Light vs. Dark Notifications: A Comparison

[adamneer]

I knew I noticed something off-putting about the new notifications when I first installed ios10, but it wasnt until i got a notification while driving that i realized how much harder it is to read them at a glance now. Before, I could easily read a text from my 6's screen while perched on my car mount, but I couldn't read the new one at all without taking my eyes off the road completely and really focusing on the screen (which I chose not to do). I have a feeling the notifications style will see some visibility changes by 10.1, because as they are now, they take up way too much room individually, and are much too difficult to read at a glance, which is the whole point of a notification.

 

[KALLT]

I guess that's what happens when a hardware industrial designer is assigned to oversee software UX design.

iOS 10 is clearly the brainchild of Alan Dye. It has watchOS written all over it, which was Dye’s baby.

 

[motm95]

At first, the lighter notifications didn't bother me, but now that I see these mockups, I think the dark notifications look great. And I also agree the extra padding like in the "Up Next" notification is a bit excessive.

 

[C DM]

iOS 10 is clearly the brainchild of Alan Dye. It has watchOS written all over it, which was Dye’s baby.

Seems like there would be dark mode if it truly had a heart of watchOS.

 

[nevesis]

iOS 10 is clearly the brainchild of Alan Dye. It has watchOS written all over it, which was Dye’s baby.

It's a shame, this guy was a traditional graphic designer who went from package design (iPhone boxes) to leading the user experience/user interface of mobile software.

Speaks volumes about the final product.

 

[KALLT]

It's a shame, this guy was a traditional graphic designer who went from package design (iPhone boxes) to leading the user experience/user interface of mobile software.

Speaks volumes about the final product.

The retirement of Greg Christie months after the announcement of iOS 7 speaks louder in my opinion. He was the lead human-interface designer at Apple and was credited with the ‘slide to unlock’ mechanism, among other things. Apple’s loss of expertise in this field is clearly felt.

Apple’s font designer sounded hesitant when he showed pictures of the new fonts being used in Apple Music.

 

[robertkarlsen]

Which means we wait a year. It will be touted then as a new "feature" for "the best IOS version yet".

SPOT ON!! I´ll bet you 50 bucks, that´s EXACTLY what Tim Cook will say at WWDC17 Hahaha!