Does anybody actually LIKE the new iOS 18 Photos app? [MERGED]

[adrianlondon]

I also have a lot of folders (71!) and, well, you're going to be disappointed. There's a Section for Albums but it only shows a few, not all. You can't even scroll thru to get to other Albums. You have to enter THAT collection and then scroll thru your Albums. Definitely many steps back, not forward.

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop when iOS 18 goes live and everyone asks WTH is this lol

Are you on the latest beta? I can horizontally scroll through all my (top-level) albums and folders.

Albums within a folder don't show until I click that folder to open it up. Then I get a standard (vertical) list of albums within that folder, or nested folders - whatever.

Clicking the ">" at the end of the Albums section title also shows every top-level album and folder in a vertical list.

 

[gank41]

Are you on the latest beta? I can horizontally scroll through all my (top-level) albums and folders.

Albums within a folder don't show until I click that folder to open it up. Then I get a standard (vertical) list of albums within that folder, or nested folders - whatever.

Clicking the ">" at the end of the Albums section title also shows every top-level album and folder in a vertical list.

Scrolling horizontally only shows 20 albums. This was why I liked having the Tabs at the bottom because that was essentially the "Collection" of Albums. Now I have to scroll to that collection, tap it, then scroll to the folder, THEN select it. More taps isn't a good thing. Less taps = good.

 

[adrianlondon]

Scrolling horizontally only shows 20 albums. This was why I liked having the Tabs at the bottom because that was essentially the "Collection" of Albums. Now I have to scroll to that collection, tap it, then scroll to the folder, THEN select it. More taps isn't a good thing. Less taps = good.

Aha. I have less than 20 so I assumed - wrongly - that it would just keep scrolling.

 

[fatTribble]

I also have a lot of folders (71!) and, well, you're going to be disappointed. There's a Section for Albums but it only shows a few, not all. You can't even scroll thru to get to other Albums. You have to enter THAT collection and then scroll thru your Albums. Definitely many steps back, not forward.

Just waiting for the other shoe to drop when iOS 18 goes live and everyone asks WTH is this lol

Thanks for the response. So what happens to Folders?

 

[gank41]

Thanks for the response. So what happens to Folders?

Folders/Albums are still there, they're just now in their own sub-section or "collection". So, instead of just living in the tab at the bottom where you'd see your folders, you have all photos just hanging out at the top, and you have to customize the best you can the view to accommodate what you want. It's not perfect, and.. well. Yeah. Most folks don't like it. And these are "Tech" folks using a beta. Sooo, yeah.

 

[fatTribble]

Folders/Albums are still there, they're just now in their own sub-section or "collection". So, instead of just living in the tab at the bottom where you'd see your folders, you have all photos just hanging out at the top, and you have to customize the best you can the view to accommodate what you want. It's not perfect, and.. well. Yeah. Most folks don't like it. And these are "Tech" folks using a beta. Sooo, yeah.

I wonder if one strategy might be to have fewer top folders and pin those to your favorite collections.
I haven‘t used it yet but I’m eager to experiment with different options once it’s released.

 

[gank41]

I wonder if one strategy might be to have fewer top folders and pin those to your favorite collections.
I haven‘t used it yet but I’m eager to experiment with different options once it’s released.

Ehhh, no. I have a lot of folders setup for work stuff and various other things. I'm not going to start deleting my own created Albums to accommodate some bad UI

 

[FtaWolf]

Ehhh, no. I have a lot of folders setup for work stuff and various other things. I'm not going to start deleting my own created Albums to accommodate some bad UI

The ui not that bad. Just scroll to bottom then edit folders to way u want them setup. They all show like in older photo app.

 

[gank41]

The ui not that bad. Just scroll to bottom then edit folders to way u want them setup. They all show like in older photo app.

I guess we’ll have to agree to disagree

 

[fatTribble]

I guess I’m intrigued by the customization options. We haven’t had that before.

I also wonder if they will bring back a redesigned Carousel. It’s still mentioned in their iOS 18 description page.

 

[Ipadonly1]

This is a folder of folders. I like how attractive the top level folder looks…

 

[user1234]

I'm not a fan of it at all, but the one thing that annoys me more than anything is that photos and videos don't show in full screen with the first tap. And when you have a video playing full screen and pause, it will resume in the smaller view and you again have to tap to go full screen.

There are some nice new features, but I find the UI to be a huge step down.

