iPhone 8/Plus So we've waited long enough...will iOS 12 bring back iOS 6 look?

[BlockEight88]

After 5 years, I still despise the iOS 7 look as much as I did when it first released. Does anyone think Apple will bring back the skeuomorphic design that was truly amazing to use? Ios seems to be subject to more stutters on iOS 11. I use the 8+. I think we've waited long enough and its time to bring back that amazing look. Not only did it look so good, but it was so smooth to use.

 

[se95dah]

No

 

[BlockEight88]

No

Why not? It looked so much better. This is when Apple focused on functionality.

 

[martin2345uk]

It looked so much better to you. Plenty of people would disagree. Personally I don’t think they will ever go back to it.

 

[Juicy Box]

I doubt it will happen.

While I like the look of the iOS 6, I think I would much rather have the stability, speed, and smoothness of iOS 6 on all my devices.

In my experience since iOS 6, iOS 8 was the only one to come close. The others just suck.

 

[The Game 161]

from the sounds should at least be more stable than IOS 11

 

[sunapple]

The design is not going to change, the focus is rumored to be on performance. Way more important in my opinion. I wish current software were the performance equivalent of iOS 6 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard.

 

[decafjava]

from the sounds should at least be more stable than IOS 11

Hopefully, and for the record I would not want a skeuomorphic return - and to the OP the look has nothing to do with stutters.

 

[BlockEight88]

Hopefully, and for the record I would not want a skeuomorphic return - and to the OP the look has nothing to do with stutters.

No, the look doesn't have anything to do with performance; however, once the look changed, performance seemed to take a huge hit.

 

[Juicy Box]

No, the look doesn't have anything to do with performance; however, once the look changed, performance seemed to take a huge hit.

I think the performance hit had very little to do with the change in look, and more to do with the lack of focus on software stability, performance, and QA.

The same could be said about OS X. After it became free, I think there was a general decline in software stability and performance.

IMO, the most stable OS X was 10.6, which was the last one to cost $. After the stability and footprint issues of 10.5, Apple focus purely on the performance and stability of 10.6. It didn't have a boat load of new features, but it was a rock solid OS.

But, since then new versions became free, and we got Lion.
10.8 was pretty stable, and probably the second best since 10.6, but 10.9 sucked.
10.11 was probably the third best since 10.6, but again, there was a decline with 10.12 and 10.13.

While iOS 12 will probably not bring back the look of iOS 6, I don't think that looks was the reason for lack of stability for every iOS since then. The good news is that the rumors say that Apple will focus on stability and performance, similar to MacOS 10.6 after 10.5.

 

[eyoungren]

After 5 years, I still despise the iOS 7 look as much as I did when it first released. Does anyone think Apple will bring back the skeuomorphic design that was truly amazing to use? Ios seems to be subject to more stutters on iOS 11. I use the 8+. I think we've waited long enough and its time to bring back that amazing look. Not only did it look so good, but it was so smooth to use.

iOS 6 will return over Jony Ive's cold, dead body.

The look of iOS 7 and above is his baby and he and Apple were both done with iOS 6 a long time ago.

Like you, I've hated the interface since iOS 7. This Fisher-Price, PlaySkool interface with it's unicorn puke color is one of the major reasons I still jailbreak. Because Eclipse 1, 2, 3 and 4 can fix a lot.

But Apple will never return to the old look. Apple rarely returns to anything.

 

[ZEEN0j]

The iOS 7 interface is more flexible with different screen sizes and ratios.

 

[now i see it]

The 3 dimensional icons and buttons and translucency that started with the first version of Mac OS X (Aqua interface) was unique in its day. It certainly is pretty (I have a computer still running Snow Leopard). But as the years wore on & the novelty wore off, it really doesn't do anything but make it a royal pain for developers to create nice looking app icons.

I'm definitely not a fan of the flat, sterile, washed out text look on the Mac with it's too saturated icons and dim often barely legible text, but on the tiny iPhone screens, the flat look makes more sense. The color palette though still sucks. Too vibrant.

As we've witnessed, the Mac now is looking like iOS. That's because one day there will be universal apps that run on all Apple devices. The Apple Watch will be the deciding factor as to what all apple gui designs will look like... The lowest common denominator.

