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Wow. iOS 7 is a disaster.

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gibbz said:
That's certainly your choice, but I have a feeling many apps are going to require iOS 7 sooner than later.
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I'll use the old versions, it's no problem. And until that happens, we still got about.....2 years. I doubt the most popular apps would drop iOS 6 support after a few months.

I have to respectfully disagree with you. The only thing that's hideous about iOS 7 is some of the stock wallpapers (easily changed) and some of the stock icons (easily hidden). With a good wallpaper, and attractive third-party app icons, iOS 7 is really quite lovely. I especially like the new zoom-in, zoom-out animations.
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Each to their own, of course, but those blurs and zoom animations are not for me. I like simple things, and while not a fan of felt textures and yellow skeumorphic note-taking apps, I do like the linen background texture of folders and the glossy dock way more than iOS 7's attempt. And the icons, of course.
 
You know what's funny though, I don't know why people give Apple flack for their skeumorphic apps, when most apps in the App Store are skeumorphic.
 
daiichi said:
You know what's funny though, I don't know why people give Apple flack for their skeumorphic apps, when most apps in the App Store are skeumorphic.
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It's simple: Most apps were following the design language established by the OS.

Change and they will follow suit.
 
fivedots said:
It's simple: Most apps were following the design language established by the OS.

Change and they will follow suit.
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You can't get rid of skeumorphism completely. How else would we have a keyboard?

Are they forgetting that this is a touch screen device? It's why the design language was implemented in the first place.

With iOS 7, Apple's next phone may not be a touchscreen device. That'd be something wouldn't it?
 
daiichi said:
You can't get rid of skeumorphism completely. How else would we have a keyboard?

Are they forgetting that this is a touch screen device? It's why the design language was implemented in the first place.

With iOS 7, Apple's next phone may not be a touchscreen device. That'd be something wouldn't it?
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You have no idea what you're talking about.
 
daiichi said:
You can't get rid of skeumorphism completely. How else would we have a keyboard?

Are they forgetting that this is a touch screen device? It's why the design language was implemented in the first place.

With iOS 7, Apple's next phone may not be a touchscreen device. That'd be something wouldn't it?
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The issue with your example is that you aren't referring to skeumorphism. If the keyboard looked like the actual keyboard you use with your mac/pc your comment would be valid.
 
Parise said:
The issue with your example is that you aren't referring to skeumorphism. If the keyboard looked like the actual keyboard you use with your mac/pc your comment would be valid.
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fivedots said:
You have no idea what you're talking about.
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Don't you think that skeumorphism is useful in a touchscreen environment ... where real buttons are always going to be replaced with virtual ones?

Whether the actual button looks like a real button or a virtual one, it's still not a real button.
 
daiichi said:
Don't you think that skeumorphism is useful in a touchscreen environment ... where real buttons are always going to be replaced with virtual ones?

Whether the actual button looks like a real button or a virtual one, it's still not a real button.
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Now I have no idea what you're talking about.
 
Skeumorphisc design versus flat design. There's not really a difference because it's a touch screen.
 
daiichi said:
Skeumorphisc design versus flat design. There's not really a difference because it's a touch screen.
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I don't think you understand what skeuomorphic design is. A virtual keyboard is not a skeuomorph, a virtual keyboard that looks like a typewriter is.

They've become a legitimate input method in a touch based world, not an unnecessary decorative throwback.
 
fivedots said:
I don't think you understand what skeuomorphic design is. A virtual keyboard is not a skeuomorph, a virtual keyboard that looks like a typewriter is.

They've become a legitimate input method in a touch based world, not an unnecessary decorative throwback.
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I know what it is. But in the case of icons, you notice that the phone app has a picture of an old timey phone. Is that skeumorphism too?
 
zbarvian said:
They're following a couple design principles. Simplicity, deference, affordance, and some others. Basically, they want to remove the visual clutter and take the focus away from the UI, letting the content shine.

They're not trying to simplify iOS, just how it looks and sometimes works.
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So they are basically "fixing" what isnt broken...
 
I just installed iOS 7 and I must say I take back everything I said about it, this is great.

There's some things in here that you don't notice from first glance on the website.

You have to see it to believe it.

As for me, I'm staying on iOS7.
 
viperGTS said:
Do you have a link? I'm interested in learning more about this. :)
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Well, the actual developer documentation is under NDA, but here are a few links that will give you a taste for the immense changes under-the-hood. It's not just a My-Little-Pony makeover!

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/1...ements-multitasking-support-airdrop-and-more/

http://www.marco.org/2013/06/11/fertile-ground

https://www.macrumors.com/2013/06/1...live-clock-icon-panoramic-wallpaper-and-more/
 
rainbow brite called...

ios 7 may or may not be beautiful--but it is certainy not handsome. The whole fuzzy pastel thing has a destinctively feminine even girlish affect. I also feel the look of the icons is decidedly cheap, unclever, ect.

Anyone who feels this product is not largely representational of the final release is delusional. This is highly refined beta released as design statement. I expect no significant revisions or additions

No multitasking and no finder? No revision of the aged itunes interface? Still, I am reasonalbly happy with Apple and its ecosystem. I am just disappointed as a technology follower that Apple has done so little that is innovative or interesting.
 
While not enthused, i'll wait till the final version is released in Sept. Maybe the overall experience and features will be better than we expect
 
The problem as I said before is apple is mimicking others. Rather than trying to stand out. This whole "flat" google trend is just a fad to me. In a few yrs I believe android will trend away from this design. Which will force apple to have to come up with something else, or another refresh of the os sooner than expected.

Maybe all of the big companies have run out of ideas. But the expectation from most is for Apple to innovate, not mimic others.
 
daiichi said:
I just installed iOS 7 and I must say I take back everything I said about it, this is great.

There's some things in here that you don't notice from first glance on the website.

You have to see it to believe it.

As for me, I'm staying on iOS7.
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Isn't that sacrilegious to say around here?
 
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