iOS 11 UI design.

[bensisko]

This will most likely be the Google Glass, or Apple Glass concept device. Whenever that becomes mainstream. Idk about 1-2 years, but I'd say phone's will be replaced with that (for a lot of functionality, anyway) eventually.

Tech glasses of any type won't become mainstream. People don't want to wear glasses of any type when they don't need to. That's the same thing with VR glasses. VR won't become mainstream if people need to wear it on their face. Look how Google Glasses and 3D TVs flopped. People were amazed by it first, but they realised that it doesn't make sense in this form.

I think headsets in general WILL become mainstream but they won't be replacing the phone (or laptops, or tablets). Headsets are for doing specific tasks, not for general purpose. This isn't about if Tech can, it's about the threshold of public acceptance.

The odd thing about Google Glass is that it never became an actual consumer product - it stayed in "Explorer" mode until the end. The entire product was quite literally a "taste" of the future and not a full meal. The public "backlash" over Glass was way overblown, in terms of both technology and coverage. The people who were afraid of what it could do never used the actual device (if they did, their fears would be calmed because the device itself was quite limited and over marketed by Google). I also think the media picked up a small amount of people who were fearful and turned it into mass panic. All of this to say I wouldn't necessarily judge public acceptance based on Glass - it was over-inflated marketing by Google and over-inflated fear spreading by the media.

Augmented Reality glasses will come to the public sector and it will launch mass acceptance by somebody who "cracks the code" (figures out how to do it right), but part of that code cracking will be putting it in it's place - an accessory to the phone meant for specific applications, not a replacement for it.

Apple is smart to be doing AR on the the phone/iPad and seeing how people are going to use AR first before investing in glasses.

 

[Tozovac]

Ok kiddos. I've repeatedly critiqued Jony Ive & Apple for so much selfish minimalism and unnecessary re-arranging from iOS6 due to some misguided desire to create something different just to be different and not to be better on the basis that too often the new way of doing things is a double-whammy of being less intuitive and more cumbersome (click/swipe-heavy) than before. I claimed that too often since iOS7, I've had relatives and friends call me much more often with questions of how to use their iPhone.

Thanks to hiding the voicemail controls underneath each caller's name instead of the instantaneously obvious prior method with the controls constantly at the ready, my mom couldn't figure out how to access her voicemail today to save her life. Where is it obvious that touching the contact would open up the VM controls, unless you inefficiently explore to find out how to work the voicemail screen? (and then run the risk of not becoming aware of other hidden functions that are not intuitively obvious...)

What I appreciated with the prior version was the red/green call & delete buttons and the message length status indicators in plain view, which helped set context. My mom couldn't make heads or tails of the ios10 screen she was looking at.

I'll just leave it at that. Glad to see some increased intuitiveness and obviousness of "buttons" and calls to action in iOS11. Anyone supporting Jony's claim that we're all smarter now and don't need obvious buttons & cues anymore (since of course every current & future iOS user has already had time with iOS1-6 to learn, so therefore we can all live peacefully in the new unintuitive minimalistic regime) should be banished to 64 hours in a room with felt flooring and leather-stitched walls.

 

[tkukoc]

Still waiting for Apple to put booklets into the music player. 3D touch the cover and it opens up.. shows the booklet with all the same information as if you bought the CD in the store. It's not like they can't do this, they just need to get it done. I think this would help some transition away from actual discs.. not all, but some. With the interface changes done in the music player, it would be nice to see some additional features such as this. Not exactly a major fan of the design of the player but adding a few minor touches wouldn't hurt. They are already doing video in the player too so adding booklets even photos for DVD's such as behind the scenes photos could also be possible.

Was really hoping for an interface overhaul in IOS 11 which didn't come but I see some signs of changes.. such as the new icons.. love them or hate them.. hopefully that's part of the full change. Now just make the dock on the phone like the ipad. Round the edges and allow it to be hidden.

