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Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Qt acceptance growing, next: colaboration process?
Within KDE, we've long espoused the idea that the user doesn't care what tools the developer uses and that we should be working to give them the biggest and best choice of applications that work together well. Seeing others, particularly groups who have historically taken rather heavy-set stances that worked against that, start to come around more and more to the idea is good for Free software and our users.
There is still work to be done, however. Mark suggests that Qt developers should start using Canonical's Qt add-on libraries for things like dconf so that Qt apps integrate properly with Ubuntu. This is not that much different from saying that Qt apps should just use Gtk+ for rendering so they fit in better, just doing so at a different layer in the stack.
One of the great strengths of Qt, and something that KDE benefits from greatly, is portability and the wide availability of common infrastructure as a result. We've done a lot of work to make Qt and KDE apps work well on all sorts of platforms. This has taken the form of Qt Platform Plugins, porting Oxygen to other platforms, dialog button awareness, Qt's NetworkAccessManager and much more. Part of the "much more" has also been standardization, of the "weak" sort where it's more about conventions and sharing than strict ISO/ECMA-style standardization, of tools and protocols in use, often aided by freedesktop.org.
To get applications working together as well as possible, the answer is not to start creating Ubuntu-targeted versions of Qt apps, but to work on the issues below the application developer's line of sight. If settings are an issue, then there are two avenues that should be pursued: identification of which settings ought to be widely shared and identification of management processes that ought to be shared. The former can be approached through standardization if nothing else, and the latter is probably a technology problem.
Solving this means working together, not thinking that we are individually capable of coming up with the best ideas ever and that the world should simply bend to our whim of the day. That is a strategy fraught with risk and is socially unrealistic given the number of stakeholders.
There are ways to fill in remaining gaps such as configuration related issues that are well within our combined reach, and which we remain quite motivated to continue to fill in. KDE has led the way in not just helping define standards (including ones Canonical now uses), but adopting ideas from the outside (just look at all the freedesktop.org initiatives KDE Platform 4 uses!), working with others on specs (including things like integrating dbusmenu with StatusNotifiers, something Canonical and KDE worked on together to make happen) and working to improve the mechanisms by which such standardization happens. We're open and wanting to work with others, and Free software users would benefit from as many in the Free software ecosystem adopting a similar approach.
As more groups warm to the beauty that is embodied in Qt, I hope that the message of working together (rather than dictating, for life or otherwise) also spreads. That mode of operation is what got Qt and KDE Platform, as high quality developer tools, to where they are today. It is what motivates us to look at the development platforms we build for application developers and ask ourselves, "How can we make this as painless as possible for the developer while giving them access to as many platforms as seamlessly as possible?" It's a way of thinking that helps create a superior result, and we're always looking for new ways to expand the benefits it brings.
20 comments:
- Kevin said...
My interpretation of the DConf thing is that Canonical is contracting Ryan to build a Qt based DConf access library.
Which, so I assume, could then be used to build a QSettings backend to read/write settings from/to DConf.
So, exactly as you suggest, below the application developer's level of abstraction. - 18/1/11 18:55
- Thomi Richards said...
I'm an avid fan of Qt, KDE, and Linux in general. My love of Qt stems from two main points:
1) It's cross-platform, and it achieves this without taxing developers with a whole load of baggage. Unfortunately, it's not (yet) as compatible between different Linux desktops. Qt apps look terrible in a GNOME session.
2) It's simple to use - both from a developers point of view (clean, clear APIs), but also from a users (apps follow platform styles & guidelines where possible). I haven't looked at the alternatives for a number of years, but have tried using both GTK and wxWidgets in the past. In terms of productivity, nothing compares to Qt.
I'd love to see Ubuntu standardise behind the Qt libraries - apart from anything else, it means Kubuntu might get some love. A working U1 client might be a good start. - 18/1/11 19:18
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Kevin: "Which, so I assume, could then be used to build a QSettings backend to read/write settings from/to DConf."
currently, Canonical is using libgconf directly in products like unity-2d.
second, KDE apps do not, in general, use QSettings except for a few specific use cases. so even if this was to be put beneath QSettings, we'd still need to figure out a path forward.
finally, the suggestion in Mark's blog entry in quite literal terms is to use dconf within KDE. that may be a good idea, it might not be. holding out a "you can be included in $TARGET_OS" trinket as a mechanism to sway such decisions is not a useful approach no matter the validity of the suggestion. it is both error prone from a technical POV and socially untenable.
beyond dconf, this approach is the standard operating procedure for Mark and his company. it could use some improvement. the configuration item is just a useful (and the most recent) object lesson at hand from which we can draw these conclusions.
