"If nothing else, I hope to see Apple dealing with sandboxing too," he said. "Perhaps when they have to deal with it, they'll better understand the issues."

The developers agreed on one thing: As usual, speculation about Apple's moves might end up completely wrong once the conference gets rolling. "I'm expecting a whole lot of rumor sites to be wrong, and many of them to claim that their sources were right but that something changed at the last second," Kafasis said. "You really can't go wrong with that bet."

That's part of the charm, Hockeberry said.

"I'm sure there will be some other surprises," he said. "It wouldn't be a developer's conference without it--that's why we love going."

WWDC kicks off in San Francisco on Monday, June 11 with a 10 a.m. PT keynote.