 

[charlituna]

Tech glasses of any type won't become mainstream.

i disagree. i think they will become mainstream, if they are basically glasses like we all wear now. not these weird clunky headsets you need now. if someone could figure out a pair that are the same basic shape, not a ton heavier and with perhaps some kind of privacy via the outside of the lens being shaded like sunglasses.

 

[Tozovac]

Was really hoping for an interface overhaul in IOS 11 which didn't come but I see some signs of changes.. such as the new icons.. love them or hate them..

This sentiment towards wanting to see a radical UI overhaul (like ios7 and virtually any MSWindows release) has always mystified me. In my opinion, with the ease that software can be revised, a UI for a touchscreen mobile device like here should always have a best-in-class, attractive, and nearly universally-intuitive interface from the very start, and then be refined constantly from there as experience & technology (hardware) grow. Otherwise, then by definition, any radical UI change is either an admission that what was there before was just God-awful across the board (and if so, shame on them for having a God-awful UI and not constantly refining like the Apple before Jobs passed away) or it's a thinly-veiled attempt to force out a bunch of changes just for the sake of change (and if so, then shame on them for losing touch and no longer focusing on intuitive/efficient function that's also attractive and, ideally, uniquely Apple-like). The Apple OS/iOS I knew from 2005-2013 always incrementally improved (unlike each MSWindows reinvention) and that so impressed me those years...

I'm hoping I'm not calling you out in any way but respectfully, but since you said what you did -- are there any specific areas of the current UI that you're most looking to see overhauled? Or are you wishing the entire UI is overhauled iOS7-style, regardless of whether they change UI elements that you currently really like? And -- are you personally looking for something radically different from both iOS1-6 and iOS7-10, or would you not care if some earlier iOS1-6 elements return if it results in improved function (while also meeting the "it's different from what's there now" aspect of an overhaul).

 

[Vanilla35]

Thanks to hiding the voicemail controls underneath each caller's name instead of the instantaneously obvious prior method with the controls constantly at the ready, my mom couldn't figure out how to access her voicemail today to save her life. Where is it obvious that touching the contact would open up the VM controls, unless you inefficiently explore to find out how to work the voicemail screen? (and then run the risk of not becoming aware of other hidden functions that are not intuitively obvious...)

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My mom is not tech savvy and is also a senior-ish age. I strongly recommended an iPhone for her a first smart phone up until the point that iOS 7 came out. Since then I couldn't recommend it anymore, as it would definitely be less user friendly for her to use as she is not familiar with smart phone OS' (Android or iOS). She ended up going with a windows phone and absolutely loves it. Occasionally is disappointed by the lack of apps, but she still says she would much rather stick with Windows phone even without the apps. Not sure what she'll do for her next phone since Windows mobile OS just died lol.

 

[tkukoc]

I'm hoping I'm not calling you out in any way but respectfully, but since you said what you did -- are there any specific areas of the current UI that you're most looking to see overhauled?

Totally understand what you are saying. To me IOS is an operating system that has seen its users grow up but the system itself hasn't allowed for such an advancement. In many ways it's easy of use is the hindrance. While in others the complexity is what some wanted, such as 3D Touch. 3D touch seems like a great solution to allow additional details to shine through. Problem with it, still a lot of hand holding in the OS. Example, 3D touch the wifi icon/indicator in the new control panel.. this brings up a new section. Love that.. however, you can't go deeper with that selection. It's really a 1 trick pony. Should allow to 3D touch again on the WIFI area, brings up a list of current available networks to connect to. Slideover, this should be used on the status bar in IOS. With Slideover on the status bar, you can essentially customize the bar to your needs rather than the hand held icons given by apple and providers. Obviously some can't be removed such as the provider names/icons. However, it's time to let go of the battery icon when using %. The option should be there to slide over on a % to see the battery total rather then numbers. Make the % in colors, green is full, yellow is the power reserve, red 10% remaining and say Blue for charging.

