What I was most impressed by Stump the Experts (this was my first) was that not only did the experts generally know the answer, but that the usually had the story behind why that was the answer (e.g. the guy who was it was determined when the Lisa calculator would say "124".)
I agree that Core Animation will be a Big Deal, but adoption may take some time. Both the degradation on machines with weak graphics capabilities (I asked about this in the session) and the UI guidelines issues (somebody else asked about this to great applause) will add to the 10.5-only issue in causing people to think a bit before they go headlong into Core Animation redesigns of their apps.
by Allen Pike — Aug 09
I agree that Core Animation will be a Big Deal, but adoption may take some time. Both the degradation on machines with weak graphics capabilities (I asked about this in the session) and the UI guidelines issues (somebody else asked about this to great applause) will add to the 10.5-only issue in causing people to think a bit before they go headlong into Core Animation redesigns of their apps.
Nice meeting you on Sunday by the way.