67: Tim Said, Man

We'll be guests on the WWDC live episode of The Talk Show: Tuesday, June 3, 6–9 PM. Get tickets here ASAP! John will be taking a plane... for you.
Follow-up:
- Which is faster: installing Showbot or reimplementing it?
  - Casey's open-source Node version
- PHP isn't faster than Javascript, voiding Marco's accidental argument in the last episode.
- Node.js uses CommonJS, not AMD. ECMAScript also adds formal module support, which es6-module-transpiler lets you use today.
- To the great surprise of nobody except John, iPhones come with earbuds, and those earbuds come with clickers.
- To the great surprise of nobody, including John, the Bluetooth-pairing interface in a car was terrible, and both Marco and Casey missed an obscure reference.
- iOS games that support physical game controllers must also work without them.
If the "iPhone 6" comes in two sizes, which do you buy?
- Possibility of resolution scaling modes.
- Would the cameras be different? (Marco on The Talk Show, starting around 01:26:00).
WWDC product-announcement predictions:
- New MacBook Airs or a 12" Retina MacBook Air? (Intel's Broadwell delay)
  - Macworld's slow SSD speeds in the new Airs may just be from different SSD manufacturers.
- New Apple TV hardware or software?
  - The Apple TV 3's CPU was originally a dual-core A5 with one die disabled, but not anymore.
- The iPod Touch still has an A5 LOL.
- There may not be any new hardware announced at WWDC, just like previous WWDCs in 2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011.
- New sensors to be taken advantage of, like Pedometer++ did with the M7 last year.
- Craig Hockenberry on Apple wearables
- Wearables, sensors, and watches in fashion and reality.
- Bringing the new Mac Pro's dark-glossy-aluminum finish to more Pro hardware?
- Retina Thunderbolt Display?
- The Magic Mouse. Yes, we really talked about this.
Drawing conclusions from the "To Be Announced" sessions in the WWDC schedule.
WWDC predictions for Mac OS X 10.10:
- Just a visual refresh, or notable improvements to the core OS as well?
- Apple shuffling engineers around to work on the new hotness while neglecting its established platforms and applications.
- Modernization or replacement of AppKit, possibly by bringing the relevant parts of UIKit to Mac?
- Is there any hope for a new filesystem, possibly by evolving Core Storage?
WWDC predictions for iOS 8:
- Better inter-app communication:
  - A system like Contracts or Intents?
  - Involving remote view controllers?
  - Side-by-side iPad multitasking?
- Springboard enhancements?
- Please kill Newsstand. Please. Just make them normal app icons.
- Could Remote View Controllers and Background Refresh be used for widgets, live tiles, or dynamic icons?
- Customizable default browser, mail app, etc.?
WWDC predictions for new or improved web services:

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