These are all minor changes, however the hand holding is getting tiring as a long time user. I've grown up to be a programmer and using their systems. I can see in swift what the potentials are and these changes could be done. However changing the OS itself needs deeper thought. Would really like to see the UI changes such as copying iPad's new dock. The ability to hide it would be really nice, but also bring it up while in app could huge. Not sure how they could do it on a smaller screen, which is why they probably haven't attempted it.

New icon changes are a bit odd but they aren't final yet so I'll skip those, other than to say they need to redo all of them.. not just a couple specific ones. Hopefully this occurs. That or allow the option of the user to change icons, now technically this is up to the developer to allow it in their apps. However, Apple should definitely hammer that home in terms of a theme creation. Customization is a major market for those in the jailbreak community. If icon changes across the board could be done, that could open another revenue stream not yet tapped into by Apple. That would be a massive change but again not really thinking that would occur in one IOS update. ALL HOME SCREEN ICONS.... should be allowed to be moved where ever, no one should be locking them into a grid design like Apple is doing. Time to allow users to at the very least move their icons in locations that they want for customization. This is the extreme level of hand holding and one Apple needs to let go of.

Multitasking aka the switcher... what they have in IOS 11 for the switcher is how the phone should be as well. Smaller obviously but this was taken from jailbreak tweaks made years ago. This also allows more content on the screen instead of just the blade effect Apple currently runs on the phone in the switcher. Blurs to the backgrounds or transparent areas are ok. Though it is one thing to make the device look modern/futuristic but they've lost the elegance of "white or vanilla" as in the past with lite translucent touches. Sometimes things become to difficult to read. No pull bars should ever be on screen going into the future. All applications should be required to have a thumb over design that when pulling down feels fluent and allows for fast screen or slow scroll.. both can be accomplished with 3D touch.

Now obviously I'm reaching on some of this because 3D Touch is not available on iPad's or some older devices. So those changes could all becoming in IOS 12 when they drop more devices. Most changes I want could be accomplished by simply installing a system update... there's a new splash screen that discusses a new mode called.... Professional.. aka PRO. This would explain you can make additional PRO level changes to the system. However, at any time... flip the switch off and everything goes back to a "stock" state. I'm not one that is saying reinvent the wheel.. but it's time to take the training wheels off IOS and let the users start building applications that will allow it to grow.. because the user base certainly has.

 

[simonmet]

For such a sleek phone, I don’t get why they now want a BIG, BOLD and chunky AF UI.

Pretty ugly IMO.

 

[Tozovac]

I'm not one that is saying reinvent the wheel.. but it's time to take the training wheels off IOS and let the users start building applications that will allow it to grow.. because the user base certainly has.

Thanks for your thoughtful post. Anyone who's tolerated my posts knows I'm not a fan of just about everything Jony's team brought forth starting with iOS7, where everything was changed so obviously just to change things despite claiming "nothing was kept that wasn't necessary" (which, if true, then why was reverb added to the sound of turning off the device? Answer: it's different than Scott Forstall's version. Why was parallax added, unnecessarily eating up processing power, since icons are clearly...icons for opening apps? Answer: it's different than Scott Forstall's version. Why was so much white added such as when viewing pictures when a black background is clearly better, evidenced by the background turning black when you select a photo? Answer: it's different than Scott Forstall's version. Why was screen real estate taken up with circles for pictures for your contacts, where after 4 years I have yet to see any friend or family member assign photos to their contacts? Answer: it's different than Scott Forstall's version. Why has the on-screen volume control continually been left not as transparent as other unnecessarily transparent items, blocking the screen content you're paying attention to for ~2 agonizing seconds each time? Answer: it's different than Scott Forstall's version. Anyway)

But you bring up a good point about Apple offering (forcing) so many (questionable at times) changes while still holding back on some basics that should have been addressed years ago. The fact that you can't close all open apps in one step still (as far as I know, you can't do this), and the fact that the app-switching method still requires wasting so much screen space instead of just showing all open apps as small icon-shapes (much like how you can view all open Safari tabs on an iPad) is mind-boggling. Are any of those clear improvements coming with iOS11 or could Jony's team still be deciding how much whiter and thinner they can make icon fonts to be just even more unreadable against most light-colored wallpapers?

