R C-R wrote:
jimoase wrote:
Facts are not determined by a majority. The recent releases of software by Apple are tending to be more Window like than Apple like. Look closely at OSX 10.10 operation and recent upgrades to iCloud, Mail and iPhoto/Photo for examples of that shift.
The shift is toward ever tighter integration between Apple's two operating systems, OS X & iOS, & with its cloud based services. Considering that Apple sells many times more iPhones than Macs, & that the entire industry is moving toward those services, this is not without good & well considered reasons.
In contrast, Microsoft has tried with mixed & often disastrous results to integrate everything into one OS that runs on all mobile & conventional devices.
Cloud based solutions are not a new idea, its central computing from the 1960s renamed. What Apple is trying to do with their Cloud is integrate desktop computing and mobile computing with central computing while keeping individual experiences the same using different computing power.
This discussion is about Photo being a replacement for iPhoto. What we have noticed is Photo's user interface is difficult to understand, even for experienced Mac users. Apple is faced with the problem of trying to make the user experience the same for desktop and mobile users who have vastly different amounts of computing power and unknown communication link speeds. Desktops tend to have much greater computer power and higher speed access when compared to mobile devices.
Prior to OS X 10.10 desktop user interfaces were becoming increasingly elaborate and intuitive in lock step with more processing power. 10.10 is noticeable for its pale presentations which take less computing power. The tighter intergration you mentioned. Other applications, that once were the mainstays of the desktop, are being Mobilized with simpler interfaces that take less computing power so they can function on mobile devices with reasonable performance. Central computing as personal computers arrived in the late 1970s went through this same kind of efforts.
Photo is trying to work with central computing, desktop and mobile computing at the same time. Lets say a desktop and mobile device look at the same picture at the same time and both edit the picture in different ways. What happens? That is the same problem we faced in the 1970s, how to sychronize data that has been changed. Mail is another kettle of fish.
Understanding what Photo is trying to accomplish will give us some clues about how to use it and why it's so much different from iPhoto.