Timeline for Who can I contact to discuss adding features to Apple's operating systems?
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| Mar 30, 2012 at 19:16 | comment | added | Adam Davis | @StevenLu That's interesting. I think you could write a sample app that shows the difference very clearly for scrolling a page of lorem ipsem text on an iOS device and on the mac. If you can give people an app that demonstrates the utility of your discovery, they might bite. Apple would have a problem with "if i'm the first to come up with the idea I'd like to receive some form of credit." though. They'd rather see you patent it, prove that no one else has done so, then give the patent to them. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 19:11 | comment | added | Steven Lu | I think that blurring a quickly scrolling view element on the screen can enhance the quality as perceived by the user of the product. My powerpoint there describes how it can be applied in games to general 2d rigid body transformations but scrolling is quite a simple subset of that problem. What I want is for scrolling documents to look as nice as my little game prototypes. I'm more interested in the advancement of science and technology than me making a few bucks. That said if i'm the first to come up with the idea I'd like to receive some form of credit. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 19:08 | comment | added | Steven Lu | Okay. I'm not really trying to get any money out of this, but if you're interested I'm happy to summarize it in a sentence or two. I was scrolling quickly through some documents on my iPad earlier today and noticed that while the animation is nice and smooth at 60Hz, there is still a significant "strobe-light" effect. I'd recently done some research (see here stevenlu.net/files/motion_blur_2d/…) and a very simple GPU fragment shader program can be used to make any scrolling element look much better than it does now. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 19:02 | comment | added | Adam Davis | @StevenLu If you are keeping it secret for any reason, Apple will not even talk to you about it. Post it on the internet and make it public. Add a license indicating you are putting the idea in the public domain. Get grass-roots user support for the feature and idea, and only then is it possible Apple will listen without becoming an employee. Why don't you explain your idea here, and see what this community thinks of it? | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 18:59 | comment | added | Steven Lu | I'm thinking about something related to core OS rendering functionality though. I'm not sure it'd be worth it to try to hack into these parts of the OS from "outside". I certainly don't have the know-how to get it right myself. It's quite applicable to other operating systems in general though, so long as the user interface allows for smooth scrolling motions. Maybe I'll try starting a conversation with Microsoft. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 17:34 | comment | added | Andrew Larsson | @StevenLu You might be better off talking to a JailBreak developer. If it's a good enough idea, and a lot of people like it, you can make some serious money, and Apple sometimes steals JailBreak ideas for use in the official releases of iOS. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:57 | comment | added | Steven Lu | Yes, I have found that policy and it's slightly frustrating. Still I'd like to see my idea implemented somehow so I'll see if I can't generate some interest by building a demo. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:49 | comment | added | Tom Gewecke | @StrevenLu Your expectations about dialoguing with Apple are not realistic. For more info see apple.com/legal/policies/ideas.html | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:43 | comment | added | Harald Hanche-Olsen | I think I have read somewhere that Apple generally does not accept ideas for new features or products from outside sources, because doing so might land them in legal trouble later on, when the originator of the idea might decide to sue for compensation. But as I do not remember the source, take this with a generous helping of salt. I throw this unreliable recollection out here in the hope that it will trigger others to either verify or refute it. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:37 | comment | added | Adam Davis | @StevenLu I imagine it would. Why don't you write a blog with your suggestions and try to get the community and other Apple enthusiasts excited about your ideas? If they are great, others will see the value in them. | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:32 | vote | accept | Steven Lu | ||
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:32 | comment | added | Steven Lu | I had a feeling i'd get downvoted a bit. thanks for the quick answer. It would be great if I could obtain an email address for one of these people who make design decisions... | |
| Mar 30, 2012 at 16:22 | history | answered | Adam Davis | CC BY-SA 3.0 |