"So, exactly as you suggest, below the application developer's level of abstraction."
but that isn't at all what we see so far.
i think we'd all be better off if people played apologist less often for Canonical and held them to their actual words and actions. it's what happens for most of the rest of us in the F/OSS world and that accountability really helps drive improvement and minimize (though, of course, not eliminate all) problems. - 18/1/11 19:20
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Thomi Richards: "Qt apps look terrible in a GNOME session."
the #1 reason for that is the GNOME developers and to a lesser extent the packagers who often work on packaging GNOME envs up for their distros. they usually don't care much about anything that doesn't come from their own world. there are exceptions, but they are indeed just that: exceptions. the results are indicative of the mindset, and Mark's blog entry is not far from that status quo approach.
in Qt we've done all sorts of useful things such as the platform plugins for environment dialogs (file, print, etc), theme bridges (so, e.g., Gtk+ can theme Qt), dynamic dialog button re-ordering, etc.
in KDE, we have ourselves worked on extending our "native" look 'n feel over to Gtk+ apps with efforts like the Gtk+ Oxygen theme, Firefox and Open Office bridges, etc.
we've adopted (and participated in) icon naming specifications, etc.
and yet .. it's still so very much a one-way street.
so while a Qt (or KDE) app can look quite good in a GNOME env, it sometimes falls short and is made so much harder than necessary.
it's amazing how much a typical Qt or KDE dev tends to know about the available compatibility efforts versus how much the typical Gtk+ or GNOME dev does. i'm constantly unpleasantly surprised when i find yet another Gtk+/GNOME dev or packager has no idea Qt supports native Gtk+ theming, for instance.
Qt 4.7 is far, far better at this than previous releases, but we need people from outside of the Qt and KDE world to start caring more about the _whole_ experience from the user's POV to make it as good as it could, and should, be.
the hermetic sealing of communities and the approach of "here, just use our stuff we developed by ourselves over here and then there's no more problems!" really needs to stop.
"In terms of productivity, nothing compares to Qt."
agreed :)
"I'd love to see Ubuntu standardise behind the Qt libraries"
again, agreed :) - 18/1/11 19:30
- Kevin said...
currently, Canonical is using libgconf directly in products like unity-2d.
I see, I had assumed that would be using the recommended approach (on the GLib stack) and use GSettings.
second, KDE apps do not, in general, use QSettings except for a few specific use cases.
I know, I was focusing on the "Qt application" part. For KDE apps we would be needing a KConfig backend.
Anyway, I was probably too focused on the technical considerations and didn't pay any attention to the baiting and such.
Just saying that having native access to some technology does not imply using it directly. Especially not when usual app developer facing API is designed for using different backends. - 18/1/11 19:36
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Kevin: "having native access to some technology does not imply using it directly. Especially not when usual app developer facing API is designed for using different backends. "
agreed; when those backends are done reasonably well, it's a terrific thing to have. - 18/1/11 20:58
- Ville said...
Perhaps the work to untangle kde lib dependencies could lead to ubiquity of those libraries across Gnome and KDE now?
- 18/1/11 21:39
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Ville: "Perhaps the work to untangle kde lib dependencies could lead to ubiquity of those libraries across Gnome and KDE now?"
this is definitely one of the hopes: that more app developers will be able to benefit from these libraries.
a lot of them are already 'untangled' (and have been for quite a while), but we need to do a better job in how they are packaged and promoted (iow: mostly public discussion) - 18/1/11 22:25
- Beat Wolf said...
i really wonder why they did not use plasma for unity-2d, i mean, they are basicaly reinventing the wheel. Somebody says that that is because they can't have kdelibs + the gnome libs on the same cd, but does plasma really need all of kdelibs? i'm wondering anyway how big that kdelibs is everybody is complaining about.
- 18/1/11 23:05
- John said...
The problem I have is it's not clear what problem they are trying to solve here. If they want to write an all new desktop with all new apps that only run under their new desktop and only use their chosen settings storage, then they are going about it the "right" way. If they are wanting to solve the problem of apps written in any given toolkit for a particular desktop not fitting in under any other desktop then they are going about it all wrong. We're obviously interested in the latter, the former is something I have no desire to participate in.
What I would like to see is the Ubuntu architecture team produce a document on what they think is wrong and what they think needs to be done to fix it, then invite all the affected parties to discuss the issue. That's what you would do if you were interested in solving the real problem, but I'm afraid Canonical is only interested in locking developers and users into their platform (now, where have I seen that before?). - 18/1/11 23:10
- Aaron J. Seigo said...
@Beat Wolf: "i really wonder why they did not use plasma for unity-2d"
control is probably at least part of it.
"i really wonder why they did not use plasma for unity-2d"
well, unity does a _LOT_ less than Plasma Desktop or Plasma Netbook does. it's a rather simpler thing. there is certainly a lot of overlap, though, and it would have been possible to build this with plasma (including using QML).
"because they can't have kdelibs + the gnome libs on the same cd, but does plasma really need all of kdelibs?"
it doesn't use KHTML, but it does make extensive use of much of the rest of kdelibs.
CDs are really quite small in the end, and pulling in the dependencies for a "full featured" kdelibs over and above what GNOME uses is also an issue. the deps are not the same between the two stacks.
"i'm wondering anyway how big that kdelibs is everybody is complaining about."
not big in terms of disk space, but big enough to cause issues if targeting a "all on one CD" distro given everything else you need to cram on there. - 18/1/11 23:20
- taschenorakel said...
> it's amazing how much a typical Qt or KDE dev tends to know about the available compatibility efforts versus how much the typical Gtk+ or GNOME dev does. i'm constantly unpleasantly surprised when i find yet another Gtk+/GNOME dev or packager has no idea Qt supports native Gtk+ theming, for instance.