 

[tomtattoo]

I´ve gone through all my apps on the phone to look which one uses any kind of a botton bar.
Nearly 90%.
Removing the button bar - WHERE OUR THUMB IS ALL!! THE!! TIME!! - to navigate to different sections of the app is unbelievable stupid.

 

[AbSoluTc]

The inconsistent UI in the Photos app is just bad. I'm a tech guy and really get confused on where I go for my normal tasks I'm used to quickly finding. Then there are some that are buried under multiple areas. Just not good. Some of them are too small or hard to see.

 

[Reeneman]

Honestly I like it. Got used to it pretty quickly. Take a bit of time to rearrange and deactivate some stuff and it looks and works pretty fine.
It’s far away from being this huge upgrade as they presented in the keynote (for sure), but it’s a very solid photo app.

 

[gank41]

Before iOS 18: My Favorites Folder was right there in the bottom left on the Albums Tab as I open the Photos App.

iOS 18: Scroll down to a separate collection (?) from my collection of Albums and then tap the Favorites folder.

No matter how I try to configure it, with still wanting the Albums I've created and curated over time to be listed at the top, I'm struggling with still seeing more scrolls & taps to get to an album called FAVORITES. Seems like a bad UI choice to me.

 

[BigBlur]

Before iOS 18: My Favorites Folder was right there in the bottom left on the Albums Tab as I open the Photos App.

iOS 18: Scroll down to a separate collection (?) from my collection of Albums and then tap the Favorites folder.

No matter how I try to configure it, with still wanting the Albums I've created and curated over time to be listed at the top, I'm struggling with still seeing more scrolls & taps to get to an album called FAVORITES. Seems like a bad UI choice to me.

Strange. I'm able to get my Favorites to show in the bottom left corner every time I open the Photos app.

Modify your 'Pinned Collections' and move Favorites to the top of the list. It's probably already there by default. Then go to 'Customize & Reorder' and move 'Pinned Collections' to the top of the list.

 

[moyjoy]

The first time I tried I was in the mindset of unbreaking it and getting it back to what I was accustomed to and I hated it. I had to go back in with a fresh mindset to instead customize it in a way that works for me, and I still hated it. Just kidding LOL! I actually like the new layout now.

There are some really strange things. Like when I go to Favorites at the bottom there's a tab for Photos and a tab for Movie. I thought that would toggle between favorite photos and favorite movies but no, it generates a movie of your favorites. With music.

I also find the half page "preview" movie in each album odd. You can manually turn that off in each folder. I'd much rather have the default be no preview with an option to turn on. Or one option in settings to toggle album previews on or off.

 

[chibihabibi]

I like the preview animations for the albums. I usually hate change for the sake of it but I think this is in a step in the right direction.

 

[QuarterSwede]

Strange. I'm able to get my Favorites to show in the bottom left corner every time I open the Photos app.

Modify your 'Pinned Collections' and move Favorites to the top of the list. It's probably already there by default. Then go to 'Customize & Reorder' and move 'Pinned Collections' to the top of the list.

That’s exactly what I did.

Oh and I LOVE Recent Days. It’s a hell of a lot better than just a massive camera roll to thumb through and get lost in. Once you customize it it’s a lot better than the old app which was so limited.

 

[bushman4]

Only fix something that’s broken!!
Photo App was fine these aren’t improvements they’re just a change in positioning

 

[Reeneman]

Before iOS 18: My Favorites Folder was right there in the bottom left on the Albums Tab as I open the Photos App.

iOS 18: Scroll down to a separate collection (?) from my collection of Albums and then tap the Favorites folder.

No matter how I try to configure it, with still wanting the Albums I've created and curated over time to be listed at the top, I'm struggling with still seeing more scrolls & taps to get to an album called FAVORITES. Seems like a bad UI choice to me.

Doesn’t have to be that way. You can customize it.

 

[Reeneman]

Only fix something that’s broken!!
Photo App was fine these aren’t improvements they’re just a change in positioning

More or less: yes!
Some new sorting options. I like that you can also look for QR code photos, handwritten stuff and artworks.

 

[gank41]

Doesn’t have to be that way. You can customize it.

Actually, no. I’d have to have Pinned Collections at the top, moving my albums down, along with utilities and media types.

Was so much better when Favorites were just included in Albums and you could just open the app to the folders.

“Customizing” just opens up more bad UI

 

[Fred Zed]

My pet hate is with the watching videos that are recorded on the iPhone. The forward and back scrolling is not as good as it used to be before. For me anyways.