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Nakuba izici ezintsha zengezwa ku-iOS ngesibuyekezo esikhulu ngasinye, ukwakheka okuphelele kohlelo kuhlale kufana iminyaka eminingi. Esikrinini esikhulu kuhlala kunenqwaba yezithombe ezimele izinhlelo zokusebenza ezifakiwe, eziboleka amafomu azo ezintweni zangempela ngokuya ngedizayini. Nokho, ngokweminye imithombo, lokhu kufanele kushintshe maduze.

Abantu abambalwa ababenethuba lokujwayela i-iOS 7 ezayo balindele izinguquko ezinkulu ohlelweni olusha. Kufanele kube "kakhulu, flat kakhulu" ekwakhiweni. Zonke izindawo ezicwebezelayo futhi ikakhulukazi "i-skeuomorphism" ephikisanayo kufanele zinyamalale esibonakalayo somsebenzisi. Lokhu kusho ukwenza izinhlelo zokusebenza zibukeke njengozakwabo bangempela, isibonelo ukusebenzisa izinto ezifana nesikhumba noma ilineni.

Ngezinye izikhathi lokhu kuthakazelisa ngezinto zangempela kuhamba kuze kube manje ukuthi abaklami basebenzise ngezindleko zokuqonda nokusebenziseka kalula. Abanye abasebenzisi kulezi zinsuku bangase bangaqondi ukuthi kungani uhlelo lokusebenza lwamanothi lubukeka njengencwajana ephuzi noma ukuthi kungani Ikhalenda lenziwe ngesikhumba. Eminyakeni embalwa edlule, lezi zifaniso kungenzeka ukuthi zifanelekile, kodwa kusukela ngaleso sikhathi sekudlule isikhathi esiningi futhi ama-smartphones afinyelele isikhundla esihluke ngokuphelele. Emhlabeni wethu, baye baba yindaba, futhi ngenxa yokuqonda kwabo akusadingeki ukusebenzisa izinkomba kubalingani bangempela (ngezinye izikhathi abaphelelwe yisikhathi). Kwezinye izimo, ukusetshenziswa kwe-skeuomorphism kuyingozi kakhulu.

Kepha ukusuka kuyona kungasho ukushaya okukhulu kubasebenzisi besikhathi eside be-iOS abajwayele uhlelo ngendlela ekhona njengamanje. I-Apple ithembele kakhulu ekululameni nasekusebenzisekeni kwayo futhi izishaya isifuba ngakho ngisho nakuwebhusayithi yayo enikelwe ezinhlelweni ze-iPhone. Ngakho-ke, inkampani yaseCalifornia ayikwazi ukwenza izinguquko zomklamo ezingenza isofthiwe yayo ibe nzima kakhulu ukuyisebenzisa nganoma iyiphi indlela.

Noma kunjalo, imithombo engaphakathi kwe-Apple ithi yize ukwakheka kohlelo olusha kuzomangaza abasebenzisi abakhona, ngeke kubeke engcupheni ukusetshenziswa kalula nakancane. Nakuba i-iOS 7 ibukeka ihlukile, izisekelo ezifana nesikrini sasekhaya noma sokuvula zisasebenza ngokufana kakhulu. Izinguquko ku-iOS entsha, ebizwa ngokuthi i-Innsbruck, zizobandakanya ukwakhiwa kweqoqo lezithonjana ezintsha ngokuphelele zezinhlelo zokusebenza ezizenzakalelayo, idizayini entsha yamabha namathebhu wokuzulazula ahlukahlukene, nezinye izilawuli.

Kungani i-Apple iza nalezi zinguquko manje? Isizathu kungaba ukuncintisana okwandayo ngesimo se-Android noma i-Windows Phone yekhwalithi yokuklama. Kodwa isizathu esiyinhloko sisebenza kakhulu. Ngemuva kokuhamba kwephini likamongameli we-iOS Scott Forstall, uJony Ive wayephethe ukwakhiwa kwesoftware, okwathi kuze kube manje ubegxile kuphela ekuklameni ihadiwe.

Ngokwenza kanjalo, u-Forstall no-Ive bahlanganisa imibono emibili ehluke kakhulu yokuklama okuhle komsebenzisi. UScott Forstall kuthiwa ungumsekeli omkhulu womklamo we-skeuomorphic, no-Jony Ive nabanye abasebenzi base-Apple abasezikhundleni eziphezulu bengabaphikisi abakhulu. Eminyakeni yakamuva, ukwakheka kwe-iOS kuthathe umzila wokuqala okungenzeka, njengoba owayeyisikhulu esiphezulu uSteve Jobs echeme noScott Forstall kule ngxabano. Ngokusho kowayeyisisebenzi sakwa-Apple, ngisho nokuthungwa kohlelo lokusebenza lweKhalenda kumodelwa ngemuva kokufakwa kwesikhumba kwendiza ye-Jobs' Gulfstream.

Nokho kuningi osekushintshile selokhu kwashona uJobs. UScott Forstall, othandwa abezindaba, akazange athathe isikhundla sokuba yi-CEO, kodwa u-Tim Cook onolwazi oluthe xaxa futhi olinganiselayo. Ngokusobala akakwazanga ukuthola indawo abavumelana ngayo noForstall kanye nesitayela sakhe somsebenzi esiyingqayizivele; ngemuva kwe-iOS Maps fiasco, uForstall kubikwa ukuthi wenqabile ukuxolisa futhi wazibophezela ngamaphutha akhe. Ngakho-ke kwadingeka ashiye isikhundla sakhe e-Apple, futhi naye washiya umsekeli omkhulu womklamo we-skeuomorphic.

Isikhundla sephini likamongameli we-iOS sahlala singenamuntu, futhi imisebenzi kaForstall yabelwa abanye abasebenzi abambalwa abasezikhundleni eziphezulu - uFederighi, iMansfield noma uJony Ive. Kusukela manje kuqhubeke, uzobe ephethe kokubili ukwakheka kwehadiwe kanye nohlangothi olubonakalayo lwesoftware. U-Tim Cook uphawula ngokwandiswa kobubanzi be-Ivo kanje:

U-Jony, onamakhono angcono kakhulu okunambitha nawokuklama awo wonke umuntu emhlabeni, manje unesibopho somsebenzisi esibonakalayo. Bheka imikhiqizo yethu. Ubuso bazo zonke i-iPhone uhlelo lwayo. Ubuso bayo yonke i-iPad uhlelo lwayo. UJony wenze umsebenzi omuhle kakhulu wokudizayina izingxenyekazi zekhompuyutha zethu, ngakho manje sesimnikeza umthwalo wemfanelo wesofthiwe futhi. Hhayi ngesakhiwo sayo nokunye, kodwa okokwakhiwa kanye nokuzwakala kwayo.

Ngokusobala uTim Cook unethemba elikhulu ngoJony Ivo. Uma ngempela emnika isandla samahhala ekuklameni kabusha isofthiwe, sizobona izinguquko ku-iOS 7 lolu hlelo olungakaze luzibone ngaphambili. Ukuthi umkhiqizo wokugcina uzobukeka kanjani, kuze kube manje, idlanzana kuphela labasebenzi abaqashwe eduze kwenye indawo eCupertino abaziyo. Okuqinisekile namuhla ukuphela okungenakugwemeka komklamo we-skeuomorphic. Izoletha uhlelo lokusebenza oluhle futhi oluqondakalayo kubasebenzisi, kanye nenye indlela yokuthi abaphathi abasha be-Apple baziqhelelanise nefa likaSteve Jobs.

Umthombo: 9to5mac.com
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