Bad Dye Job

I really have to wonder who Gruber’s sources are.

His statement “prior to today never heard much about [Steve Lemay]” leads me to think he doesn’t have intimate access to anyone deeply familiar with design decisions, because anyone who’s spent a little bit of time behind closed doors in that space absolutely knows who Lemay is.

But then he quotes sources who are supposedly “in a position to know the choices”, which would imply they are quite embedded in the design org…

Maybe it’s all voluntary misdirection on his behalf.

I am starting to think John Gruber doesn't like Alan Dye.

> Putting Alan Dye in charge of user interface design was the one big mistake Jony Ive made as Apple’s Chief Design Officer.

_One_??? Talk about rose tinted liquid glass(es).

   Hardware Design:    check
   Hardware:           check
   Software Design:    check
   Software:           please!

Some previous discussion:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46153852

This is a positive transformation for Apple

My favorite reaction to today’s news is this one-liner from a guy on Twitter/X: “The average IQ of both companies has increased.”

My friend, that was NZ prime minister Robert Muldoon who was quoted as saying “every time a New Zealander emigrates to sun themselves on the beaches of Bondi, the average IQ of both countries increases.”

> but everyone I’ve spoken to is happy — if not downright giddy — at the news that Lemay is replacing Dye.

Count me in.

Gurman is a hack. Period.