Aron, this ignorance exits within both camps.
Actually during my day job ignorance is the smallest issue I face. Much more often I see distrust and even plain hate between both camps. Badly needed features not being implemented just because the guy asking for it is from the other camp... Only hurts.
Not convinced mixing both worlds will bring us a better desktop. Too many compromises. Too many hurt feelings. Mediocrity. - 19/1/11 01:11
- Cyrille Berger said...
That said, it is perfectly possible to write a dconf backend for KConfig that would make all KDE application "eligible" according to Mark Shuttleworth.
- 19/1/11 07:36
- baxeico said...
Maybe this "shared configuration" issue could be discussed at the next Desktop Summit? If the Gnome and KDE communities will come up with a good and shared solution, I don't see why Canonical shouldn't embrace it.
- 19/1/11 09:06
- lefty.crupps said...
> Maybe this "shared configuration" issue could be
> discussed at the next Desktop Summit?
Yes please, lets get a common backend for File Open /Print etc dialogs, so that the dialog is based on the desktop which one runs, not on the app opening that dialog.
http://gnuski.blogspot.com/2009/06/two-wishes-for-gran-canaria-desktop.html - 19/1/11 12:53
- Ian Monroe said...
@Cyrille Berger:
It wouldn't be as simple as that. The point of dconf (I think) is that configuration changes can occur outside the app, and then the app needs to respond to the signal of the change configuration. It is rather different then KConfig. - 19/1/11 14:33
- Damon Lynch said...
@aaron: the hermetic sealing of communities and the approach of "here, just use our stuff we developed by ourselves over here and then there's no more problems!" really needs to stop.
I very much admire QT and KDE and I am truly thankful for all the work people have done on collaboration, standards, shared technologies and so forth. Thank you for your efforts.
I am the developer of a modest application. I work on it when I have time; I have many other commitments. The application uses python, GTK and some Gnome technologies. Even in this "small world" there is so much to keep on top of -- new and improved Gnome / GTK technologies, python multiprocessing instead of threading, better algorithms for the application itself, etc etc. And of course there is a website to be kept up-to-date, documentation to be written, users to be supported, etc.
I just ask to remember that there are those of us for whom it's practically difficult to effectively keep on top of technologies from our various communities. There is a lot going on, with so much complexity to manage and consider! If we fail to do as good a job as we'd like to, it doesn't necessarily mean our motivations are against collaboration or that we think our community is the "best" one, or has "all the answers". It's just that we have limited time and many demands.
Personally I would love it if my program was better able to integrate in with relevant KDE programs, and vice versa. I remain optimistic that FOSS applications and systems can make life better.
Thanks again for all your efforts on the behind the scenes work to make life easier for part-time volunteer developers like myself. - 19/1/11 17:21
- flavio said...
Aaron said: "second, KDE apps do not, in general, use QSettings except for a few specific use cases. so even if this was to be put beneath QSettings, we'd still need to figure out a path forward."
My opinion is that Canonical is NOT making this move towards a GNOME/KDE integration. It's more about attracting developers and new apps, even commercial ones. So this move is not about KDE. It's about adopting a simpler and more modern toolkit for ISVs so they can create apps and probably sell them through the Ubuntu Software Center. - 19/1/11 19:25
- segedunum said...
@taschenorakel Aron, this ignorance exits within both camps.
Actually, no it doesn't. If you take a cursory look down the stuff at Freedesktop you'll see most of the work having been done by KDE and Qt developers.
I also think taking the politically correct route of saying that everyone is to blame does a terrible disservice to the people who've put effort and code into things like GTK-Qt and the Qt integration with Gnome, GTK and glib.
There's certainly one camp that needs to be doing a lot better. Maybe this will be the start of something, but it's going to take an awful lot more than a dconf settings backend and a blog posting that says "This is what we're doing and this is how you can fit in".
You will probably also need to standardise on the settings that get put into dconf so applications know what they're looking at and can respond accordingly. That's going to need a mammoth effort with buy-in from everyone. It's not as simple as Shuttleworth is painting. - 20/1/11 13:31
- Fri13 said...
Is it just me who always gets bad feelings when Canonical is saying doing something for the community?
I have just so many times seen how much negative and very contrary things has happened almost everything what Canonical is doing when it comes to open source world. - 22/1/11 20:03


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My Neighbor's kids-Final Chapter
My uncle was pretty drunk and you could tell from his mood that it wouldn't be wise to mess with him, so as the girls got dressed; I ran out the door in my boxers and headed for the main trailer. I found my dad and told him to get out back in a hurry, because my uncle was drunk and acting crazy. Both of us got to the camper trailer as my uncle was dragging the twins to his pickup truck. My dad stopped him and asked what he was doing, but my uncle told him to fuck off and took a swing at him. That was a big mistake, because my dad was in great physical condition and was pretty adept with his hands. One right cross and my uncle hit the ground with a thud, spitting blood and teeth. He was dazed and knew better than to get up, so my dad told him if he got up, it had better be to go to bed, or he would knock him on his ass again. My uncle realized that he better back off, so he dragged himself up, wiped the blood from his chin and headed for the main trailer.