However, it's time to let go of the battery icon when using %.

Respectfully, here I might disagree here. Sure, if Jony's team ran out of things to change, realizing they took the iPhone/iPad body as thin as could be but needing to desperately find new ground for change/minimization lest Jony bite off the tip of an ear from one random engineer each day they don't find something new to change, they may try to make an opportunity out of the battery icon. But -- and I don't have the user-interface expertise to speak in any way other than subjectively here, I'm hoping what I'm about to say has some type of proven objective merit -- sometimes a simple visual representation "showing the basics" is just perfectly invaluable for allowing an almost instantaneously subconscious recognition of an item's status/state. Sure, having the %'age shown along side (and w/o having to do an action to see it) is also really great for additional detail, especially for something so critical for the user as monitoring battery state, but the battery icon's visual display of fill/empty state is one thing that I think I'd truly miss if I were left with just a %'age. Same for the wifi signal & strength indicator. I'd go so far as to say that this idea is one main reason why many sportscar drivers still very strongly prefer a manual shifter in place of flappy paddles behind the steering wheel, since the location/position of the shifter again allows for a subconsciously instantaneous indication of the gear you're in, even by just touch and w/o looking at it. Perhaps also, ironically, going to a colored %'age in place of the battery icon would be opposite the direction of simplification/minimalization....

Come to think of it, this touches upon my biggest critique of iOS7-11 -- and I didn't even try to do this -- of how so many subconsciously-efficient indicators have been carelessly removed just for the sake of change and minimalization. Previously, providing a richly-colored "realistic-looking" skeumorphic interface cue for, say, an actionable volume slider allowed for an almost instantaneous call to action for the user, and where this also permitted the ability to use, say, a lighter greyish or simple black/white flat-designed indicator/slider to be for an FYI or status only indicator. Now, where everything is 2D flat and white, it often requires the slightest micro-pause to think if not guess, where each interaction's micro-pause starts to pile up and result in accumulated micro-frustrations. For me at least.

And come to think of it, this also touches upon the idea that perhaps one can start to expect to do too much with a small touch-screen interface. Human nature unavoidably wants to keep dabbling & improving, but where the 1st iphone/ipad out the gate seemed so often to "just work" by a combination of a well-thought-out iOS/UI and by offering essentially just the basics in this new technology, currently/now the iOS environment has added such amazingly complex functionality and thorough feature set (even Apple is trying to fool people into thinking their iPad could replace a laptop) that there at times seems to be a sense of expecting too much for something so small, and limited with its input options (touch, vs. keyboard & mouse)...

All cars could be made white, all meats could taste like chicken, all traffic signs could be made of the same round white shape with thin light blue font/text, but some things just don't need to be changed or minimalized, no? And cars maybe don't need to also fly & be submergible... But where Apple has an army of engineers needing to be productive, I fear this constant stone polishing will keep over-engineering away from "it just works"-ness...

 

[Vanilla35]

For such a sleek phone, I don’t get why they now want a BIG, BOLD and chunky AF UI.

Pretty ugly IMO.

Yeah I think doubling back and going with different and more bold font this time around was a big mistake. As much bitter feelings I had when going from iOS 6 to iOS 7, at least they held true to the theme in iOS 7. The font has gotten thicker and less elegant every iteration since.

I like what they've been doing with transitions and animations. I don't like what they're been doing with font and text.

 

[Tozovac]

For such a sleek phone, I don’t get why they now want a BIG, BOLD and chunky AF UI.

Pretty ugly IMO.

Do you mean how every app is looking more like the iOS10 Music & News apps?

 

[Beeplance]

Yeah I think doubling back and going with different and more bold font this time around was a big mistake. As much bitter feelings I had when going from iOS 6 to iOS 7, at least they held true to the theme in iOS 7. The font has gotten thicker and less elegant every iteration since.

