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  • [NO NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026

    From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 18:29:32

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nick Charles@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 12:01:10
    Subject: Re: [NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026 (was: [NO NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026)

    On Jun 9, 2026 at 2:29:32?AM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    And since No News Is Good News, this is all fine. Apple is wisely allowing others to dump hundreds of billions (trillions?) of dollars into the "AI"
    black hole, with nothing in return.

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    Who cares? You can't give away Intel anything these days.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 08:53:16
    Subject: Re: [NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026 (was: [NO NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026)

    On 2026-06-09 12:01:10 +0000, Nick Charles said:
    On Jun 9, 2026 at 2:29:32?AM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    And since No News Is Good News, this is all fine. Apple is wisely allowing others to dump hundreds of billions (trillions?) of dollars into the "AI" black hole, with nothing in return.

    Apple *is* stupidly plowing billions of dollars into useless AI
    gimmickry ... but has very little actual product to show for it, and
    now also pays others, including Google, a lot of money to sub-license
    their useless AI gimmickry instead.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Alan@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 14:00:06
    On 2026-06-08 23:29, Your Name wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features".˙ :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.


    Really?

    You attended ALL the sessions, did you?

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Nick Charles@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 21:15:28
    On Jun 9, 2026 at 4:53:16?PM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    On 2026-06-09 12:01:10 +0000, Nick Charles said:
    On Jun 9, 2026 at 2:29:32?AM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: >>>
    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    And since No News Is Good News, this is all fine. Apple is wisely allowing >> others to dump hundreds of billions (trillions?) of dollars into the "AI"
    black hole, with nothing in return.

    Apple *is* stupidly plowing billions of dollars into useless AI
    gimmickry ... but has very little actual product to show for it, and
    now also pays others, including Google, a lot of money to sub-license
    their useless AI gimmickry instead.

    Actually Apple is getting Google's AI stuff for free. Google pays Apple $20 billion a year to make Google Search the default on Apple everything. Apple is paying Google $1 billion a year for Google's AI stuff.

    The other $19 billion from Google is more than enough to cover Apple's AI research. Assuming they are doing any at all.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Smithwicks@3:633/10 to All on Tuesday, June 09, 2026 23:57:26
    In article <1108bsb$3p6fq$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    Venn Diagram of people who complain about liquid glass and people who
    don't know what the settings app is for.

    --
    *~~a blonde may be fair~~*
    *~and a brunette upscale~*
    *~~but as my name hints~~*
    *~~~I prefer a red ale~~~*

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 16:12:35
    On 2026-06-10 03:57:26 +0000, Smithwicks said:
    In article <1108bsb$3p6fq$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    Venn Diagram of people who complain about liquid glass and people who
    don't know what the settings app is for.

    Silly Liquid Glass originally could not be turned off nor altered -
    there were no settings for it. Due to complaints, Apple quickly added a
    couple of settings that let you tweak it to some degree, but still not
    turn it off. The newly announced versions of Apple's OSes add further
    settings tweaks, but still no way to actually turn it off.



    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 06:36:15
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    That's not news. It came out months ago.

    If that's your level of attention with Apple then maybe WWDC isn't for you.




    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 06:36:16
    Subject: Re: [NO NEWS IS GOOD NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026 (was: [NO NEWS] Apple Developer Conference 2026)

    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
    On 2026-06-09 12:01:10 +0000, Nick Charles said:
    On Jun 9, 2026 at 2:29:32?AM EDT, "Your Name" <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote: >>>
    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    And since No News Is Good News, this is all fine. Apple is wisely allowing >> others to dump hundreds of billions (trillions?) of dollars into the "AI"
    black hole, with nothing in return.

    Apple *is* stupidly plowing billions of dollars into useless AI
    gimmickry ... but has very little actual product to show for it, and
    now also pays others, including Google, a lot of money to sub-license
    their useless AI gimmickry instead.

    A few billion for licensing a product that actually works and meets Apple's needs is small fry compared to country level GDP numbers being spent on
    little more than hope.

    There's already a lot of AI in the Apple ecosystem, outside of Apple intelligence, which we don't notice. Which is how it should be.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Chris@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 07:13:01
    Smithwicks <enjoyasmithwicks@myplace.com> wrote:
    In article <1108bsb$3p6fq$1@dont-email.me>,
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    Venn Diagram of people who complain about liquid glass and people who
    don't know what the settings app is for.

    The corollary to this is the number of Apple UI gurus who haven't learned
    the history of transparency effects in computer oses. It didn't work on Windows. It didn't work on linux (multiple times). It didn't work on Irix.
    Why would macOS be any different?


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Alan@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 01:06:30
    On 2026-06-09 21:12, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-06-10 03:57:26 +0000, Smithwicks said:
    In article <1108bsb$3p6fq$1@dont-email.me>,
    ˙Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features".˙ :-(

    The only bit of slightly important news is that the latest tweaked
    versions of MacOS will not work on Intel Macs ... not that it's any
    actual loss.

    Venn Diagram of people who complain about liquid glass and people who
    don't know what the settings app is for.

    Silly Liquid Glass originally could not be turned off nor altered -
    there were no settings for it. Due to complaints, Apple quickly added a couple of settings that let you tweak it to some degree, but still not
    turn it off. The newly announced versions of Apple's OSes add further settings tweaks, but still no way to actually turn it off.



    You are...

    ...completely wrong.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Sn!pe@3:633/10 to All on Wednesday, June 10, 2026 15:36:30
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(


    The quick and easy way to rid your machine of Liquid Glass is Settings/Accessibilty/Vision/Display/Increase contrast (display
    contrast set at Normal). Then it looks like a normal system.

    --
    ^?^. Sn!pe, bird-brain. My pet rock Gordon just is.

    What you think you heard is not what I said
    and what I said is not what you think I meant.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Your Name@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 11:17:45
    On 2026-06-10 14:36:30 +0000, Sn!pe said:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features". :-(

    The quick and easy way to rid your machine of Liquid Glass is Settings/Accessibilty/Vision/Display/Increase contrast (display
    contrast set at Normal). Then it looks like a normal system.

    Almost. There is no way to actually turn off awful Liquid Glass (even
    in the newly announced OS versions), so all you can do is tone it down somewhat.

    Maybe Liquid Glass will get dropped when Tim Cook actually leaves and a
    new management shuffle happens, similar to what happen wwith Jony Ive's equally awful "flat" OS style after he left.


    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.15
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)
  • From Alan@3:633/10 to All on Thursday, June 11, 2026 12:17:57
    On 2026-06-10 16:17, Your Name wrote:
    On 2026-06-10 14:36:30 +0000, Sn!pe said:
    Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:

    Absolutely nothing at all interesting at the Apple Worldwide Developer
    Conference this year - no new / updated hardware, just pointless
    tweaking of the awful Liquid Glass garbage and more promises about
    useless gimmicky AI "features".˙ :-(

    The quick and easy way to rid your machine of Liquid Glass is
    Settings/Accessibilty/Vision/Display/Increase contrast (display
    contrast set at Normal).˙ Then it looks like a normal system.

    Almost. There is no way to actually turn off awful Liquid Glass (even in
    the newly announced OS versions), so all you can do is tone it down somewhat.

    Maybe Liquid Glass will get dropped when Tim Cook actually leaves and a
    new management shuffle happens, similar to what happen wwith Jony Ive's equally awful "flat" OS style after he left.


    Ofercrissakes!

    I have Tahoe and while the UI change isn't great (quite shoddily done
    really) the actual impact it has had on the usability of the system for
    me is essentially none.

    --- PyGate Linux v1.5.16
    * Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)