My dad came back to the camper once he was satisfied that my uncle was in bed passed out, and he asked me what had gone on. Runt opened his mouth and said that his dad had come out to have sex with Wanda and Emily, and he was glad that his dad had got his lights punched out. The whole story came out, and when my dad said he was going to call the police, the girls begged him not to, because they would all end up in foster care. He went inside and talked it over with mom and my aunt, and came out twenty minutes later and told me to get my things together, because we were leaving for home.
During the drive home, I found out that my aunt had known all along what her husband had been doing to the girls, and chose to look the other way because she was afraid of him. I couldn't say that I disagreed with them when my parents pulled over at the next town and went into the police station to report what my uncle had been doing, but I worried about the kids and what might happen to them. It was now after 5am and everyone was really exhausted, after giving our statements to the detective. We were told that the police and Children's Services agents would be arriving at my uncle's house around 6am, and they asked us to stay over to help with the kids. We were parked down the street as the police cars and agency vehicles arrived at my uncle's trailer, and both my uncle and aunt were led to the vehicles in handcuffs. The three kids were brought out after they had dressed and were taken by Agency staff to their vehicle. We pulled up to the trailer and the police asked us to follow the Agency vehicle to the hospital, where the kids would have medical examinations.
It was now close to lunch time, when the Agency staff asked us to follow them to a private conference room to discuss the situation. I had to wait outside, but from where I was sitting, I could see the kids in a ward, dressed in those medical gowns. I went over to talk with them, and told them I was really sorry that this had happened. They were very quiet and didn't say much to me, but runt said that he was glad that his dad had been arrested, and he could now have the twins to himself. He really was a fucked up kid, but I understood what he meant as I thought back on how delicious those pussies had been.
My parents were in that conference room for an hour, and when they finally came out, they told us that the three kids would be going home with us, until all the investigations had been completed. It wasn't what the prosecutor and police wanted, because it would be more difficult for their investigations, but Agency staff insisted that it was in the best interests of the kids to live with us right now, rather than strangers. By the time we left the hospital and had something to eat lunch, it was near 4:30pm, so my Dad said that he was going to drive straight through, and we could sleep in the car if we needed to.
We arrived home at 1:30 in the morning and spent an hour getting sleeping arrangements finalized, and then everyone basically passed out from exhaustion. I heard my dad leaving a voicemail for his boss, saying that he wouldn't be at work tomorrow, so I knew we would probably spend Monday talking things over, and then sorting out living arrangements. The twins were put in the spare bedroom, sharing a double bed, and runt ended up in a sleeping bag on my carpeted bedroom floor. It wasn't what I wanted, but I was too tired to come up with a better alternative. I had visions of waking up with runt's cock in my ass, and would probably have nightmares. Then I thought "no, I will just think about those magic finger pussies, and probably have a wet dream".
It was 10am Monday before anyone stirred and I could smell breakfast cooking in the kitchen. When I went downstairs, the twins were helping my mother cook bacon and eggs, and they looked really hot in their short t-shits and pink panties. I knew that it was so wrong, but I started getting hard, so I sat down quickly and exchanged "good mornings". Runt was next, and I saw him get a boner too, but he didn't even try and hide it.
After dad had got up and we all finished eating and the kitchen had been cleaned up, dad said that we all needed to talk. I knew that the conversation was going to be really uncomfortable for everyone, but to his credit, he mixed in some humor, as well as assurances that everything would be okay, and it seemed to go well. There were a few crying moments, as well as a few angry moments, but we got through it, and began the process of integrating the three kids into our house and our lives.
Mom and dad thought that I should take the three kids on a tour of the neighborhood, while they did some re-arranging in the house, so off we went. Unfortunately before we got too far, I ran into the lady next door and Sarah. I tried to keep going after saying a quick hello, but she called me back and asked me to introduce my new friends. There was no way I could conjure up any kind of story that would make sense, so I simply introduced them by name, and got away as fast as I could. After we were back home, my parents told the kids to explore the house and make themselves comfortable, while they finished their work. I used this opportunity for some "me" time, and went to my room to look for something to do.
About a half hour later I heard voices below my window, and when I checked, Sarah and runt were walking towards the tree house. This can't be good, I thought to myself, but I watched their every move, and as they went up the steps to the tree house, my cock started to get hard. Sure enough, within five minutes, runt had Sarah on her knees and he was pumping his little dick in and out of her mouth, and she seemed eager, even when he spewed his cum in her mouth. I watched as he held her ears, and she didn't miss a beat or a drop of his cum. She licked her lips, and gave a final tongue cleaning to runt's cock head, and by this time, I could feel pre cum leaking into my boxers. I wanted to jerk off real bad, but wasn't sure if I had enough privacy, so I went into the bathroom, locked the door and beat the hell out of my cock until it spewed.
