At least he was consistent and the UI design made sense, textures aside. And UI gossip aside, all the accounts from every engineer who worked under him consistently praised him.
Safari with its KHTML underpinnings was also created under his watch, apparently.
Webkit (along with Safari) was started under Avie Tevanian's watch. Scott Forstall worked under him and Bertrand Serlet, along with Lisa Melton, who lead the development team for Webkit. Forstall was responsible for the development and release of Apple Maps.
caycep|5 months ago
Safari with its KHTML underpinnings was also created under his watch, apparently.
sbuk|5 months ago