[vamsee]

Hmm, was I misunderstood? I didn't mean to ask you how many articles he did supporting Apple's HIG consistency. I was just pointing out that that it's a small minority among the total articles he writes about supporting everything Apple does. At least that's my understanding. Like I said, I wouldn't really go to Gruber's blog for objective analysis, though he does make some good points. I used to enjoy his writing about Apple quite a bit a few years back. Now the blatant fanboism kinda turns me off. FWIW.

[tjogin]

I've read Gruber since he began writing Daring Fireball, I don't think he's changed much at all. I don't see how he's turned from Apple pundit to Apple fanboy, a rather peculiar thing to happen to anyone with time, really.

What has changed is that Apple's success has accelerated, exposing Apple to more customers, press and analysis. Gruber has always covered these things, but with more of it there's more to cover, and with more clueless analysts claiming things about Apple, there's more of that to dispute and ridicule.

And let's just face it, he's usually right about the significant things. That's not fanboyism, that's insight.

Besides, I don't think Gruber very often writes articles just to "support" anything (what would be the point?), usually he's trying to understand where Apple's motivations come from — why they're doing what they're doing — which is the part where most other analysts are fumbling in the dark.

Sometimes he agrees with them, but really, a lot of the time he doesn't (that usually makes for more interesting articles as well). Just writing support for a decision or strategy makes for a really boring read, what he usually does is explain the underlying reasons for it, whether he agrees with it or not.