I ran into the twins on my way back to my room and they asked me if I knew where runt had gone, so I took them to my bedroom window to show them. By now, runt had Sarah bent over the table and was pumping into her ass with everything he had. The girls smiled and said that they were happy that runt had found a new playmate. I was still staring at runt and Sarah, and at the same time wondering why she wasn't screaming. It became apparent that the twins had become aroused watching runt pounding away at Sarah, so they both started massaging my cock through my pants. I was fully engorged again, and was totally lost in my thoughts about their pussies. I hardly noticed that they had moved me closer to the bed, but in an instant, they had my pants and boxers down, and pushed me back on the bed.
As I looked deliriously at the ceiling, Wanda and Emily licked and sucked on my balls and cock, and just when I felt that tingle in my balls, I heard "what the fuck? I can't believe what I am seeing". My dad was in my doorway, frozen in shock, and my mom now joined him, and said she was going to pass out. I saw my dad's face turning red, and it wasn't embarrassment; it was full blown rage. I remember getting dragged down the stairs and into the garage, and for the first time in my life, I felt punches, rather than slaps. He was totally out of control and I thought my life was over, but then mom came in and pulled him off of me.
I was bleeding and felt like I had a few loose teeth, and I could feel my eyes swelling and closing up. Mom virtually dragged my dad out of the garage and back into the house, so I got to my bike, opened the garage door, and made a run for it.I was hurting everywhere, but I guess adrenaline kept me pedalling. I got about two miles, when I heard a siren, so I looked to my left and a policeman in a cruiser was waving for me to pull over. When I stopped, he could see the extent of my injuries, so he radioed for an ambulance, and sat me in his cruiser to wait. My mouth was swollen shut, so I couldn't really answer any of his questions, and I guess he knew that, so he put his arm around my shoulder and held me until the ambulance arrived.
After arriving at the hospital, I was x-rayed, scanned, had my blood and urine tested, and was given an IV because of blood loss. It was about three hours later that the trauma doctor, told me that I have a fractured jaw, two cracked ribs, a mild concussion and internal bleeding from my spleen and liver. This was a lot to take in, but when he said that I was being taken to surgery and they needed to contact my parents, I mustered up enough strength to tell him "don't bother because it was my father who did this to me". I didn't carry identification, and because I refused to tell them my name and address, they had to get approval from Children's Services to do the surgery.
I woke up in the recovery room, and saw the surgeon and my nurse standing over me. Then I saw the policeman who had brought me in along with the paramedics. The surgeon told me that my liver had been damaged beyond repair, and there was nothing more that could be done. In my mind I'm thinking "so what can you do to fix me up, but then it suddenly dawned on me that they might be telling me that I was going to die".
The policeman told me that he would stay with me as long as I wanted him to, but he felt that my parents should be notified, so he asked me again. I mumbled their names and address, but I was still in a fog, not only from the surgery, but from the thoughts of dying. Everyone except the policeman stayed with me, so I knew my worst fears must be true. I asked the surgeon how much time I had left, but all he would say was that he couldn't be sure. I fell asleep and woke up a couple of hours later to see my mom sitting on the edge of my bed, holding my hand and sobbing. I tried to talk, but she told me not to, because of my jaw fracture. She tried to hug me, but I flinched from the cracked ribs, so she just sat there crying. When she got herself settled down a bit, she said that the police had taken my father to jail and charged him with aggravated assault, and the prosecutor was recommending that he be held without bail, so he would likely stay in jail for a long time. She also said that Children's Services had taken away the three kids, and also Sarah from next door.
It was impossible to take all this in, so I thought to myself "it's just as well that I am going to die, because life as I know it is really fucked up".
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anonymous reader
2013-08-12 17:48:05
was good beginning but very deperessing ending hope you get better soon
anonymous reader
2013-05-11 22:15:59
The story would have been better if the parrents didn't find out in the end and the twins finnishing their work.. I enjoyed this series, I wish there was more of it!!!
anonymous reader
2012-11-23 00:21:58
this is good but crazy! Good job.. you got me thinking:)
anonymous reader
2011-11-18 23:37:01
This pretty much happend to me. My father beat my ass for fucking my cousins and I got on my bike and rode for 85 miles and for 1 and a half days. I passed out from blood loss and a police officer found me on the side of the nj state park way. He took me to the hospital and I had a completely broken jaw and a fractured skull. 5 broken ribs and. One punctured my lung and the other punctured my liver. I had to get a liver transplant. They patched up my lung. I was taken away from my dad and the police officer that found me and brought me to the hospital is now my foster father. I have never felt so welcome.
anonymous reader
2011-05-03 19:04:27
Wow really weird ass ending really didnt see that coming.