 

[RedGT]

After 5 years, I still despise the iOS 7 look as much as I did when it first released. Does anyone think Apple will bring back the skeuomorphic design that was truly amazing to use? Ios seems to be subject to more stutters on iOS 11. I use the 8+. I think we've waited long enough and its time to bring back that amazing look. Not only did it look so good, but it was so smooth to use.

And maybe The Doors....will also make a comeback.

 

[Small White Car]

Why not?

Because Apple does not live in a vacuum. As much as we like to say they're trailblazers who do their own thing, that's mostly hyperbole. Apple wants to improve on what others have done, but they never want to seem alien.

Graphic design is coming up on about 50 year's worth of its "simplifying" trend. Maybe that will change some day, but I wouldn't count on it happening within the next decade. And you're crazy if you think Apple's going to go against the flow to the degree you're proposing when literally everyone else is going the opposite direction.

 

[Nermal]

IMO, the most stable OS X was 10.6, which was the last one to cost $.

I'm afraid you're mistaken there. Both 10.6 and 10.7 cost $30 (and 10.8 was $20).

 

[Jimmy James]

Skeumorphic = smooth. There you have it.

 

[Juicy Box]

I'm afraid you're mistaken there. Both 10.6 and 10.7 cost $30 (and 10.8 was $20).

That's right, it has been a while, but still, 10.6 was supposed to be performance improvements over the very new-feature heavy 10.5. I always believed that this was why it was much cheaper than previous upgrades.

With the exception of 10.8, I think that the quality of the MacOS has gone down hill since the price was reduced/removed.

 

[eyoungren]

That's right, it has been a while, but still, 10.6 was supposed to be performance improvements over the very new-feature heavy 10.5. I always believed that this was why it was much cheaper than previous upgrades.

I am typing this on a 2006 MBP running OS X 10.6.8 and I have to say that for me it's the penultimate version of OS X so far.

This is the only Intel Mac I own, the rest of my Macs are G5s and a PowerBook G4 running Leopard. I have one G3 server running 10.4.11 Server.

I do work on a Mac Pro running 10.10 Yosemite. And I deal with all the issues I've run across there from Lion to Yosemite. I hesitate to update, considering Apple continues to remove parts of the OS that were standard with Snow Leopard and below. I don't appreciate my ability to modify the system being summarily taken away from me.

The advance of the App store is one case. Almost all installs of apps with later versions of OS X are done from the apps store. I'm still doing it the old way, downloading a file and installing. I prefer the control the older OS versions give me.

Just like with iOS, I don't see any upgrades to later versions of OS X in my future. I'm not into being locked down and forced to do things Apple's way.

 

[Vermifuge]

After 5 years, I still despise the iOS 7 look as much as I did when it first released. Does anyone think Apple will bring back the skeuomorphic design that was truly amazing to use? Ios seems to be subject to more stutters on iOS 11. I use the 8+. I think we've waited long enough and its time to bring back that amazing look. Not only did it look so good, but it was so smooth to use.

Oh god I hope not. I hope it eliminates any last reminant of that junk and brings more continuity to the OS.

 

[Apple_Robert]

In my opinion, it is best if Apple keeps moving forward. Those who continue to opine for past supposed glory days need to find a new record to sing along with.

 

[BlockEight88]

Because Apple does not live in a vacuum. As much as we like to say they're trailblazers who do their own thing, that's mostly hyperbole. Apple wants to improve on what others have done, but they never want to seem alien.

Graphic design is coming up on about 50 year's worth of its "simplifying" trend. Maybe that will change some day, but I wouldn't count on it happening within the next decade. And you're crazy if you think Apple's going to go against the flow to the degree you're proposing when literally everyone else is going the opposite direction.

The Starbuck & Pepsi logos now look like crap. For pepsi, the 2003 logo was the best. Another example of how things change for the worst.

 

[Nermal]

10.6 was supposed to be performance improvements over the very new-feature heavy 10.5. I always believed that this was why it was much cheaper than previous upgrades.

You're quite right; I remember someone (probably Steve) getting up on stage and stating that it has "zero new features"

10.6 was probably my favourite version of the OS; as you say, things seemed to go downhill from there.

 

[rocksyoursock]

I definitely don't miss IOS 6

 

[EM2013]

I definitely don't miss IOS 6

Eww. I still remember that ugly multitasking tray.