April 27, 2006
Aperture dev team broken up?
Authored by Dan Moren at 10:53 AM
Category | Apple » News
Was Aperture not quite up to Steve Jobs's expectations? ThinkSecret reports that the engineers for the professional level digital photography app have been either fired or reassigned to other projects.
Reaction to Aperture has been mixed since its release, with the app garnering solid marks from our Macworld brethren, but not-so-stellar reviews from other sources, like Ars Technica, whose review of v1.0 noted: "At this stage Aperture is a big, expensive misfire and considering the hefty price tag, I can't think of a reason to recommend it." By all accounts, 1.0 had some pretty egregious bugs, many of which were fixed by the subsequent 1.0.1 and 1.1 updates, but some of which continue to torment unsuspecting users. In addition, Apple is seeing competition from Adobe's forthcoming Lightroom.
If this report is true, I wonder if it'll mean good or bad news for Aperture users. Bringing in new blood could help the program find its way, or it could be the end of the program as we know it.
Do you have any Aperture experiences, good or bad, that you'd like to share?
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