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Original author(s) | Apple Inc. |
Developer(s) | Apple Inc. |
Initial release | Developers release June 6, 2011 Public release October 12, 2011[1] |
Stable release | 3.1 / January 24, 2014 |
Development status | Active |
Operating system | OS X (10.7 Lion & Later) Microsoft Windows iOS 5 or later |
Available in | Multilingual |
Type | Online backup service |
License | Freeware |
Alexa rank | 990 (March 2014[update])[2] |
Website | www.icloud.com |
iCloud is a cloud storage and cloud computing service[3][4][5] from Apple Inc. launched on October 12, 2011. As of July 2013[update], the service has 320 million users.[6]
The service allows users to store data such as music and iOS applications on remote computer servers for download to multiple devices such as iOS-based devices running iOS 5 or later,[7] and personal computers running OS X 10.7.2 "Lion" or later, or Microsoft Windows (Windows Vista service pack 2 or later). It also replaces Apple's MobileMe service,[5] acting as a data syncing center for email, contacts, calendars, bookmarks, notes, reminders (to-do lists), iWork documents, photos and other data. The service also allows users to wirelessly back up their iOS devices to iCloud instead of manually doing so using iTunes. iCloud data center is located in Maiden, North Carolina. [8]
iCloud is the latest branding of Apple's cloud computing services. It has previously been branded as iTools in 2000, .Mac in 2002, and MobileMe in 2008.[3][4][5]
iCloud was announced on June 6, 2011,[9] at the 2011 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC). Apple announced that MobileMe would be discontinued after June 30, 2012, with anyone who had an account before the unveiling of iCloud having their MobileMe service extended to that date, free of charge.[10]
The official website, www.icloud.com, went live in early August for Apple Developers. On October 12, 2011, iCloud became available to use via an iTunes update.[11] iCloud had 20 million users in less than a week after launch.[12] The iCloud.com domain and registered trademark were bought from a Swedish company called Xcerion, who rebranded their service to CloudMe.[13][14][15] CloudMe still controls major domains like iCloud.de, iCloud.fr and iCloud.es.[16]
A class action lawsuit by customers unhappy over the transition from MobileMe to iCloud was filed in early May 2012.[17]
The first official mention of iCloud from Apple came on May 31, 2011, when a press release[18] announced that it would demonstrate the service at the WWDC on June 6, 2011. A banner hung at the Moscone Center for WWDC revealed the iCloud logo five days before the official launch.[19]
In the WWDC 2011 keynote speech, Apple announced iCloud will replace MobileMe services and that the basic iCloud service will be free of charge.[20]
The cloud-based system allows users to store music, photos, applications, documents, bookmarks, reminders, backups, notes, iBooks, and contacts, and provides a platform for Apple's email servers and calendars. Third-party iOS and OS X app developers are able to implement iCloud functionality in their apps through the iCloud API.[21]
Backup and restore[edit]
iCloud allows users to back up the settings and data on iOS devices running iOS 5 or later.[22] Data backed up includes photos and videos in the Camera Roll, device settings, app data, messages (iMessage, SMS, and MMS), ringtones, and Visual Voicemails. Backups occur daily when the device is locked and connected to Wi-Fi and a power source. In case of a malfunction of any Apple device, during the restoration process, iCloud offers to restore all data along with App data only if the device was synced to iCloud and backed up.
Back to My Mac[edit]
Back to My Mac, also previously part of MobileMe, is now part of iCloud.[23] As before, this service allows users to log in remotely to other computers that have Back to My Mac enabled and are configured with the same Apple ID.
Email, Contacts, and Calendars[edit]
As with MobileMe (and .Mac and iTools before it), an iCloud account includes an email account. Unlike MobileMe and its previous iterations, an email address is an optional part of an iCloud account, in that the user can choose not to use it but can still use the email as their iCloud Apple ID. The email account can be accessed using any standard IMAP-compatible email client as well as the web portal mail client on iCloud.com. Additionally, on an iOS device, iCloud email is push-enabled.
Users converting existing MobileMe accounts to iCloud accounts kept their existing "@me.com" email addresses, and users whose accounts pre-dated MobileMe and had both me.com and mac.com email addresses kept both. In iOS 6 beta 3, Apple gave notice to developers that new signups would instead get "@icloud.com" email addresses.[citation needed] As with the .Mac to MobileMe transition, existing users get to keep their old addresses and also get a matching new icloud.com address, so messages sent to a valid account with multiple addresses all end up in the same inbox.
Users setting up new iCloud accounts, whether completely new or attaching[clarification needed] them to existing non-MobileMe Apple IDs, can opt to not have email with their iCloud account. These users don't see the iCloud webmail component when signing in at iCloud.com. They still need a valid email address with another email provider to sign-up (e.g. a Gmail account), and that existing non-Apple email address becomes their iCloud login.[clarification needed]
Find My Friends[edit]
In iOS 5, iCloud introduced a new feature called Find My Friends. Find My Friends is very similar to Find My iPhone, except users can share their location with other friends or family using the feature. Concurrently with the launch of iOS 5, Apple released an app for Find My Friends. iOS 6 added location-based alerts to notify the user when a device arrives at a certain location.[24]
Find My iPhone[edit]
Find My iPhone, formerly part of MobileMe, allows users to track the location of their iOS device or Mac. A user can see the device's approximate location on a map (along with a circle showing the radius depicting the margin of error), display a message and/or play a sound on the device (even if it is set to silent), change the password on the device, and remotely erase its contents.[25] The feature was first announced on June 10, 2009 and was included in iOS 3.0 software update as a feature for paying MobileMe users.[26] Find My iPhone was made free of charge with the iOS 4.2.1 software update on November 22, 2010, but only for devices introduced in 2010.[27] An iOS app was also released by Apple on June 18, 2010, which allows users to locate their device from other iOS devices running iOS 4 or later software.[28] In iOS 5, Find My iPhone was continued as a feature for iCloud. iOS 6 introduced Lost Mode, a new feature that allows the user to mark a device as "lost", making it easier to protect and find. The feature also allows someone that finds the user's lost iPhone to call the user directly without unlocking it. Similar phone finder services under various names are available for other families of smartphones.