I like what they've been doing with transitions and animations. I don't like what they're been doing with font and text.

Speaking of animations, I have no idea why they updated app opening and closing animations again. They just improved it in iOS 10 and now they've changed it again.

The old Apple used to explain why they changed certain things in their UI. Now they don't bother for most of them and just shove changes in users' faces.

 

[Vanilla35]

Speaking of animations, I have no idea why they updated app opening and closing animations again. They just improved it in iOS 10 and now they've changed it again.

The old Apple used to explain why they changed certain things in their UI. Now they don't bother for most of them and just shove changes in users' faces.

Yeah, definitely shows they're not confident in their choices. Especially with the font change.

It's like they're trying to keep the same design, but also change the same design to be a V1.5. Yet it's not working. You either tweak to improve slightly, or you make a new iteration completely. Don't do this V1.5 crap, where it's the same basic concept, but looks worse because it deters from the original design intent.

For instance, yes iOS 7 was extremely bright, flat, and thin. It was also somewhat elegant imo, with the font especially (although it wasn't my preference). Now they're trying to make it something slightly different, to keep it fresh, but it still has the same basic iOS 7 foundation; so it's just like a bad mashup of semi new, semi old design.

 

[Ralfi]

Something I've thought about for a while is having two zones for swiping up on the iPhone/iPad, one zone on the left of the Home button for one page of the Control Centre & another zone on the right of the Home button for the other page of the Control Centre.

& with the more crowded Control Centre within IOS11, I think being able to split Control Centre shortcuts into 2 pages/categories could be even more useful.

Although, I've just watched this which rumours at the removal of 'swipe-down notifications' with them maybe being accessible via a swipe-up action.

The zoned swipe-up feature I mentioned above may be how Apple allow us to access both the Control Centre & Notifications; left of centre for Notifications & right of centre for Control Centre.

??

 

[tkermit]

Uh, admittedly the button shapes look hideous on iOS 10, but I'm not sure this is any better:

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/891791890705776640

 

[Tozovac]

Uh, admittedly the button shapes look hideous on iOS 10, but I'm not sure this is any better:

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/891791890705776640

That's Jony Ive's (or whomever's) version of: "You want buttons?? OK here are your stinkin buttons!!

Typical post-Jobs half-a**ed unrefined-looking UI crap 180 degrees from the Apple of pre-2011.

 

[Feyl]

Uh, admittedly the button shapes look hideous on iOS 10, but I'm not sure this is any better:

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/891791890705776640

That's the first time I see Apple apologist Gruber saying anything bad about Apple. I'm impressed.

 

[Vanilla35]

Uh, admittedly the button shapes look hideous on iOS 10, but I'm not sure this is any better:

https://twitter.com/gruber/status/891791890705776640

I remember going through those options when iOS 7 came out (because I was annoyed with the default "buttons") and laughed out loud at what was basically shading of a button background behind under same area (seemed insulting, like a child's solution to "make it a button"). Turned it back off and learned to deal with it.

Normally I would be like Tozovac and be very vocal about the change for the worse, but as long as I can fix the UI with a jailbreak; I won't be that butt hurt about it.

 

[Feyl]

I remember going through those options when iOS 7 came out (because I was annoyed with the default "buttons") and laughed out loud at what was basically shading of a button background behind under same area (seemed insulting, like a child's solution to "make it a button"). Turned it back off and learned to deal with it.

Normally I would be like Tozovac and be very vocal about the change for the worse, but as long as I can fix the UI with a jailbreak; I won't be that butt hurt about it.

I'm thinking about jailbreaking my iPhone a lot these days, but.. Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a Google Pixel phone? By jailbreaking an iPhone I would basically turn it into Android right? At least from the security and "just works" point of view. I'm more than happy with the features in iOS, but since the design sucks I'm seriously considering it

 

[Vanilla35]

I'm thinking about jailbreaking my iPhone a lot these days, but.. Wouldn't it be easier to just buy a Google Pixel phone? By jailbreaking an iPhone I would basically turn it into Android right? At least from the security and "just works" point of view. I'm more than happy with the features in iOS, but since the design sucks I'm seriously considering it

Super slippery slope conversation here, but I'll give my perspective.

