Just finished listening to the WWDC keynote via a UStream.tv audio feed someone set up. The audio quality wasn’t that great, but it was passable. The live blogging from MacRumors filled in many gaps. I look forward to seeing an archved version of the keynote when it becomes available, which I assume it will.
Much of the presentation centered around Leopard and several of the features we’d been introduced to before. Of course, with garbled audio and text snippets it’s a bit difficult to appreciate what was presented.
I did like the direction Apple is taking QuickLook and iChat. Apple’s getting closer to providing what I need–but it’s not there yet. Messenger is getting behind. That’s for sure–or at least it’s getting loaded up with stuff I don’t care about and the features I want are too weak and locked out from third-parties from developing. Oh well.
I was a bit surprised to hear that Apple is porting Safari to Windows. Makes sense though. Interesting that like Microsoft and Silverlight, that Apple is leaving out Linux. I expect it’s because of the numbers. If you want to deliver video downloads, let’s say via QuickTime in the browser, this is a good way to provide the best experience.
In terms of developing for the iPhone, Apple’s solution is for developers to leverage the Safari engine using AJAX and web services. I’m not surprised by this. Again, makes lots of sense. The question I have is: Will the iPhone Safari “browser” support plugins? If so, might we see a Silverlight plugin for the iPhone? Wouldn’t that be something? If multi-touch could be supported within Silverlight, the iPhone might be a very cool platform for touch development. That’s the way to stir up some innovation. Hmmm. I may have to wait in line for an iPhone after all on June 29th.