Interesting, I hope they continue the interface guideline effort and are successful putting them into practice in their system.
One thing that Apple did well, as far as I can tell, was getting application developers to abide by the human interface guidelines, which made for a more consistent and seamless experience across apps.
In the modern hellscape of web apps, every app has its own appearance, interface, behavior, data formats, cloud storage system, etc. Moreover, control is strongly with the app developer/service provider rather than the user. Web apps routinely disable or alter standard features like cut and paste, or going back after clicking on a link. Upgrades are often forced and full of bewildering changes....
Which means that even if Apple (or HelloSystem) could force every desktop (or mobile) app developer to obey its interface guidelines, it would have no effect on the many web apps which people will still have to use.
One thing that Apple did well, as far as I can tell, was getting application developers to abide by the human interface guidelines, which made for a more consistent and seamless experience across apps.
In the modern hellscape of web apps, every app has its own appearance, interface, behavior, data formats, cloud storage system, etc. Moreover, control is strongly with the app developer/service provider rather than the user. Web apps routinely disable or alter standard features like cut and paste, or going back after clicking on a link. Upgrades are often forced and full of bewildering changes....
Which means that even if Apple (or HelloSystem) could force every desktop (or mobile) app developer to obey its interface guidelines, it would have no effect on the many web apps which people will still have to use.