I am not an IT guy, but I am a techy. First smartphone was SG2, and rooted that phone to customize the interface and features around several times. Eventually moved to iPhone and jailbroke for fun features. When iOS 7 came out, it became a requirement for me, because I hated the design (I remember updating to iOS 8.1 and having to wait 2-3 months for a jailbreak), I was so annoyed going from a very nice theme back to stark iOS 8 theme. Turning the phone on made me want to barf lol.

1) I actually went through that same process, I got a little envy once I realized I would never like iOS7+ the same way I did iOS 6, and I bought a Nexus 6P and rooted it right away. Nexus/rooting is a dying community. Used to be very active in xda-devlopers.com but it's not the same as it was a few years ago. This is true on both sides, rooting and jailbreak - since both OS' have baked in what used to be root/jailbreak exclusive features, they have now, to a certain extent, become redundant, and so the old big devs have moved on to other things. *Would I still root if I bought a stock nexus? Yes, but that's not for features, more for personal preference like changing all out design, changing preferences for notification shade, power button customization, software button tweaks, personally I like a cooler (more blue) screen, and I needed to root to access kernel settings for that. Little things like that, but they add up to your "perfect" phone, rather than just a "good enough" phone experience etc.

I ended up selling the phone after 6 months though, one, because of lack of custom roms available on the 6p (no MIUI was a deal breaker for me), and two, because android.

2) Jailbreaking is easy, and only unlocks more features for you. Jailbreak is just a pallet, if you don't install any tweaks, you basically still have stock iOS. The act of having a jailbroken phone doesn't make your phone any less stable.

3) Security is not a big deal to me. I have varied passwords for personal logins, and I have never had a credit card of mine hacked or tampered with. Jailbreaking or rooting your phone is not really any different than using the internet. There are things you don't want to do, like click on suspicious websites or ads. However 95% of users will jailbreak and then only install tweaks from the main "app" store called Cydia. You can install bad files onto your iPhone if you look up and install a third party app store on your phone and then download stuff from there, but I haven't heard of anyone doing that. Android allows you to do this with stock, if you uncheck the "disable unknown sources" option in settings. You actually need to uncheck that setting in order to root your phone lol.

If you just use Cydia, it's not really any sketchier than normal iOS. The only difference is combining tweaks that have similar features and can overlap each other could cause instability (springboard crash [or soft reboot], etc), so if you try to add stuff that do the same thing you should test one at a time and only keep one.

*One thing to note is that jailbreaking has had a change of direction as of this/last year. It's now mostly run by Pangu, which we can't tell for sure how they operate until their next release. Their last jailbreak was good, but now that they're basically the one's running the show, they may try and include third party app stores, and other preloads.

**In short, it's totally worth it.

 

[TheScavenger]

Can't decide whether to laugh or cry...

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Haha so good!

 

[Feyl]

Super slippery slope conversation here, but I'll give my perspective.

Not an IT guy, but I am a techy. First smartphone was SG2, and rooted that phone to customize the interface and features around several times. Eventually moved to iPhone and jailbroke for fun features. When iOS 7 came out, it became a requirement for me, because I hate the design.

1) I actually went through that same process, I got a little envy once I realized I would never like iOS7+ the same way I did iOS 6, and I bought a Nexus 6P and rooted it right away. Nexus/rooting is a dying community. Used to be very active in xda-devlopers.com but it's not the same. This is true on both sides, rooting and jailbreak - since both OS have baked in what used to be root/jailbreak exclusive features, they have now, to a certain extent, become redundant, and so the old big devs have moved on to other things. *Would I still root if I bought a stock nexus? Yes, but that's not for features, more for personal preference like changing all out design, changing preferences for notification shade, power button customization, software button tweaks, personally I like a cooler (more blue) screen, and I needed to root to access kernel settings for that. Little things like that, but they add up to your "perfect" phone, rather than a "good enough" phone experience etc.

