Apple Seeds iOS 7 Beta 3 to Developers

[johndallas999]

Animation for downloading a new app is updated, kinda cool...

 

[Geckotek]

Mail no longer crashes when doing a search.

 

[charlituna]

Anyone else catch that http://developer.apple.com/ios7/release-notes/ URL that Apple gives for more information about the beta doesn't work?

Not a major shock given the number of folks likely hitting the servers

 

[sammarshall]

They added shadows behind App names on the Springboard. A lot easier to see now.

 

[Four oF NINE]

I just hope the MLB At Bat app works now.

mlb.mlb.com website isn't working with Safari 7 in Mavericks either; it crashes on launch and generates an error report

 

[asv56kx3088]

Much smoother than in beta 2
Looking forward to the final release !

 

[johnnyenvy]

You do realise it seems highly likely the new icons will be replaced come GM.

I really cant see safari, notes & settings keeping those style.

The new icons will be the icing on the beta cake.

 

[DJAKO]

Does it still have the tiny space bar?

It's a larger space bar. They added a '.' key which can be held down for the .com, .net, etc

 

[rhaleuk]

The paralax effect seems to have been turned up a notch.

 

[Thierry ba]

They added shadows behind App names on the Springboard. A lot easier to see now.

Thank you LORD.

 

[mbrannon47]

Some quick things I've noticed:

1. Weather doesn't crash when you delete a location from the "world" view
2. Weather: Fonts are thicker
3. Settings: Fonts are thicker
4. Control Center: Music scrubber bar is thicker
5. Calendar: Mini dots in month view for events on each day!!!
6. Camera: Much more stable, seems quicker, though not quantifiably verified yet.
7. Messages: Thicker font (seems like the font style "normal" has replaced "light" in many places throughout the system...)
8: Messages: Previously, names on the top of a message thread were pushed off center to fit the words "Messages" and "Contact". Now the name and surrounding words truncate to keep the contact name centered no matter what. "Messa... Person's nam... Contact"
9: Lock: Time keeps correct Y-axis position when waking up phone instead of shifting to the middle arbitrarily (and thicker font for "slide to unlock")
10: No evidence of overlapping objects in titles (or % charged)
11: Unlock icon animation seems 20% quicker or so.

 

[Aucun Express]

Does it still have the tiny space bar?

NO! Finally! It is now much better! The loading blue bar is twice as big (height) and fully close to the black or gray line.
It is the same in iMessages as well.

 

[Jtc720]

I just hope the MLB At Bat app works now.

It does

 

[JohnnyW2001]

Nice screengrab, but I'm still not liking the curves on the folders -- they seem too wide. I swear they looked nicer in iOS6?

Anyhoo: Preparing update... and praying that it's going to put an end to the huge memory leaks that crashed my phone all the time in Beta 2.

 

[charlituna]

I just hope the MLB At Bat app works now.

Don't count on it since the developers haven't released an update.

 

[D4Fox]

the time does show up now at the top on the lockscreen when playing music. Before I had to go into the actual home screen to check the time. Glad that is fixed now

 

[Aucun Express]

The font of the result in the Calculator app is MUCH bigger.

 

[omro]

huge improvement in the readability of the fonts in safari and reader mode. The earlier beta I could see the anti-aliasing on the font. Not very retina looking.

Podcasts app works again!!

 

[thegrants82]

Safari also feel a bit snappier!

 

[PBG4 Dude]

Apple is an Akamai customer. They have over 100,000 servers in their CDN. One little iOS update isn't going to do a thing.

source: I work in the industry

Not to mention, a founding customer and investor:

On July 21, 1999, at Macworld Expo New York, Apple and Akamai announced a strategic partnership to build Apple's new media network, QuickTime TV (QTV), based on QuickTime Streaming Server. Both companies later announced that Apple had made a $12.5 million investment in the company the previous month. Apple continues to use Akamai as their primary content delivery network for a wide range of applications including software downloads from Apple's Website, QuickTime movie trailers, and the iTunes Store.

 

[iRalph]

Has anyone installed it on the iPad 3? Is it more stable and faster than beta 2?

 

[rshroff2]

Beta 3 (so far)

- wallpaper is still crashing (First 5 rows are black and dock is still blue)
- the times in timer are now level with "hours" and "min"
- tiny clock in lockscreen when music is playing
- default passbook card isn't full of matte colors anymore... they're more
vibrant
- fonts seem bigger throughout the OS

 

[JohnnyW2001]

It's a larger space bar. They added a '.' key which can be held down for the .com, .net, etc

That was there in Beta 2 wasn't it?

 

[Jab00]

Fixed the now playing bug in that was in beta 2 (no longer says N.....ing)

 

[Garbera]

Notification center has a better font. Also a real agenda view now in the today view.

It also looks like a little less translucent overall, including control center, notification center, folders etc.