. Ngaphezu kwalokho, into enjalo ngeke ibe mnandi kakhulu. Zama ukuphakamisa isandla sakho futhi ubheke iwashi lakho mhlawumbe imizuzwana engu-30.

Izindlela ezintsha zokuxhumana

Ngakho-ke isici i-Apple esibiza ngokuthi i-Quickboard sazalwa kancane kancane. Empeleni, i-bot efunda imilayezo yakho bese izama ukuhlanganisa imenyu yezimpendulo ezingaba khona. Ngakho-ke uma uthola umlayezo obuza ukuthi uye endaweni yokudlela yamaShayina noma yaseMexico kusihlwa, iwashi lizokunikeza izimpendulo "ze-Mexican" kanye "nesiShayina".

Ukuze uthole ukuxhumana okuyinkimbinkimbi, iwashi lifakwe imakrofoni ukuze ukwazi ukubizela umlayezo wakho. Uma lokho kungenele, ungahlala ufinyelela ifoni. Kusazoba ithuluzi elikhulu lokuxhumana, futhi i-Apple Watch ayinazo izinhlelo zokuyibuyisela esikhundleni. Umsebenzi wabo ukonga isikhathi sakho.

Njengoba kuqala ukuhlolwa kwemiqondo yewashi ehlukene, ithimba lathola ukuthi ukhiye wokwenza iwashi elihle ijubane. Ukusebenza ngewashi kufanele kuthathe 5, umkhawulo 10 imizuzwana. Ngakho-ke imisebenzi eminingi yenziwa lula futhi leyo eyayingathatha isikhathi eside ukuyisebenzisa yayivele isuswe ngaphandle kwesihe.

Isofthiwe yaklanywa kabusha kabili kusukela phansi kuze kube yilapho ivumela umsebenzi ukuba wenziwe ngokushesha ngokwanele. Umqondo wokuqala wesistimu yezaziso wawuwukuthi iwashi lalibonisa umugqa wesikhathi onezaziso ezivele zihlelwe ngokulandelana kwazo. Nokho, ekugcineni kwavela omunye umbono.

Iwashi, elizoshaya amashalofu e-Apple Store ngo-Ephreli 24, lisebenzisa isici esibizwa ngokuthi "I-Short Look." Kubukeka sengathi umsebenzisi uzozwa ukuthepha esihlakaleni, okusho ukuthi uthole umlayezo. Lapho ephendulela isihlakala sakhe emehlweni akhe, uboniswa umlayezo wesitayela othi "Umlayezo ovela kuJoe". Uma umsebenzisi ehlisa isandla esibuyisela emzimbeni, isaziso siyanyamalala futhi umlayezo uhlala ungafundiwe.

Ngokuphambene, lapho ephakamisa isandla sakhe, umyalezo uyavezwa. Ngakho-ke uba nomthelela ekuziphatheni kwe-Watch ngokuziphatha kwakho kwemvelo. Asikho isidingo sokucindezela, ukuthepha noma ukuslayida umunwe wakho esibukweni. Futhi lokho kuyijubane kanye nokuphazamiseka okuncane abazama ukukuzuza eCupertino.

Enye inselelo ithimba labaklami bewashi okwakudingeka libhekane nayo kwakuwukuthola indlela eyiyo yokuthi iwashi lazise umuntu oligqokile ukuthi kukhona okwenzekayo. Iwashi lingase libe elishesha kakhulu, kodwa uma licasula abasebenzisi usuku lonke ngokudlidliza okuphikelelayo nokucasulayo, i-Watch ingaba idivayisi yomuntu siqu kakhulu owake wayithenga futhi wayibuyisela ngokushesha. Ithimba liqale ukuzama izinhlobo ezahlukene zezaziso, kodwa lahlangabezana nezinkinga.

“Ezinye zazicasula kakhulu, ezinye zazingenangqondo, kanti ezinye zazizwakala sengathi kukhona okuphukile esihlakaleni sakho,” kuvuma uLynch. Nokho, ngokuhamba kwesikhathi kwavela umqondo othi "Taptic Engine" futhi wawina. Lesi isaziso esivusa umuzwa wokuthi uthephwe esihlakaleni.

Njengoba imizimba yethu izwela kakhulu ukudlidliza kanye nezisusa ezifanayo, i-Apple Watch iyakwazi ukwazisa umsebenzisi wayo ngezindlela eziningi ezahlukene futhi yazisa umsebenzisi ngokushesha ukuthi hlobo luni lwesaziso. Uchungechunge lokuthinta kaningi lubonisa ukuthi kukhona okushayela ucingo, futhi ukulandelana okuhluke kancane kubonisa ukuthi unomhlangano ohleliwe oqala emizuzwini emi-5.

