An iOS developer has spotted code in Apple Maps that suggests that the app might soon give directions and the ETA for journeys made with an E-Bike.
Apple Maps has come a long way since it was first released in 2012 as a replacement for Google Maps. The latter was still made available for iPhone users in the App Store . At first, Apple Maps was an unmitigated disaster. Some city streets and even countries were labeled with the wrong name and some weren't named at all.like the Australian Outback filled with poisonous snakes, very little water, triple-digit temperatures, and scarce mobile phone reception.
As a result of the Apple Maps fiasco, iOS chief Scott Forstall departed Apple after failing to sign an official apology related to the feature. As a result, the company's chief designer, Jony Ive, ended up with the task of redesigning iOS 7 the next year. Forstall's days atmight have been numbered anyway once Steve Jobs passed in 2011. Forstall and Ive reportedly would not work together and had differing opinions about the continued use of skeuomorphic designs for iOS.
Skeuomorphic designs are those familiar designs that were used on the first generation of Apple's native apps so that users knew instantly what a particular app was all about. For example, the use of an old black and white television console for the YouTube app would be an example as would a legal pad for the Notes app. Forstall both were into Skeuomorphic design while Ive preferred more of a modern approach.
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