Aplicatia Maps din iOS 6 are probleme mari si nimeni nu poate spune ca Apple nu stia despre existenta lor inaintea lansarii aplicatiei pentru ca acest lucru este imposibil. Desi putini au adus in discutie acest lucru, mai multi dezvoltatori sustin acum ca au avertizat Apple in legatura cu problemele aplicatiei Maps din iOS 6, insa compania americana nu a reusit sa le rezolve in timp util. Desi multi dezvoltatori au avertizat Apple in legatura cu aplicatia Maps, aceste avertismente au venit abia dupa lansarea primei versiuni beta a iOS 6, moment in care Apple nu putea renunta la lansarea aplicatiei Maps, deci indiferent ce probleme existau, aplicatia trebuia sa fie inclusa in iOS 6.
I posted at least one doomsayer rant after each (developer) beta, and I wasn’t alone. The mood amongst the developers seemed to be that the maps were so shockingly bad that reporting individual problems was futile. What was needed wasn’t so much an interface for reporting a single point as incorrect, but for selecting an entire region and saying ‘all of this — it’s wrong. During the beta period I filed bug reports with Apple’s Radar system (notorious for being ignored), posted on the forums several times, and e-mailed multiple people within Apple’s MapKit team to voice our concerns.
Dezvoltatorii au folosit forumurile Apple pentru a isi spune parerile negative in legatura cu aplicatia, Apple si inginerii sai au vazut totul, insa nu puteau face prea multe. Parerea unor dezvoltatori este ca aplicatia Maps are atat de multe probleme incat ea nu trebuia lansata impreuna cu sistemul de harti, insa Apple nu avea de ales din moment ce a anuntat-o si a spus ca ea va fi disponibila oficial in iOS 6. Compania si-a asumat un mare rist prin lansarea acestei aplicatii, a stiut consecintele, iar acum incearca sa repare situatia prin repararea aplicatiei Maps, dar si a imaginii care probabil a fost afectata dupa acest scandal.
This has been a frustrating experience for us and we don’t care where the imagery comes from, we just would like our customers to be able to have the same experience within our app when they update from iOS 5 to iOS 6. Instead, the OS upgrade broke some of the features we built within our application despite being told that only the imagery would be swapped out.
Aplicatia iOS 6 Maps nu a stricat doar experienta utilizatorilor ci a redus si functionalitatea unor aplicatii, insa dezvoltatorii se asteptau probabil la asemenea lucruri avand in vedere ca pe toate perioada de testare a sistemului de operare au incercat sa ii convinga pe ce de la Apple sa rezolve problemele. In final Apple a facut cum a vrut, de aceasta data a gresit si sper ca a invatat ceva din intreaga problema.