Kwa-Apple, nokho, bachitha isikhathi esiningi bezama ukuqhamuka nalolo chungechunge lwemizwa nemisindo ezovusa ngqo umcimbi onikeziwe kuwe. Onjiniyela bazamile ukukucacisela ngokushesha ukuthi iwashi likwazisa nge-tweet, noma ngabe kungokokuqala ngqa uxwayiswa ngalo.

Yebo, ukuchofoza okuhlukahlukene bekungekona ukuphela kokubonakaliswa kokunaka imininingwane. Kwa-Apple, bekufanele bathole ukuthi bangasebenza kanjani ngokunethezeka ngokuqukethwe kwesibonisi esincane kangaka. Ngakho-ke umqhele wedijithali kanye nalokho okubizwa ngokuthi i-Force Touch weza emhlabeni, okungukuthi ikhono lokucindezela isibonisi kanzima ukuze sibonise, isibonelo, amamenyu afihliwe.

Ngaphezu kwalokho, kwaklanywa uhlobo olusha ngokuphelele lwefonti olubizwa ngokuthi "i-San Francisco", olwakhelwe ngokuqondile ukuboniswa okuncane kwewashi futhi luqinisekisa ukufundeka okungcono kune, isibonelo, i-Helvetica evamile, ukusetshenziswa kwayo okuhlukile. “Izinhlamvu ziyisikwele kakhulu, kodwa zinamakhona ayindingilizi amahle,” kuchaza uDye. "Sivele sacabanga ukuthi yinhle kakhulu ngaleyo ndlela."

Iwashi njengephuzu loshintsho ohambweni luka-Apple

I-Apple Watch ingumkhiqizo ohluke ngokuphelele kune-Apple esetshenziswe ukuklama. Akuyona nje igajethi yezobuchwepheshe kanye nethoyizi elinenjongo ecacile. Amawashi, futhi azohlala ekhona, futhi iyisesekeli semfashini kanye nophawu lomuntu ngamunye. Ngakho-ke i-Apple ayikwazanga ukukhetha isu elifanayo njengoba likhetha kweminye imikhiqizo. Kwakufanele anikeze abasebenzisi ukukhetha.

Yingakho kwakhiwe izinhlelo ezi-3 kanye nohlu lonke lwezinguqulo ezahlukene zewashi, ngisho nasezindaweni ezihlukene zamanani. Iwashi elingu-$349 lenza okufanayo ncamashi nozakwabo wegolide lika-$17. Kodwa ziyimikhiqizo ehluke ngokuphelele futhi yezinhlobo ezahlukene zabantu.

Iwashi lenzelwe ngqo umzimba womuntu kanye nesihlakala, esibonakalayo. Yingakho abantu benendaba yokuthi iwashi libukeka kanjani. Ukuze bajabulise u-Apple, kwakudingeka baqhamuke namawashi anosayizi abahlukene, anamabhendi ahlukene azo zonke izinhlobo, kanye nenani elikhulu lobuso bewashi ledijithali. Bekufanele ihlanganise izidingo zabantu abanezindlela ezahlukene zokuphila, abakuthandayo, futhi okokugcina, nesabelomali. “Besingafuni ukuba nezinhlobo ezintathu zamawashi, besifuna ukuba nezigidi. Futhi ngehadiwe nesoftware, sikwazile ukukwenza lokho,” kuchaza uLynch.

Ekupheleni kwenhlolokhono, uKevin Lynch ukhuluma ngokuthi i-Apple Watch yashintsha kanjani impilo yakhe. Ngenxa yabo, uyakwazi ukuchitha isikhathi esiningi engaphazanyiswa nezingane zakhe. Avele abone ewashini lakhe uma kukhona okubalulekile nokuphuthumayo okwenzekayo, futhi akadingi ukulokhu ebuka ucingo lwakhe. I-Apple iye yacebisa futhi yasiza izimpilo zethu ngezindlela eziningi ngobuchwepheshe bayo. Kodwa-ke, i-iPhone namanye amadivaysi nawo asuse okuningi kithi. Manje i-Apple izama ukulungisa isimo, futhi ngendlela eseduzane nayo - ngobuchwepheshe.

Umthombo: Wired
Photo: TECHRADAR
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