I ended up selling the phone after 6 months though, one, because of lack of custom roms available on the 6p (no MIUI was a deal breaker for me), and two, because android.

2) Jailbreaking is easy, and only unlocks more features for you. Jailbreak is just a pallet, if you don't install any tweaks, you basically still have stock iOS.

3) Security is not a big deal to me. I have varied passwords for personal logins, and I have never had a credit card of mine hacked or tampered with. Jailbreaking or rooting your phone is not really any different than using the internet. There are things you don't want to do, like click on suspicious websites or ads. 90% of users will jailbreak and then only install tweaks from the main "app" store Cydia. You can install bad files onto your iPhone if you look up and install a third party app store on your phone and then download stuff from there, but I haven't heard of anyone doing that. Android allows you to do this with stock, if you uncheck the "disable unknown sources" option in settings. You actually need to uncheck that setting in order to root your phone lol.

If you just use Cydia, it's not really any sketchier than normal iOS. The only difference is combining tweaks that have similar features and can overlap each other could cause instability (springboard crash [or soft reboot], etc), so if you try to add stuff that do the same thing you should test one at a time and only keep one.

*One thing to note is that jailbreaking has had a change of direction as of this/last year. It's not mostly run by Pangu now, which we can't tell for sure how they operate until their next release. Their last jailbreak was good, but now that they're basically the one's running the show, they may try and include third party app stores, and other preloads.

**In short, it's totally worth it.

Yeah you're definitely right. I should've mentioned that I used to have my iPhone 4 jailbroken back in 2011, but after a few months I got rid of it, because I didn't find it very useful for me. I remember that some apps didn't work with jailbreak, and if I jailbreak my iPhone today I wouldn't be able to watch my cable TV since the provider requires stock iOS. I jailbroke my iPhone 4 once again on iOS 7 and I didn't find a single theme that I liked enough to keep the jailbreak. If someone would make identical iOS 6 theme indistinguishable from the original, then I wouldn't hesitate a even pay for it.

 

[Vanilla35]

Yeah you're definitely right. I should've mentioned that I used to have my iPhone 4 jailbroken back in 2011, but after a few months I got rid of it, because I didn't find it very useful for me. I remember that some apps didn't work with jailbreak, and if I jailbreak my iPhone today I wouldn't be able to watch my cable TV since the provider requires stock iOS. I jailbroke my iPhone 4 once again on iOS 7 and I didn't find a single theme that I liked enough to keep the jailbreak. If someone would make identical iOS 6 theme indistinguishable from the original, then I wouldn't hesitate a even pay for it.

Gotcha. Yeah I don't use cable service providers so I'm not sure how that specifically usage works, but I do know that for Youtube Red for instance you can get all that stuff for free/bypass it using Jailbreak tweaks. Cable companies are usually pretty good about locking things down though. I would assume it would still work, since it is technically the same OS. iOS 11.1, 11.0.2, etc.

They have at least 2 iOS 6 themes. It cannot perfectly mimic iOS 6 because the animations are still iOS 7/current OS animations, but the icons are 100%, and that also includes themes for settings, iMessages, notification shade, etc. I jailbroke near the end of iOS 7, however I know there wasn't much content for at least the first 2-4 months.

Here was my icon theme (Axle):

I had it set up with a dark red background and it was very very nice. Not everyone's personal preference I'm sure, but I much like the matte look, and how everything is very uniform. Something I found disconcerting with iOS 7's icon design.

 

[LoveToMacRumors]

For such a sleek phone, I don’t get why they now want a BIG, BOLD and chunky AF UI.

Pretty ugly IMO.

I think the executives are getting older, and it's harder to read the thinner fonts

 

[MozMan68]

I think the executives are getting older, and it's harder to read the thinner fonts

We're all getting older...and I'm older right now...

...and now, older still...