Monday Morning News

[bennyling]

We’re just weeks away from WWDC, where there’s a pretty good chance we’ll see the next versions of iOS and OS X. A lengthy report from 9to5Mac claims a quality focus for both of Apple’s operating systems, with Apple engineers pushing execs for a stability focus. Although that didn’t quite happen, the number of features contained in iOS 9 and…

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Originally published at: http://appletalk.com.au/2015/05/monday-morning-news250515/

[alfrsr]

@bennyling

Craig Hockenberry tells us about the “reverse crown“, otherwise known as the practice of wearing your watch with the Digital Crown facing towards you. It has other benefits besides better usability, but I wonder if it would work as well if you wear your watch on your right hand.

What I’m really puzzled by with his whole thing is that he’s doing exactly the same “contortion” to press the crown on the left with his thumb, that I do leaving the crown on the right.

[tcn33]

@bennyling

If you compare the two bands you get with your Apple Watch Sport, you might notice that the holes don’t exactly line up. Whether that’s because the medium/large band was designed for half-sizes as postulated by Daniel Jalkut, or whether that’s to compensate for the extra material that will be tucked under when worn is a question begging to be answered.

I tried using the S/M band (as the fit isn’t exactly right on the M/L band) and it’s tiny - I could only use the very last hole.