"They're seriously bug-ridden or have been heavily dumbed down in
functionality."
OK, as someone who's been using and teaching pro apps since before there
was an Apple authorized training program. As someone who got on board
that program early on, and has done everything to keep pro apps going, I
have to chime in with some honesty that Apple seems to refuse to face up to.
Yes, the pro apps are sorely behind the competition, and very, very bug
ridden, and the bugs never go away, fact of life. Even if FCPX, which I
am a huge eveagelist for, is falling very far behind after 3 whole years
of opportunity lost, I have to agree. Apple has put "pro" on the back
burner, degraded it to the consumer wannabe pro market. Just to state
the blatantly obvious. I'm sure there are those who will demonize me,
and I am about to launch a site in full support and training for Apple's
Pro Apps. BUT, I am at this moment doing it with hesitation, and a
backup plan for when Apple finally kills it all off. Apple itself
refuses to offer any outreach at all for the sites that offer support
for its own apps (Ripple having an exclusive is the exception). Not to
mention all the pro apps are so bug ridden, as previously stated, that
Windows or Linux is looking like a better, cheaper alternative for
pros. The pro apps are seriously, fitfully, saturated with serious
bugs. FCPX has such potential, but after three years, it is behind. QC
is so far behind development it ain't funny. Motion is a joke at this
point. Compressor, well, why do we have it again? What niche does it
fill without any serious evolution? Apple, under Tim, is "gadgets", I
must agree. Thank you Carl for stating the alarmingly obvious.
-B
On 12/11/14 10:03 PM, Carl Hoefs wrote:
I’ve been mulling this over, and no offense to anybody, but I think the QC
mothballing move could be viewed as the latest step in what appears to be an
intentional Apple-wide systematic software deprecation. Apple’s recent software —
across the board — is in bad shape, everything from iOS 8 to Xcode 6 to their “pro”
apps: They're seriously bug-ridden or have been heavily dumbed down in
functionality. Why? It's like they’ve revived their archaic past-century mindset of
being a "hardware company”, a.k.a. a “gadget” company. They don’t seem to be
placing primary effort behind their software anymore, it’s almost an afterthought.
Apple's software is what always made them stand head and shoulders above the
competition. The hardware is practically a commodity item anymore these days. From a
distance can you tell the difference between an iPhone and a Galaxy? It’s the
software that is the enabler, it’s the software that the user interacts with and
makes (or breaks) the experience, not the “hardware”. But then, Apple should know
that already. When QC came out I thought it was the coolest, slickest app I’d ever
seen. Wow, I can do so much without knowing any programming, visually! Some genius
at Apple was allowed to pursue his dream and the result was brilliant. But now it
goes the way of a long list of other “orphaned” but brilliant Apple apps and
products, ostensibly so they can focus on ... gadgets?
-Carl
On Dec 11, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Roger Bolton <ro...@eskatonia.net> wrote:
I just sent the below to tc...@apple.com
I urge everyone that earns a living in whole or in part from Quartz Composer to
do the same. Politely explain how your company earns money with Quartz
Composer and urge him to maintain the technology.
If 30 or 50 of us do this, it will get noticed.
Roger
CoreMelt
Hi Tim,
I run a small Software company that sells video plugins for Final Cut Pro X.
We have been successful for seven years and are now expanding. We use
Quartz Composer as a integral part of our software to create our plugins. Its
a great technology and there is a whole community of people in the video / live
visuals / museum and interactive video market that use this technology to earn
money. Facebook also uses it for some of their backend I believe.
You also use Quartz Composer in many of your own applications to create interactive
graphics. Despite the success of this technology, for some reason Apple is not
allocating any resources to keep Quartz Composer updated and add new features. Long
standing bugs in Quartz Composer have been closed with the message "Engineering has
determined there is no plans to address this issue". This is very worrying, and I
hope its not a sign that you will remove Quartz Composer from future OS X releases.
I am urging you to please assign just one engineer full time to fixing long
standing bugs and keeping Quartz Composer updated. It may not be a glamorous
user facing technology, but believe me there is a dedicated community using
this tech and we all want it to stay around.
Your sincerely,
Roger Bolton
Director, CoreMelt Pty Ltd
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