iCloud Keychain[edit]
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iCloud Keychain was announced at the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), to be released as part of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks (version 10.9). It was not released with the initial release of iOS 7, instead being added with the release of iOS 7.0.3 and OS X Mavericks following Apple's October 22, 2013 event. It re-introduces the old MobileMe Keychain syncing function that was removed with the initial release of iCloud in 2011, but now renamed iCloud Keychain.
It functions as a secure database that allows information including a user's website login passwords, Wi-Fi network passwords, credit/debit card management (though without CVV), and other account data, to be securely stored for quick access and auto-fill on webpages and elsewhere when the user needs instant access to them. They are always stored encrypted using 256-bit AES encryption, are stored on device and pushed from iCloud between devices, and only available on a user's trusted devices.
The service can also suggest new longer and more secure passwords to the user, if and when required. It will only be available for use on Apple platforms, and even more specifically, when using inside a browser, will only work with Safari browser on iOS 7.0.3 and OS X Mavericks (version 10.9) onwards.
iTunes Match[edit]
iTunes Match debuted on November 14, 2011. It was initially available to US users only.[29] For an annual fee,[30] customers can scan and match tracks in their iTunes music library, including tracks copied from CDs or other sources, with tracks in the iTunes Store, so customers do not have to repurchase said tracks. Customers may download up to 25,000 tracks in 256 kbit/s DRM-free AAC file format that match tracks in any supported audio file formats in customers' iTunes libraries, including ALAC and MP3. Customers also have the choice to keep their original copies stored on their computers or have them replaced by copies from the iTunes Store.[31] Any music not available in the iTunes Store is uploaded for download onto customers' other supported devices and computers; doing this will not take storage from the customers' iCloud's storage allowance. Any such tracks stored in the higher quality lossless audio ALAC, or original uncompressed PCM formats, WAV and AIFF, are transcoded to 256 kbit/s DRM-free AAC format before uploading to the customers' iCloud storage account, leaving the original higher quality local files in their original format.[32]
If a user stops paying for the iTunes Match service, all copies of the DRM-free AAC iTunes Store versions of tracks that have already been downloaded onto any device can be kept,[30][33] whether on iOS devices or computers.[30]
From iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks onwards, the iTunes Radio function will be available across devices, including integration with the Music app, both on portable iOS devices and Apple TV (2nd generation onwards), as well as inside the iTunes app on Macintosh and Windows computers. It will be included in an ad-free version for subscribers to the iTunes Match service and will initially be available in the US only, before rolling-out to other countries later.[34]
As of December 9, 2013[update], iTunes Match is available in 116 countries with the addition of Finland, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden, while iTunes in the Cloud is available in 155 countries.[35]
iWork for iCloud[edit]
During the 2013 Apple Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) keynote speech, iWork for iCloud was announced for release at the same time as the next version of the app versions of iWork later in the year. The three apps for both iOS and OS X that form Apple's iWork suite (Pages, Numbers, and Keynote), will be made available on a web interface (named as Pages for iCloud, Numbers for iCloud, and Keynote for iCloud respectively), and accessed via the iCloud website under each users iCloud Apple ID login. They will also sync with the users iOS and OS X versions of the app, should they have them, again via their iCloud Apple ID.
This allows the user to edit and create documents on the web, using one of the supported browsers; currently Safari, Chrome, and Internet Explorer. It also means that Microsoft Windows users now have access to these native –previously only Apple device– document editing tools, via the web interface.
Photo Stream[edit]
Photo Stream is a service supplied with the basic iCloud service which allows users to store the most recent 1,000 photos on the iCloud servers up to 30 days free of charge. When a photo is taken on a device with Photo Stream enabled, it is automatically uploaded to the iCloud servers; from there, it is automatically pushed to the rest of the user's registered devices. Photos in Photo Stream will automatically be removed from other devices after the user reaches the 1,000 photo or 30 day limit. Users who utilize Photo Stream on their Mac or PC can choose to have all photos permanently saved on their computer - their photos in Photo Stream will not be removed from the computer when they are dropped out of Photo Stream after the user reaches the 1,000 photo or 30 day limit. The service is also integrated with Apple TV, allowing users to view their recent photos wirelessly on their HDTV.[36]
Since introduction in 2011, each account has 5 GB of free storage for owners of either an iOS device using iOS 5.x or later, or a Mac using OS X Lion 10.7 or later. Additional storage can be purchased in tiers of 10, 20, or 50 GB – 50 GB being the maximum. The amount of storage is shared across all devices per iCloud Apple ID.[37][38][39]
Several native features of iCloud use each user's iCloud storage allowance, specifically, Backup and restore, and email, Contacts, and Calendars. On Macs, users can also store most filetypes into iCloud folders of their choosing, rather than only storing them locally on the machine. While Photo Stream uses the iCloud servers, usage does not come out of the user's iCloud storage allowance. iTunes Match music content that is not sold in the iTunes Store also gets uploaded to the user's iCloud storage and comes out of the user's allowance. Other apps can optionally integrate app storage out of the user's iCloud storage allowance.
