![]() ![]() People need to stop giving Apple the benefit of the doubt here. On other platforms and browsers such workarounds aren't needed. Note that this usability problem is Safari-specific. Then they fail to join a meeting and if they're an important participant, that means the meeting fails for everyone. They don't understand what they're being asked or why, but figure if Apple want to double check with them it's safer to say no. Additionally, the web server trick Zoom uses is because otherwise some non-trivial proportion of Safari users just automatically click cancel on the security popup when a web page tries to open a meeting, without even reading it. Each click you add causes the success rate to drop and macOS requires far more clicks than is justifiable. This is a bit of an open secret in the desktop software world for many years now Google for instance has detailed data on the problem. Removal of the scary popup that Safari shows when a user clicks a non-http URL.ĭesktop software on macOS relies on these techniques because measuring the ratio of number of downloads to number of successful app starts shows that far fewer people make it through the process than they should, for instance, fewer than on Windows. DMG style installs require drag and drop AND device unmounting, which isn't especially discoverable and hardly used on mobile platforms so some users can't figure it out (hence the reliance on PKG files).Ģ. Genuine one or two-click install of software from the web, without the App Store being involved and without requiring sandboxing, allowing install scripts and for signed/notarised software, without any security popups. If Apple want to end these practices, they need to deliver:ġ. It's better than Linux but that doesn't say much. macOS software install UX is worse than Windows. What Apple should, MUST do as quickly as possible, is understand and react to what developers here are trying to tell them - the usability of macOS software installation is terrible and no, the App Store is not an acceptable alternative. ![]() I wouldn't be surprised if on macOS it's now in second place as a category behind web browsers. Meanwhile videocall software is widespread, it's rapidly become a necessity for a large part of the world's population. Gatekeeper only ever gets more aggressive, not less. There is no market for anti-virus vendors on macOS, and Apple have been repeatedly tightening the approval process for macOS software. ![]() He's been gaming since the Atari 2600 days and still struggles to comprehend the fact he can play console quality titles on his pocket computer.Malware on macOS isn't prevalent. Oliver also covers mobile gaming for iMore, with Apple Arcade a particular focus. Current expertise includes iOS, macOS, streaming services, and pretty much anything that has a battery or plugs into a wall. Since then he's seen the growth of the smartphone world, backed by iPhone, and new product categories come and go. Having grown up using PCs and spending far too much money on graphics card and flashy RAM, Oliver switched to the Mac with a G5 iMac and hasn't looked back. At iMore, Oliver is involved in daily news coverage and, not being short of opinions, has been known to 'explain' those thoughts in more detail, too. He has also been published in print for Macworld, including cover stories. Oliver Haslam has written about Apple and the wider technology business for more than a decade with bylines on How-To Geek, PC Mag, iDownloadBlog, and many more.
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