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Is iOS 9 moving to round icons?
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I find that circles are softer and much more inviting.
That looks serene to me. I don't like the actual icons, but those round shapes look absolutely calming.
I would never have thought that - but it looks stunning.
That Safari icon - 1000x better than the definition of Ugliness that we have right now.
i wouldnt mind it, i am not opposed to change unlike so many other ppl. in fact i love having new things to play around with ^^
Humans always complain. Circles is not the issue.
Bad decision for avatars, it simply limits creativity and what can be done with the usable area. Not to mention it doesn't match the rest of the forum very well and leaves a lot more wasted space around the avatar.
I happily browse MacRumors with normal square avatars.
as long as they don't change how you move around the home screen to like you do on the Watch, I'm happy.
I really do think they need to add some depth to the icons on iOS now. If they had the icons in a similar style to Yosemite then I'd be happy because I think they look really nice!
I really do think they need to add some depth to the icons on iOS now. If they had the icons in a similar style to Yosemite then I'd be happy because I think they look really nice!
I hope not. I still have lots of apps that have not been updated in a while. If Apple forces existing icons into a circle shape, it would look really bad. I already dislike having to wait until developers catch up with changes (too many apps still don't support the higher resolution of the iPhone 6/6 Plus). Developers would have to change their icons or hire designers to make new ones; why annoy them with this? And why even bother? It's completely arbitrary and adds nothing, plus using circles means that the canvas is smaller too, potentially leading to even less expressive icons. Let this be a thing of the Apple Watch, it's nice to have that difference.
Why is that? You don't control how icons look. They can be just as busy or poorly designed as they are now.
Why is that? You don't control how icons look. They can be just as busy or poorly designed as they are now.
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I said they would go for round icons in iOS 8 and I was wrong. A lot of icons of not all of them aside from app icons are already circle in iOS and have been since iOS 7, hence why I thought it would happen.
The watch interface or similar could work well.
I would prefer to have watch interface over just circular icons.
That's just my view though.
The watch interface or similar could work well.
I would prefer to have watch interface over just circular icons.
That's just my view though.
53kyle just posted this on here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/possible-ios-9-wallpaper-confirmed.1890190/#post-21419054
If they just change the icons to circles and keep the current grid arrangement, I won't be too disappointed. If Apple changes the layout to match that of the Apple Watch, I won't be as pleased. The Apple Watch's layout works well for that device, but I can't see it working well on an iPhone (I have seen that jailbreak tweak, and it is horrendous).
I find that circles are softer and much more inviting.
That looks serene to me. I don't like the actual icons, but those round shapes look absolutely calming.
53kyle just posted this on here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/possible-ios-9-wallpaper-confirmed.1890190/#post-21419054
The idea of circular icons is great, provided that they change some of them to fit. I'm all for this as long as they don't use the Apple Watch's layout...
i agree, the layout of Apple watch is horrendous and moving about the home screen makes me feel sick!
53kyle just posted this on here: https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/possible-ios-9-wallpaper-confirmed.1890190/#post-21419054
Two words: FUG LY
Yeah, that looks bad, but iOS 7/8's stock icons are horrid anyway, rounded rect or circle.
You can't fix garbage design.
They may switch to a name instead of a simple number.
They're getting close to number 10 so it may be a good time to change the name like they do with OS X. I find it easier to remember "mountain lion" instead of 10.8.