Not all of a user's content counts as part of their iCloud storage allowance. Apple is able to keep a permanent track of every purchase a user makes under their Apple ID account, and by associating each piece of content with the user, means only one copy of every Store item is needed to be kept on Apple's servers. For items bought from the iTunes Store (music, music videos, movies, TV shows), iBookStore (books), or App Store (iOS apps), this uses a service Apple call iTunes in the Cloud, allowing the user to automatically, or manually if preferred, re-download any of their previous purchases on to a Mac, PC, or iOS device.[35] Downloaded (or streamed, provided the user is connected to the Internet) iTunes Store content can be used across all these devices, however while iBookStore and App Store content can be downloaded to Macs and PCs for syncing to iOS devices, only the iOS devices themselves can be used to read books or use the iOS apps. Similarly, OS X apps purchased from the Mac App Store are also linked to the Apple ID they were purchased through, and are able to be downloaded to any Mac using the same Apple ID. Also, when a user registers any new device, all previously bought Store content can be downloaded from the Store servers, or non-Store content from the iCloud servers.[40]
In addition to the free 5 GB of iCloud storage, previous MobileMe accounts (to be precise, those "individual" accounts, or the master account user only, not the sub-members, on "family pack" accounts) were automatically given the extra 20 GB tier on iCloud, and those with MobileMe accounts with 40 or 60 GB of additional purchased storage received a complimentary upgrade of 50 GB of iCloud storage. Originally this was going to be until the close of the MobileMe service on June 30, 2012,[41] but Apple later extended this to be until September 30, 2012.[42] On September 30, 2012 users noticed that the free storage upgrade had not expired, but had seemingly been extended 50 years longer, with their devices showing an expiry date of September 30, 2038.[43] However over the course of the next few days this soon changed to show just a year's extension, until September 30, 2013,[44] with Apple emailing customers to advise them of the extension.[45] On August 1, 2013, Apple posted a knowledge base article and emailed affected former MobileMe customers who received the free storage upgrade, to notify them that this expires on September 30, 2013, and would then revert to the free 5 GB tier, also advising them in the email of the amount of iCloud storage they were currently using.[46][47] As expected, on September 30, 2013, Apple ended the complimentary storage plan upgrades for former MobileMe members, re-advising them by emailing where they also told users the amount of iCloud data they were currently left using.[46][48]
URL access points[edit]
There are subdirectory (private) access points to each iCloud user's individual account functions on the main iCloud.com portal. Once signed in, these provide web access to each iCloud user's account via direct links to each function. See list:
- http://www.icloud.com[49] – main user login.
- http://www.icloud.com/mail[50] – user's Mail access.
- http://www.icloud.com/contacts[51] – user's Contacts access.
- http://www.icloud.com/calendar[52] – user's Calendar access.
- http://www.icloud.com/find[53] – user's Find My iPhone access.
- http://www.icloud.com/iwork[54] – user's iWork access.
As well as private subdirectory access points, the previous similar MobileMe service also had subdomains for public access to certain user account functions, which are not offered in iCloud.
System requirements[edit]
iCloud requires an iOS device running iOS 5.x or later, or a Mac running OS X 10.7.2 "Lion" or later, to create a new account.[55] Synchronizing with a PC requires Windows Vista (Service Pack 2) or Windows 7 using iCloud control panel,[56] optionally Outlook 2007 or later to sync Calendar, Contacts and Reminders, and optionally Internet Explorer 8 or later or Safari 5.1.1 or later to sync Bookmarks. Online access to iCloud requires a compatible web browser.[57] MobileMe account users could move their accounts to be an iCloud account, keeping the same account details.[58]
Name dispute[edit]
iCloud Communications, a telecommunications company in Arizona, sued Apple in June 2011 for trademark infringement shortly after Apple announced iCloud.[59][60] The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court of Arizona and demanded that Apple stop using the iCloud name and pay unspecified monetary damages.[60][61] iCloud Communications changed its name to Clear Digital Communications in August 2011 and dropped its lawsuit against Apple shortly thereafter.[62]
iCloud data is kept encrypted on Apple servers, but Apple maintains a master key and can decrypt it when requested by government agencies.[63]
iCloud has been criticized by third-party developers for bugs that make some features nearly unusable, specifically the use of Core Data in iCloud, for storing and syncing larger amounts of data between users' devices,[64][65][66] which Apple is attempting to address with the release of iOS 7 and OS X Mavericks (version 10.9).[67]
See also[edit]
- Box.net
- CloudMe
- Dropbox
- Droplr
- Google Drive
- Mega
- Picasa
- OneDrive
- SparkleShare
- SugarSync
- Syncplicity - EMC Corporation
- Tresorit
- Ubuntu One
- Comparison of file hosting services
- Comparison of online backup services
- Comparison of online music lockers
- Clinked
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