{"id":43388,"date":"2024-05-24T11:15:49","date_gmt":"2024-05-24T15:15:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/?p=43388"},"modified":"2024-07-05T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:59:40","slug":"redesigned-apple-developer-forums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mjtsai.com\/blog\/2024\/05\/24\/redesigned-apple-developer-forums\/","title":{"rendered":"Redesigned Apple Developer Forums"},"content":{"rendered":"

Apple<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The Apple Developer Forums have been redesigned for WWDC24 to help developers connect with Apple experts, engineers, and each other to find answers and get advice.<\/p>\n

Apple Developer Relations and Apple engineering are joining forces to field your questions and work to solve your technical issues. You’ll have access to an expanded knowledge base and enjoy quick response times — so you can get back to creating and enhancing your app or game. Plus, Apple Developer Program members now have priority access to expert advice on the forums.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I don’t understand what “priority access” means. Is this another way of saying that some sections (e.g. related to new stuff announced at WWDC) will be hidden if you aren’t logged in?<\/p>\n

It seems like Apple keeps reskinning the forums<\/a>, but the core problems remain. They’re really slow, the interface doesn’t work as well as Stack Overflow or Discourse, and most questions never get good answers, if any at all. With a few notable exceptions, Apple doesn’t seem to pay its engineers to hang out there and answer questions. Sometimes that happens for a little while during WWDC but then stops.<\/p>\n\n

Craig Hockenberry<\/a>:<\/p>\n

So where is the switch to disable the help in the new Apple Developer Forums?<\/p>

It’s a nice idea, but in a world where I use multiple browsers on multiple devices, it’s repetitive and intrusive.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It never remembers that I’m logged in, so I keep seeing the annoying, Apple ID–specific login sheet. It always suggests entering the password for my non-developer Apple ID and has no keyboard control to select the Use a different Apple ID<\/strong> button that doesn’t look like a button.<\/p>\n\n

Previously:<\/p>\n